Victor Joecks is a Review-Journal columnist who explores and explains policy issues three days a week in the Opinion section. Previously he served as the executive vice president of the Nevada Policy Research Institute. Victor is also a staff sergeant in Nevada National Guard. Originally from Washington state, Victor received his bachelor’s degree from Hillsdale College.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority wants to take billions of gallons of water that doesn’t exist from Eastern Nevada via a pipeline that would cost ratepayers $15 billion. Doing so would devastate the wildlife and people who live there. That’s according to Kyle Roerink, executive director of the Great Basin Water Network, which opposes the pipeline.
New gun laws from Carson City are going to make life harder for the wrong people.
It’s illegal in Nevada for government unions to strike. The Clark County Education Association is laying the groundwork for one anyway.
The battle over charter schools has come to Carson City. A bill introduced this week would stop the growth of new charter schools, which is the first step to withering them on the vine.
Nevada’s new U.S. Attorney Nicholas Trutanich refused to rule out the possibility of prosecuting marijuana crimes.
A proposal to create annual legislative sessions would also increase the legislator pay by 150 percent. Don’t expect them to highlight that part.
Who wins the political debate over two contentious legislative issues — abortion and gun control — depends on who defines the terms.
The Clark County School District has been using taxpayer resources to advance the political agenda of the teachers union.
Across the country, restorative justice is lowering test scores and increasing the number of students who feel unsafe at schools. That’s according to Max Eden, a senior fellow with the Manhattan Institute, who recently released a study on school discipline reform.
Read by Three is about to become Read by Never. On Monday, a host of Democrats introduced Assembly Bill 289, which would gut the requirement that third graders who aren’t proficient in reading repeat the grade.
CASRON CITY—Today’s doomsday prophets don’t stand on street corners with signs warning “The End is Nigh.” Instead, they hold hearings on the dangers of climate change.
Attorney General Aaron Ford’s friend has admitted to breaking numerous state laws. But Ford is refusing to say whether he’ll bring criminal charges.
For decades, conservatives have contended that the prevailing wage increases costs. Now Nevada governments are saying the same thing.
It shouldn’t be hard to condemn anti-Semitism. Yet, Jacky Rosen, Catherine Cortez Masto, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford refused to do that last week when asked about remarks from Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
A bill in the Assembly would reduce the penalties students face for punching teachers. An animating belief behind the bill is that teachers can’t overcome their racial biases.
