Sunday, March 30, 1997 To read a story, HIGHLIGHT headline and click READ. Bureaucratic shuffle? Rigging the game The big Chinese giveaway Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot Sex channels using subliminal come-ons The costs of infrastructure, and the neglected pr... Who invented this 'three-ball' regulation? COLUMN: Jon Ralston North Las Vegas top cop did the right thing by re... ----------END-----------
	Click on the small cartoon to see a full-size version (93k).	Rigging the game The politically naive might assume the proper way to determine the "prevailing wage" for a given public works project would be to place ads, offering to pay $8 per hour.       If not enough qualified workers showed up, subsequent ads might offer $10 per hour, then $12, then $14, until a price was found at which sufficient workers of adequate skill were willing to commit to the project. FULL TEXT Bureaucratic shuffle? In his state of the state address in January, Gov. Bob Miller advocated the formation of "inquiry teams" to deal with public schools that demonstrate "poor performance." His proposal has now been incorporated into Senate Bill 241.       Under the legislation, the state Department of Education would evaluate public schools each year on test scores, incidents of violence, alcohol or drug possession, attendance and dropout rates. A school receiving three or more consecutive designations as "performing at a level which requires attention" would face a formal investigation. FULL TEXT
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