The Clark County School District has filed a legal action with the state Supreme Court that, if successful, could render the state’s strong public records law nearly meaningless and deprive the citizens in every jurisdiction in the state access to public records that enable them to keep an eye on the actions of public officials. The brief filed earlier this month appeals a … [Read more...]
Question 6 Would Cost Money and Provide No Benefits
Current Nevada law requires 25 percent of the state’s electric power to come from renewable energy sources — such as solar, wind and geothermal — by 2025, but Question 6 on the November ballot asks voters to raise the requirement to 50 percent by 2030. The initiative claims this will reduce the state’s reliance on fossil-fuel power plants and clean up the air. But recent … [Read more...]
Groups Should Not Be Forced to Reveal Donors
The uberliberal 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, whose jurisdiction includes Nevada, recently struck another blow against free speech, saying the state of California may force non-profits to reveal their donors. According to The Wall Street Journal, in 2016 a federal judge ruled that the Americans for Prosperity Foundation did not have to give its donor list to the … [Read more...]
Democrats Pushing for Socialized Health Care
In a speech in Illinois this past week former President Obama called “Medicare for all” a “good new idea.” He said, “It’s harder for young people to save for a rainy day, let alone retirement. So Democrats aren’t just running on good old ideas like a higher minimum wage, they’re running on good new ideas like Medicare for all, giving workers seats on corporate boards, … [Read more...]
Parents Need to Weigh ‘Social’ Promotion Options
Up until the third grade, students are learning to read. After that, they should be reading to learn. That is why in 2015 Nevada lawmakers passed a bill dubbed Read by 3, requiring schools to have students who have not achieved a certain level of literacy to be retained in the third grade. It was modeled after a law passed in Florida in 2002 that quickly increased reading … [Read more...]
Judge Confirms Gun Background Check Law Unenforceable
A district court judge brought the hammer down on backers of a voter-approved initiative intended to require background checks prior to gun sales by private individuals, telling them the courts and the executive branch cannot fix the problem they themselves created. The Background Check Act, Question 1 on the November 2016 ballot, passed by a whisker with only 50.45 percent … [Read more...]
Which Senate candidate is right about Social Security?
We find Democratic Senate candidate Jacky Rosen’s sanguine and naive response to the recent 83rd anniversary of Social Security Act disturbing to say the least. Rosen put out a press release touting the fact she had met with a senior citizen group in Henderson to mark the anniversary. “Social Security successfully lifts millions out of poverty and helps ensure economic … [Read more...]
Stop Wasting Taxpayer Money on Secret UFO Studies
As they say on “The X-Files,” the truth is out there. Apparently it is still out there, because no one has revealed it. Maybe that is because it is classified. Yeah, that’s the ticket. It’s classified. In December, The New York Times revealed that former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid had secretly managed in 2007 to direct $22 million in taxpayer money to a secret UFO study, with … [Read more...]