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Report takes feds to task for keeping control of 80 percent of Nevada
CARSON CITY — The federal government has treated Nevada like its “colony” since statehood by continuing to exert management control over more than 80 percent of the state’s 110,540 square miles, a leader of a Nevada conservative think tank contends.
Victor Joecks talks education on KNPR
Victor Joecks talks education on KNPR
Lights! Camera! Tax credits!
In a boffo performance that won’t come soon to a theater near you, Nicolas Cage appeared before the Nevada Senate Finance Committee early in May to support a state tax credit for film production in Nevada. The actor, who lives in Las Vegas and won a best actor Oscar for his performance in the 1995 film, Leaving Las Vegas, delivered a handy selection of broadcast- and publication-ready sound bites to a full scrum of news crews that were happy to use them. “I have four scripts that could easily be shot in Nevada,” the Las Vegas Sun quoted him as saying. “I know investors around the world. I could give you names. Give me six months, and I’ll give you a list of names of folks who would love to come to Nevada to make a movie.”
Dr. Ben Chavis talks education reform with Jon Ralston
Dr. Ben Chavis talks education with Jon Ralston
Clark County's largest union rejects 4 percent COLA-merit pay hike offer
Clark County has offered its largest union a contract that has a 2 percent cost-of-living increase and an additional 2 percent merit increase for eligible employees, according to a county memo obtained by the Review-Journal.
Dr. Ben Chavis talks charter schools with Kevin Wall
Dr. Benjamin Chavis, a high school principal from Oakland, California, was our second guest. He discussed the problems facing public schools as well as chartered schools in our country. Kevin had invited Dr. Chavis who had attended an earlier luncheon sponsored by Nevada Policy Research Institute.
Karen Gray talks CCSD ethics with Kevin Wall
Karen Gray, Investigative Reporter for the Nevada Journal, talks about why CCSD lawyer said school board members should be exempt from ethics law, since trustees serve ‘the children.’
Michigan's employees need to know their rights
Roughly 28 percent of Michigan’s union households would leave their union if they could do so without penalty of losing their jobs, seniority or pay.
That’s the finding of a new poll by National Employee Freedom Week, a nationwide campaign that ran from June 23-29. It conducted a series of scientific surveys to ascertain just how many of the nation’s union household members would support leaving their unions if they could.
Workers can opt out of union dues
Not every terminated employee wins a $10,000 settlement, but Jeff Richmond did. The West Virginian utility worker refused to donate to his union's political action committee. So the Laborers International Union had him fired.
