Nevada bills that missed deadline

Among the bills that died as a result of this first deadline in the 77th Legislative Session were many forward-thinking, market-oriented policy solutions as well as short-sighted government interventions into the marketplace. This report reviews those good, bad and ugly bills.

The importance of pension reform

When Clark County District Attorney David Roger announced he would retire in early 2012, the top prosecutor was 50 years old. Yet he started collecting his annual pension of about $150,000 immediately upon leaving office.

Too many taxes

When will the political conversation in this state focus on saving money instead of swiping more of it?

Will next superintendent ever say, 'You're fired'?

As the Clark County School District Board of Trustees holds town hall meetings on selecting a new superintendent, status-quo supporters have started rumbling that the system doesn’t need an “outsider” at the helm to rock the boat.

NPRI's complaint against CCSD is a "slam dunk"

The Clark County School District claims it has not a single tax dollar to spare. Yet it wastes precious resources trying to keep public records private. Its latest losing effort: refusing to provide teacher email addresses to the Nevada Policy Research Institute.

Bringing public project costs into reality

Employers who waste money don’t survive, so they become pretty good at determining the prevailing wage for any given job.

The exceptions are contractors on government projects, who are ordered by law to pay wages far higher than necessary. As a result, when voters allocate enough money to build eight new schools, the money stretches only far enough to build seven. Those state mandates are misleadingly called “prevailing wage” laws, often referred to as “Little Davis-Bacon Acts,” after the federal law on which they’re based.

What the Legislature doesn't know

Republicans and Democrats agree that Nevada’s children need a better education system.

But Gov. Brian Sandoval has said time and again that he won’t raise taxes beyond his $6.5 billion budget, making it difficult to actually get the money that would pay for programs for Nevada’s kids.

Libertarian think tank sues School District for access to teacher email addresses

Are teacher email addresses a matter of public record?

That's the question at the crux of Nevada Policy Research Institute's latest lawsuit against the Clark County School District. The lawsuit was filed Thursday morning.

Republicans take aim at Nevada's prevailing wage law

A Republican assemblyman who wants to amend Nevada’s prevailing wage law argued Wednesday that construction workers “need a job today,” not extra money to allow them to buy a boat or a motor home.

NPRI Seeks CCSD Records, Files Lawsuit

Thursday, the Nevada Policy Research Institute’s Center for Justice and Constitutional Litigation filed a lawsuit under the Nevada Public Records Act against the Clark County School District.