President Barack Obama is in dire need of political cover. Obamacare is a disaster, and the public isn’t buying overpriced health insurance, much less the president’s promise to address the law’s failures.
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You were taught the speech in grade school. Perhaps you memorized it. But did you fully comprehend its significance? Probably not.
Another proposal to increase the sales tax rate and boost the budgets of Southern Nevada police departments will go before the Clark County Commission on Tuesday. It’s as unworthy of approval as its predecessors.
Include new Interior Secretary Sally Jewell among those who want President Barack Obama to bypass Congress whenever it suits his administration.
The Nevada Supreme Court made it clear: The pension benefits of retired government workers are public records. The court’s unanimous ruling Thursday effectively ends decades of wrongful secrecy at the Public Employees Retirement System and finally makes it possible for taxpayers to learn just how much they’re paying the people who no longer work for them.
Six years ago, almost no one would have suggested that the Las Vegas Marathon could become a top special event and a major tourism driver. The run had chronically low participation and could barely pay its bills. It was at risk of disappearing completely.
We’ve all heard the saying, “It’s going to get worse before it gets better.” In the case of the Affordable Care Act, it’s going to get worse before it gets worse still. Millions of people are learning they can’t keep their current individual plans, tens of millions more could be in the same boat at this time next year when the law’s employer mandate kicks in, and hardly anyone is buying expensive Obamacare-compliant policies.
Congressional Democrats, with the support of President Barack Obama, are preparing their latest assault on opportunity: legislation to gradually increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour, then tie the figure to inflation.
The mandated blending of corn-based ethanol with American fuels was supposed to be good for the environment. But as a report released Tuesday by The Associated Press shows, the only things made greener by the federal requirement were the bank accounts of the ethanol industry and farmers.
Nevada’s public employee pension fund is well-managed and actuarially sound when compared against those of other states, according to an independent review of the plan requested by Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval.