When the Clark County School District needed to cover-up misconduct by its top officials, it turned to an unusual tool: hiring an independent investigator.
Victor Joecks
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Record Democrat turnout doomed Nevada Republican candidates in last month’s election. That turnout was driven, in part, by the left’s dislike for President Donald Trump.
Introspection after an election loss is necessary. Drawing the wrong conclusions, however, can be politically fatal.
There’s good evidence voter fraud boosted a Republican candidate in a close Congressional election. Perhaps Democrats will now start demanding measures to increase election integrity.
The top priority for Nevada education is overhauling the Nevada Plan, according to Sen. Mo Denis, who will chair the Senate Education Committee.
If you want to increase your son’s chances of going to prison, enroll him in day care as soon as possible. That’s just one of the startling findings from a new study of government-financed early childhood care.
The media has spent the last week mocking Donald Trump for something it does routinely.
John Malcom, a senior legal fellow with the Heritage Foundation, talks about the FIRST STEP Act and Justice Clarence Thomas.
The national mainstream media is once again flaunting its liberal bias. It’s obvious in how the press has framed the attempted illegal border crossings by some in the migrant caravan.
Listen to some politicians and you’d think that America’s wealth should be a source of anger, not thanksgiving.
Teachers are facing a pay cut next year. So are police officers, firefighters and almost every state and local government employee. Thank Nevada’s broken retirement system for that.
Nevada’s Public Employees’ Retirement System is still fighting a Supreme Court decision requiring them to turn over public pension records.
Steve Sisolak and Aaron Ford are promising to use their new offices to implement Nevada’s stalled background check initiative. They haven’t said, however, how they are going to do it.
Third-parties are so counterproductive that the top priority for Republican donors should be funding a Green Party in Nevada. Green Party candidates would likely draw at least 2 percent from Democrat candidates. That’s a winning margin in close races, and the impacts can be felt all the way down the ballot.
Question 6 would cost Nevada families an average of $2,000 per year, according to James Taylor, the Heartland Institute’s senior fellow for energy policy.
