Paid Vacation Doesn’t Count As An Act Of Service »
(Ryan Hamilton) – The weeks before spring break were abuzz with media coverage of UNLV’s largely student (and therefore, also, taxpayer) funded “Alternative Spring Break” — a “service trip” for 27 undergraduates and three staff members to San Francisco. The way the news was reported and the trip was advertised, one would think that Las Vegas doesn’t have a needy AIDS community worthy of assistance. Even if Las Vegas did, surely they couldn’t teach these [...]
Nearly 1,000 Nevada Public Employees Earn $200K »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Nearly 1,000 state and local government workers, many of them firefighters and police, make over $200,000 a year when all pay and benefits are counted, according to a 2011 pay analysis published today by the Nevada Policy Research Institute. The number of public employees earning $200,000 or more could be even higher, but the conservative think tank said some government entities, including the cities of Reno and Henderson, the Washoe [...]
UNLV College Republicans Prepare To Turn Nevada Red »
NN&V Exclusive As college students prepare for Spring Semester to begin on January 17th, Nevada News & Views asked the new UNLV College Republicans President Thomas McAllister to fill us in on the group’s plans for 2012. – Ed. NN&V: The UNLVCR organization has become a force to be reckoned with on the UNLV campus. Last year, your group was instrumental in bringing several financial issues to light, including Dina Titus’ salary and retirement package as [...]
Nevada College Republicans Denounce Tuition Increase As Universities Continue Wasteful Policies »
(Las Vegas) – Today [December 2], the NSHE Board of Regents voted for an 8% tuition increase after first voting down a measure to postpone the vote until the March meeting – a move called for by the UNLV College Republicans last month. A move to increase tuition by 5% was also defeated. This increase comes on the heels of a 13% increase implemented this year. “Today, the NSHE Board of Regents struck a blow [...]
Should In-State Tuition Subsidies Be Capped? »
(David Mansdoerfer) – The U.S. unemployment rate is at 9.1%. The unemployment rate in Nevada is at 13.4%. These numbers are disheartening no matter how you look at them. Yet, for one key demographic, the national unemployment rate is at 4.3%. That demographic, as you might have guessed from the title, are those who hold a bachelor degree or higher. Now, educational achievement has always been a strong indicator of future employment. However, now more [...]
Da More He Talks, Da Less We Listen »
(Chuck Muth) – A new voice is rising from the bowels of Nevada liberalism, and not surprisingly it’s coming from an associate “political science” professor from a government-subsidized college campus. What are the odds? The liberal professor is David Damore of UNLV, who also now advertises himself as a nonresident fellow at the liberal Brookings Institute. Here’s his published bio: After receiving his PhD. in Political Science from the University of California, Davis in 2000, [...]
Lies, Distortions, And Victimhood: How Nevada Democrats Have Outdone Themselves »
(Mark Ciavola) – Well, it has finally happened: Democrats in Southern Nevada have gone too far, and are now embarrassing themselves daily for the entire world to watch. It all began on November 2, 2010 when Dr. Joe Heck was elected to Congress over Dina Titus, the darling of the liberal activist community in Las Vegas. Democrats began attacking Heck across various media, for not creating the jobs he promised – a promise he never [...]
College Republicans Challenge Titus In Open Letter »
(UNLV College Republicans) – Today [July 26], the UNLV College Republicans sent former congresswoman and 2012 congressional candidate Dina Titus a letter via certified mail (also attached) in response to accusations she made against the organization on Face to Face with Jon Ralston one week ago. The letter demands that Titus produce physical evidence for her claims, or provide the organization with a public apology. “It was unpleasant in the beginning. Every single day the [...]
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