(Thomas Mitchell) – Obama is trying to kill a gnat with an anvil. He rhapsodized recently about his administration’s Clean Power Plan from the EPA, and preached about the urgency to curb global warming now because 2014 was the planet’s warmest year on record and ice caps are shrinking. “Climate change is no...

(Office of the Attorney General) – CARSON CITY – Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced the appointment of Roland Swanson, II, as the chief of investigations for the Nevada Attorney General’s Office. Chief Swanson will lead full-time sworn peach officers tasked with investigating public integrity, child exploitation, human trafficking, Medicaid fraud...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – James Bovard’s recent USA Today column attacking Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-Fla.) support of U.S. sugar policy is built on the false assumptions that a global free market in sugar exists and that supporting U.S. farmers is at odds with being conservative. Every sugar-producing country in the world subsidizes...

(Nevadans Against Common Core) – An article by Theresa Catalani in the Nevada News & Views, points out that the new “one-on-one” tablets, are being “lent” to students with heavy liabilities to parents – and possible unintended criminal punishment to parents as well as lack of privacy issues for students. Theresa Catalani’s son,...

(Chantal Lovell, NPRI) – LAS VEGAS — Today, the Nevada Policy Research Institute released the results of a new survey showing that more than a quarter of union households in Nevada don’t realize they can opt out of union membership and stop paying a portion of their union dues without fear of penalty. The survey is part of National...

(Nathan Mehrens, NetRightDaily.com) – While tax law certainly isn’t what most would consider an engaging subject, under the...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – Because of the unrelenting cries of anguish emanating from the rooftop solar industry about how Big Bad NV Energy is trying to kill 6,000 solar industry jobs, maybe you’re thinking you should try to learn something about the brouhaha. But then every time the term “net-metering” is mentioned...

(Thomas Mitchell) – Donald Trump has released a position paper on immigration that includes a potshot at Nevada’s Sen. Harry Reid. “End birthright citizenship. This remains the biggest magnet for illegal immigration. By a 2:1 margin, voters say it’s the wrong policy, including Harry Reid who said ‘no sane country’ would give automatic citizenship...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – In today’s economic climate, America’s small businesses are under attack. Not only must they comply with onerous government regulations, but they increasingly face lawsuits filed by patent trolls, who work with trial lawyers to target innovators with claims of infringement on dubious grounds. Rather than create new products...

(Rich Galen, Mullings.com) – More information about Hillary’s email servers came to light over the weekend when ABC News’ Jon Karl reported that “Platte River Networks, the Colorado company that set up Clinton’s server, told ABC News it is ‘highly likely’ that a full backup of the server was made, meaning those thousands...

(Steve Sebelius, Las Vegas Review-Journal) – “The people of the state of Nevada do enact as follows: NRS 295.001(1) and NRS 295.009(3) are hereby repealed.” If you wanted to propose erasing the infamous single-subject requirement that has torpedoed many a ballot initiative in Nevada, that one line is all you’d need to do...

(Theresa Catalani) – Nevada public schools now offer students a 1.1 Tablet which provides a more high-tech learning experience. As a parent, I am expected to sign off on liability for the Tablet. Last year, when my youngest was a 5th grader at Fremont Elementary, I declined the Tablet and $500 liability. The...

RENO (14 Aug. 2015) – Lisa Krasner announced her candidacy for Assembly District 26 for the 2016 Election. The district covers southwestern Washoe County and Incline Village. Speaking to a gathering of supporters Thursday evening, the Reno Republican presented positions and qualifications. “The 2015 Nevada Legislature passed a 1.2 Billion dollar tax increase”  she said, adding...