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Session review: Sandoval scores like typical Democrat on conservative issues
Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval voted like a typical Democratic legislator on the bills that reached his office for a veto or signature during the 2013 legislative session, the Nevada Policy Research Institute found in a review that will be released Wednesday.
NPRI pinpoints lawmakers, Governor Sandoval
For three legislative sessions, the Nevada Policy Research Institute has dissected state legislators and the Gov. Brian Sandoval and produced a report card on its findings.
Governor, legislative leaders earn low marks from conservative think tank
Republican state legislators performed well and Democrats performed poorly at the state Legislature this year.
At least that’s what a conservative advocacy organization thinks.
Think tank to ask high court to rule on emails
A local think tank has failed in District Court to force the Clark County School District to hand over 18,000 email addresses issued to its teachers.
NPRI releases federal lands report
The Nevada Policy Research Institute released a special report last week about the history of federal lands in Nevada. NPRI vice president Steve Miller wrote the report, which looks at the state’s history and makes a case that the federal government should return Nevada’s land to the state and/or private citizens.
Joe Becker talks CCSD emails with Kevin Wall
Joseph Becker, chief legal officer and director of the Center for Justice and Constitutional Litigation at the Neveda Policy Research Institute talks about what he calls “a dangerous precedent for those seeking information under the Nevada Public Records Act.”
Analysis: Clark County government workers among highest-paid in nation
An analysis of salary data by the Washington Examiner reveals county government workers in Clark County are paid second-highest in the nation when compared to the median pay of local private sector employees and 14th-highest among county government employees nationally.
Free market shake up in public education creates success, roils establishment
On the occasion of Milton Friedman’s 101st birthday, a protégé of Friedman’s who put some of the great economist’s ideas about education into practice with incredible success, was the featured speaker at the Nevada Policy Research Institute’s July 2013 Policy Luncheon. Ben Chavis discussed Friedman, his school, its success and the campaign against him to the think-tank’s guests.
If you plant 'magic words,' you’ll have to fight a giant — government bureaucracy
A Carson City judge on July 8 fined Citizen Outreach, conservative nonprofit group, $10,000, plus $7,600 in costs, for not filing campaign expense reports showing its source of funds and ordered the group to file such reports in 30 days.
