A cash award program for state employees who propose money-saving ideas has also made a powerful case for pension reform. During the 2015 session, lawmakers should consider the deeply troubling story of Theron Huntamer, a Division of Public and Behavioral Health analyst.
Our leaders in Washington — Speaker of the House John Boehner chief among them — are painting the rushed omnibus spending bill as an act of responsible governance. In reality, the monstrosity is yet another testament to congressional irresponsibility.
The story of Nevada’s Assembly Republican caucus is something between soap opera and slapstick. Amid the betrayal and mistrust are too many self-inflicted blows to the groin to count.
This newspaper, through this page, champions a lot of ideas and causes. But none is more important than your right to know what your governments are doing.
The noise from those who lobby against electronic cigarettes got a little louder last week. As reported by Lauran Neergaard of The Associated Press, use of e-cigarettes by teenagers is on the rise, according to a survey released by the National Institutes of Health.
The Clark County School Board took a prudent step toward addressing the district’s ongoing licensed teacher shortage by expanding its partnership with Teach for America.
The state’s education leaders are celebrating a federal grant that will allow five school districts to expand pre-kindergarten programs for 4-year-olds. They’re sold on the idea that the earlier a child begins school, the better the child will fare in elementary grades and beyond. As reported last week by the Review-Journal’s Trevon Milliard, the state will receive $6.4 million as part of a four-year award that could exceed $43 million.
That Congress might once again pursue legislation to legalize interstate Internet poker is a good thing. That Congress is expected to do so as part of a broader ban on all other forms of Internet gambling is disappointing.
Sometimes, the perfect can’t be the enemy of the good. Although there was much to abhor about the defense funding bill that finally cleared Congress last week — Washington’s sausage factory was in rare form this month — the legislation delivered several land provisions of such importance to Nevada that the policy monstrosity should be celebrated across the Silver State.
If the viability of your argument depends on having no one hear it, you don’t have much of an argument in the first place.
