Why Medicare Vouchers Might Just Work »
(David Mansdoerfer) – When Congressman Paul Ryan came out with his Roadmap for America’s Future, Democrats began pounding him calling it an attack on the elderly, ludicrous and cruel. Ryan’s plan, which tries to tackle the growing debt crisis, calls for the creation of Medicare Vouchers. These vouchers, which Ryan’s office estimates to be worth approximately $11,000 each, could then be used to purchase private health insurance policies. Lost in the political rhetoric, people neglect [...]
Berkley Delivers Partisan Screed to Bipartisan Meeting Of Legislature »
(Mike Chamberlain/The Cranky Hermit) – Shelley Berkley appeared at a joint session of the Nevada Legislature yesterday to give her first campaign speech since the announcement of her candidacy for the Senate seat being vacated by John Ensign. It wasn’t officially a campaign speech but, aside from not mentioning her opponent, it had all the necessary elements and was chock full of her party’s talking points. Berkley talked about the need to repair the nation’s [...]
Trump Riles Up The Crowd In Las Vegas »
(Mike Chamberlain/The Cranky Hermit) – Potential Presidential candidate Donald Trump visited Las Vegas last night, appearing in front of a standing-room only crowd in the ballroom at Treasure Island. Why not at the hotel he built and named after himself? I was told it didn’t have a room large enough and, considering the size of the crowd, I believe it. Trump didn’t disappoint, showing that he definitely knows how to work a crowd. The food [...]
Date Set For Federal Appeal In States’ Challenge To Obamacare »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Oral arguments in the ongoing legal challenge of the national health care law by 26 states including Nevada are set for June 8 before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Ga. Lead Special Counsel for Nevada, Mark Hutchison, will represent the state at the hearing, which will consider the federal government’s appeal of a lower federal court ruling out of Florida which found a key provision of [...]
A Closer Look At The Proposed Cuts In Education »
(Victor Joecks/NPRI) – There’s a lot of nuance when dealing with education spending in Nevada, so let’s look at the findings first. Under Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposed budget (as amended on March 28), Nevada’s required state support of education would decrease by less than 6.1 percent, as measured by total and per-pupil spending and compared with the previous biennium. Less than 6.1 percent. Think about that for a moment. At a time of 13 percent [...]
Both Parties Employ Same Budget Gimmicks »
(Victor Joecks/NPRI) – I’ve been going through the Assembly Democrats’ information sheet on K-12 education funding, which uses brazen distortions to claim there’s a $1.37 billion reduction to K-12 education spending in Gov. Brian Sandoval’s budget, and came across this nugget. The 2009 Legislature, during the 26th Special Session, approved the use of a total of $45 million of Clark County School District capital projects funds as local funds available for operating purposes during the 2009-11 [...]
Mitch McConnell Doubles Down on Harry Reid »
(Jazz Shaw/Hotair.com) – Yesterday we discussed the strategic move by Harry Reid as he prepared to call a vote on the Ryan plan in an effort to split wavering Republicans away from the pack. Rather than running from the challenge, it appears that Mitch McConnell is throwing a gauntlet of his own right back in the Majority Leader’s face. A day after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) put Republicans on the spot by [...]
Redistricting Maps Released Yesterday »
(Andrew Doughman/Nevada News Bureau) – State Republicans and Democrats today released their proposals for new state legislative political districts. The competing proposals for state Assembly and Senate districts both keep the Legislature at its current size of 63 legislators. The Democratic proposal, however, includes a new concept for Senate districts that have two Assembly districts nested within each Senate district. Democrats said they introduced “nesting” in order to simplify and harmonize how Nevadans are represented at [...]
Rural Nevada Outperforms Metropolitan Areas In Taxable Sales »
(Retail Association of Nevada) – In a sea of double-digit percentage growth figures, taxable sales results for the state’s more metropolitan counties stuck out somewhat disappointingly in the latest month’s taxable sales report. The Nevada Department of Taxation reported year-over-year increases in February taxable sales of more than 20 percent for ten of seventeen Nevada counties, with these ten counties experiencing an average increase of just over 40 percent. Two additional counties reported growth of [...]
McDonalds: Building the Foundations of the American Workforce »
(David Mansdoerfer) – Recently, McDonalds, the international fast food chain, hired 50,000 managers and crew members for their restaurants across the nation. Unlike the temporary surge in employment that came after the Federal government hired nearly 1 million people to work on the 2010 census, McDonalds is helping to set the foundations of a recovering job market without the help of ever increasing government regulations. Of the 50,000 jobs that are being created, a vast [...]
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