School proposal makes splash

In an essay for the Nevada Research Policy Institute, Guthrie proposed that Nevada pay the top 10 percent of Nevada's teachers an annual salary of $200,000, thus attracting better candidates for teaching positions.

It's good to be in government

Nevada governments don’t have a revenue problem. They have a payroll problem.

How big is the problem? Check TransparentNevada.com and see for yourself.

Superintendent selection already being questioned

Questions about the validity of the Clark County School Board’s late-night, whirlwind decision to permanently hire Interim Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky on Tuesday are already swirling among those taken aback by the action.

Senate advances NV Energy move to close coal-fired plant

CARSON CITY — State senators unanimously backed a bill Wednesday that would require NV Energy to close the Reid Gardner power plant near Glendale and replace it with cleaner power generating facilities.

Former Nevada Superintendent has a bold plan to save education across the country

Jim Guthrie, the 76-year-old former superintendent of Nevada, proposed last week that the state pay top teachers an annual salary of $200,000.

Taxpayers footing $3 million lobbying bill for local governments

The perception of lobbyists involves polished representatives, paid for by large corporations, plying their influence for the benefit of mining, gaming, retailers and labor unions.

But you pay for lobbyists, too.

Left, right and center agree: Open up public records!

Would you believe there’s a bill in the Nevada Legislature upon which left and right totally agree?

A bill introduced by a liberal state senator that nonetheless attracted a trio of Republican votes on the floor? A bill that’s supported by the American Civil Liberties Union, the media and the Nevada Policy Research Institute? A bill that unions and the Independent American Party of Nevada can both support?

Cost to ease crowded Clark County classrooms put at $1.2 billion

Reducing class sizes in Southern Nevada to the national average would take $1.2 billion over four years, according to figures released by the Clark County School District.

But it will take more than the will of the School District or its teachers union to bring class sizes down. The Nevada Legislature will have to agree — and find a way to fund the effort.

Bill in Legislature would cut loopholes out of Nevada's renewable energy standards

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid might get his way with Nevada’s renewable energy industry.

In February, he called for the state Legislature to strip “loopholes” out of Nevada’s Renewable Portfolio Standard, which mandates that 25 percent of Nevada’s energy will come from renewable sources by 2025.

Legislators are now pushing a bill that would remove the “loopholes,” which are provisions allowing energy companies such as NV Energy to meet the standard through measures other than actual renewable energy production.

Nevada's loss is … Nevada's gain?

Just over a year ago Dr. James Guthrie became Nevada’s first superintendent of instruction to be appointed by Governor Sandoval. Guthrie has the most impressive array of lifetime academic and professional achievements of anyone who ever graced the Silver State’s educational hierarchy.