Former Nevada Democratic Sen. and Senate majority leader Harry Reid appears to be on what one might suspect is a farewell media tour. Though he never was too cozy with the media, Reid has in recent weeks, while being treated for pancreatic cancer, granted lengthy interviews with The New York Times Magazine, the Las Vegas public radio station and the editor of the … [Read more...]
If Davis name must go, use Shoshone name for peak
The Nevada Board of Geographic Names voted unanimously this past week to, well, literally “white out” from Nevada maps the name of another historic figure whose actions do not comport with the current politically correct world view. According to an Associated Press account, the panel has recommended to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to change the name of Nevada’s third … [Read more...]
Keeping taxes low will keep Nevada prosperous
It is called voting with your feet. From July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2018, Nevada’s population grew by 62,000 people to more than 3 million — a growth rate of 2.09 percent, the fastest in the nation. This included a net migration of 48,000 people Many of them came from neighboring California, with its high taxes, high housing costs and burdensome regulations. So, let … [Read more...]
Adoption incentives could curb wild horse population
Why not? Unless some self-appointed “wild horse lovers” step in and manage to quash the idea, the Bureau of Land Management is seriously considering still another method for reducing the wild horse and burro population on the open range and in pens. The idea was floated in a report to Congress this past April. Instead of charging people $125 a head to adopt a wild horse … [Read more...]
Rooftop Solar Panel Mandate Not a Good Idea
Now that California’s Energy Commission has approved mandatory efficiency standards for all homes built in the state after Jan. 1, 2020, including the requirement that rooftop solar panels be used, a self-styled environmental group is calling on every state to require solar panels on new homes. Environment America Research & Policy Center says the requirement would save … [Read more...]
EPA Reigning in Overreach on Water Rules
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back another Obama era overreach, specifically rules that defined every stream, ditch, seasonal puddle and muddy hoof print as being covered by the restrictions of the Clean Water Act of 1972 that was intended to prohibit pollutants being dumped into navigable waters — known colloquially as the waters of the … [Read more...]
State Budget Could Use Some Belt Tightening
The members of the Nevada Economic Forum met earlier this month and came up with a forecast for how much the total state general fund revenues will be for the next two years. The Economic Forum was created by lawmakers in 1993. It is responsible for providing forecasts of revenues for each upcoming biennial budget period. The figures are binding on the governor and the … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Should Limit Civil Asset Forfeitures
The U.S. Supreme Court finally has taken up a case that could result in the reining in of the larcenous practice by local and federal law enforcement agencies of seizing private property to pad their budgets. This past week the court heard arguments in the case of Timbs v. Indiana. Tyson Timbs was caught in a police sting selling heroin, and during one of his transactions he … [Read more...]