If Democrats take full control of state government in 2019, Nevada will become California — without the beaches. That’s why Republicans are trying to recall three state senators.
Victor Joecks
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If Nevada taxpayers had to pay the full cost of the Medicaid expansion, it’d have less support than Harry Reid running for president of a Republican women’s club.
The budget crisis facing the Clark County School District is no surprise. Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky predicted it just 19 months ago.
Nevada currently has more than 10 legislators, out of just 63, who also have executive branch jobs. Little wonder government keeps expanding.
If you want a textbook example of national media elites looking down on Middle America, look no further than this week’s New York Times hit piece on Saturday night’s Mayweather-McGregor megafight.
Laxalt’s upcoming but as-of-yet unannounced gubernatorial campaign was the underlying theme of his third annual Basque Fry.
It’s possible to be right and wrong simultaneously. Just look at President Donald Trump’s statements after last weekend’s tragedy in Charlottesville.
Police should be protecting private property, not profiting from how much of it they can get their hands on.
If you own more than $10 billion in bonds, you should know what a bond is. That’s why Public Employees’ Retirement System of Nevada board members heard a presentation Thursday on bonds before their regular meeting.
Education spending in Nevada keeps going up, but the Clark County School District keeps complaining it doesn’t get enough.
Three years ago, Adam Laxalt was a little-known, long shot candidate for attorney general. Today, he has emerged as the leading GOP gubernatorial candidate and the de facto leader of Nevada’s Republican Party.
Vice President Mike Pence will be the keynote speaker at Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt’s Basque Fry event on Aug. 26.
If Nevada Senate Democrats had their way, you never would have known about the double dippers recently uncovered by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
It’s easy to make heart-wrenching ads when you’re not bound by pesky things like the truth. Keep that in mind when you see television commercials shrieking that people will die if Sen. Dean Heller votes for Republicans’ Obamacare replacement. Opposing groups are spending big to deceive Nevadans about the impact of that bill.
Forget health care or taxes. The current public-policy discussion with the farthest-reaching societal implications is on transgender issues.
