A proposal to create annual legislative sessions would also increase the legislator pay by 150 percent. Don’t expect them to highlight that part.
Victor Joecks
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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.
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.
Brian Knudsen, who’s running for Las Vegas City Council in Ward 1, discusses development at Badlands golf course, the city’s restrictions on short-term rentals and light rail.
One is an anomaly. Three is a pattern. The abrupt resignation of Kelvin Atkinson makes him the third former Democrat state Senator to fall from grace in the last two years.
Sens. David Parks and Joyce Woodhouse are each receiving six-figure pensions from the Public Employees’ Retirement System. Now, they’re co-sponsoring a bill to prevent you from finding out how much retirees, themselves included, will collect going forward.
It doesn’t makes sense for Las Vegas to spend millions in litigation fighting development at the Badlands golf course. One of the major root causes of homelessness is drug addiction. Las Vegas shouldn’t use rent control rein in prices. That’s all according to Las Vegas City Council Ward 1 candidate Dave Marlon.
If an abortionist — armed with scissors, clamps and a vacuum cleaner — can’t kill a baby while she’s still in the womb, he shouldn’t get another chance after she’s born. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen disagree.