Publications
NPRI: Margin tax proposal remains severely flawed
Responding to news that the Nevada Supreme Court today reversed a district court decision and allowed a 2 percent margin-tax initiative to go forward, Geoffrey Lawrence, deputy policy director at the Nevada Policy Research Institute, issued the following comments.
Sandoval's scholarship plan offers hope for students
Plan would increase achievement for all students, while saving tax dollars
Governor's plan would increase achievement for all students, while saving tax dollars.
Solution of the week: School choice
School choice offers hope and options for every child
School choice programs empower parents to pick the school that's best for their children.
Scott's story: How government put his business 'through a circus'
New NPRI study offers ways to help Nevada's entrepreneurs
Scott Godino, Jr. opened Born and Raised Las Vegas, a Vegas-themed bar, in 2010, but his business was almost crippled by the very city he was celebrating.
Teachers see CCEA health-benefits review as attempt to push union membership
Teachers Health Trust docs say failure to comply with benefits review program 'could result in denial of benefits'
Teachers Health Trust documents state that failure to comply with benefits review program 'could result in denial of benefits.'
'State of the State' was short on solutions
Sandoval misses opportunity to make case for fiscal conservatism
Gov. Sandoval missed an opportunity to make the case for proven free-market solutions to Nevada's challenges.
Solution of the week: PERS
A Utah-style hybrid pension system would protect taxpayers, provide flexibility for government employees
A Utah-style hybrid pension system would protect taxpayers, provide flexibility for government employees.
Pat's story: How regulators harm the Las Vegas Zoo
New NPRI study offers ways to help Nevada's entrepreneurs
Pat Dingle has owned the nonprofit Las Vegas Zoo for 32 years, but new government regulations have created a business environment Dingle says he "never imagined."
"We have five openings in various categories--we're two zoo keepers short--but we can't afford to hire anybody," says Dingle, "because we have to keep paying government or pay fighting government."
Why it's morally wrong to expand Medicaid
Government exists to protect property, not to redistribute it.
NPRI: Sandoval misses opportunity to make case for fiscal conservatism
In response to Gov. Brian Sandoval’s State of the State address Wednesday night, NPRI’s Deputy Policy Director Geoffrey Lawrence released the following comments.
