Andy Matthews
Was that really so hard?
Government proves it can cut spending.
Faced with a large and growing revenue shortfall, Gov. Jim Gibbons has worked successfully with state legislators to do the sensible thing and scale back the size of the state budget. Still, while the media are likely to chronicle this saga primarily as a triumph of bipartisan cooperation, the real moral of this story likely will be missed.
It keeps growing and growing...
A report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal today reveals that Nevada is adding government employees at a slower rate than the rest of the country.
An alternate reality
Nevadans need to know the truth about their taxes.
It has become increasingly clear that in the minds of those who make up Nevada's ever-expanding governing class, citizens exist first and foremost to feed the machinery of the state – thus allowing it to further grow in power and influence over us all.
A big step toward transparency
The Nevada Policy Research Institute this week cheered the news that Gov. Jim Gibbons signed an executive order calling for transparency in Nevada government.
Aristocracy in Nevada
The educational elites suppress the will of the people.
Increasingly, the actions of those who govern reflect the will of a small but influential group of special interests, rather than the will of the governed. One won't find a more egregious example of this than the public education system, nor a place where the consequences for education have been more disastrous than in Nevada.
The rules don't apply?
The Las Vegas Review-Journal has an astute editorial out today on the whining over Gov. Gibbons' insistence that agencies trim their projected budgets in the face of lower-than-expected revenues.
The Friedman survey
The results of NPRI's statewide survey on Nevadans' attitudes on education, conducted along with the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, are in, and they paint a not-so-pretty picture for the state's education establishment.
Coming out of the dark
Government transparency would add credibility to both sides of the budget battle.
There's nothing particularly new, or even all that interesting, about the kafuffle taking place over Nevada's public K-12 education budget.
Understanding Michigan
Few, if any, states in the union are in as bad an economic funk as Michigan. In fact, it's commonly said that Michigan is currently experiencing a one-state recession. ...
What to make of Huck's win?
Mike Huckabee's victory in the Iowa caucuses, and the growing possibility that he may capture the Republican nomination, have alarmed a lot of folks on the right for whom limited government and fiscal conservatism are priorities.
