Opinion Columns

In the Nevada Legislature, patience and resolve are keys to getting your bills heard — and sometimes even passed.

There’s no need to rent trouble when you’ve got plenty for free. It’s an important lesson for political and civic leaders to keep in mind when public skepticism of government is near an all-time high, thanks to scandals both real and imagined.

An anti-tax lawmaker who was removed from two key positions in the Assembly would certainly have done things differently than the men who replaced her.

Former Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto today formally announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat being given up by incumbent Harry Reid.

Nevada Democrats reportedly will unveil a tax-and-policy agenda this week, but time is getting short and alternatives are scarce as we’ve put nearly a third of the 2015 session behind us.

A new Gallup poll finds more people identifying themselves as political independents than ever before.

Before last week’s election, a host of people who opposed the soundly defeated Education Initiative hinted at or promised outright that they would work hard after the election to ensure Nevada’s schools were properly funded.

Give Nevada’s most strident opponent of gay marriage, Richard Ziser, credit for one thing at least: When he warned the 2009 Legislature that passing a domestic partnership law would undermine the state’s straights-only marriage policy, he was right.