NPRI: Calls for higher taxes based on faulty premise

LAS VEGAS — In response to an announcement by Senate Republican leadership that they support raising mining taxes as an alternative to the margin tax, NPRI’s Deputy Policy Director Geoffrey Lawrence released the following comments.

Hold on to your wallet

Legislature once again has taxpayers bracing for another hit

Legislators are once again targeting taxpayers.

What if everything you've heard isn't true?

Misinformation is the norm when the subject is Nevada's education spending

Misinformation is the norm when liberals talk about Nevada’s education spending.

NPRI testimony: Pre-K and full-day kindergarten programs produce only small and temporary gains

LAS VEGAS – Today, Victor Joecks, NPRI’s communications director, offered the following testimony on SB 182 and AB 163 to the Senate Committee on Education and Assembly Committee on Education.

New robo-signing brief: Misconduct by AG Masto's office could 'seriously damage public confidence' in that office

Defense to argue for case dismissal in Monday hearing; former chief prosecutor calls conflict of interest argument 'blatantly misleading.'

The defense will argue for case dismissal in a Monday hearing; former chief prosecutor calls conflict of interest argument 'blatantly misleading.'

NPRI testimony: CCSD’s numbers don’t add up

LAS VEGAS — Today, Victor Joecks, NPRI’s communications director, submitted the following testimony on education funding levels to the Senate Committee on Finance and the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.

NPRI: Film tax credit bill a loser for taxpayers

CARSON CITY — Today, before the Senate Revenue and Economic Development Committee, Geoffrey Lawrence, NPRI’s deputy policy director, delivered the following testimony on SB 165, a bill that would establish transferable film tax credits.

NPRI to Reid: Tell the truth about 'clean energy'

LAS VEGAS — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is scheduled later today to address the Nevada Legislature, after announcing earlier this week that he will, once again, highlight solar energy as an example of Nevada’s “clean energy potential.”

In response to that announcement, Nevada Policy Research Institute President Andy Matthews released the following comments.

NPRI: Democrats' new 'jobs' plan offers only stale and failed ideas

CARSON CITY, Nev. — The “jobs” plan offered today by Nevada’s Senate Democrats evaded the central problem facing genuine job creators in the state, says Geoffrey Lawrence, NPRI’s deputy policy director.

Nevada's tax burden is higher than you think

Authorities take more than $30k per household every two years

Nevada governments take in more than $30,000 per household every two years.