Prez Candidate Johnson: Only In The Twilight Zone That Is Washington… »
(New York, NY) – Former New Mexico Governor and current presidential candidate Gary Johnson released the following statement in reaction to the President’s State of the Union address: “If the idea tonight was that the President would fulfill his constitutional duty to give us ‘information of the State of the Union’, we should be able to expect some truth. I didn’t hear much truth. Truth is that the real unemployment rate is probably still above [...]
Amodei: It Was A Great Speech If You Forget… »
(Washington, DC) - Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) today released the following statement regarding the President’s State Of The Union (SOTU) address: “The President’s State Of The Union address made sense if one forgets the following: The national debt is more than $15.2 trillion and growing. The annual federal budget deficit is approximately $1.5 trillion. Medicare will be insolvent in 2024. Social Security will be insolvent in 2036. The decision to keep raising the debt-ceiling only benefits [...]
Nevada CD1 Candidate Edwards: Obama Needs To Offer Effective Solutions »
(Las Vegas, NV) – Along with millions of other Americans, Congressional candidate Chris Edwards watched President Obama deliver his latest State of the Union speech Tuesday night. Those who were hoping for clear and effective solutions to fix the problems plaguing Nevada and the rest of the country were disappointed. “Rather than a clear path or effective solutions, the President presented more government, more regulations, more debt and more of the same. These will not [...]
Union-Friendly Changes By NRLB Will Affect Your Business, Part II »
NN&V Exclusive In Part I of Union-Friendly Changes By NRLB Will Affect Your Business, Smith explained micro bargaining units and new regulations regarding notices of the right to unionize. Below are three other changes businesses must be aware of for 2012. – Ed. (Rebecca Smith) – 3. The NLRB’s decision regarding the Jurys Boston Hotel was, to me, one that had a huge precedent , but was overlooked by most. This case was brought against [...]
SoS Ross Miller: “Our Services Aren’t Worth Your Money” »
(Geoffrey Lawrence/NPRI) – Okay…so maybe it’s not an exact quote, but that’s certainly what I got out of Secretary of State Ross Miller’s comments to the Las Vegas Sun today. Miller is complaining that home-based businesses aren’t paying their “fair share” and should be forced to pay $200 annually for the privilege of doing business in Nevada. The policy problems associated with this shakedown are obvious: 1. How does it impact the margins of the [...]
No Funding Available For Review Of Nevada Public Education Funding Plan »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – A panel of lawmakers today began a review of the state’s 45-year-old formula for funding public education with an eye towards addressing the needs of the state’s urban districts as they work to educate special education students, English-language learners and children in poverty. The panel is still searching for funding for a study to help in the review, however. The failure to find private funding for a study could jeopardize [...]
It’s Time To Wrest The West From Federal Control »
(Geoffrey Lawrence/NPRI) – As the GOP presidential contest moves on to the Western states, beginning with Nevada’s Feb. 4 caucuses, presidential candidates need to weigh in on what is perhaps the most pressing federal issue confronting the West: Who should control Western lands? In 1979, Nevada lawmakers fired a salvo re-opening the long-running struggle by Western states to reclaim from federal authorities control of the land within state boundaries — the movement popularly known as [...]
RISE Resource Center And Citizen Outreach Celebrate School Choice »
NN&V Exclusive (Lori Piotrowski) – It’s National School Choice Week, and RISE Resource Center and Citizen Outreach are celebrating. On January 26, head over to the new RISE Resource Center headquarters to learn about the choices you have for your children’s education, and meet other parents who share your desire to have an active voice in shaping education. Listen to a homeschooled Harvard graduate—Wayne Allyn Root! And Brian Calle, from the Friedman Foundation, will help [...]
National School Choice Week Spotlights Educational Options »
(Sean Whaley) – As National School Choice Week gets under way today state officials say Nevada school children have more opportunities than ever before to choose a school that works best for them. But one element of choice, a school voucher program, remains an unrealized and divisive issue for the state’s policy makers. Successes include a strong charter school law that is helping make the semi-autonomous schools available to more Nevada students, expanding distance learning programs, [...]
Caucus Procedures Made Easy In Washoe County »
(Jim Clark) – This will be the last in a series of columns aimed at Incline/Crystal Bay Republicans and dealing with the upcoming Feb. 4 Republican Presidential Preference caucus. As in prior articles, I encourage readers who have not yet registered for the caucus to stop reading further, crank up your computer and go to www.washoecountygop.org. There you will find a prominent red rectangle captioned “on-line caucus preregistration”. If you are a Washoe County registered [...]
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