Opinion
Rory Reid Slams Gibbons, Announces Ethics Reform Plan
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid today released an ambitious plan for ethics reform in Nevada, saying he is offering “common sense” changes to the way state government does business. Reid is also proposing initiatives to make government more transparent and accountable to the public in his plan,...
Chuck Muth December 18, 2009
Opinion
Gibbons Says Nevada Won’t Miss Race-to-Top Funding Opportunity
* The following presentation was made to the Legislative Committee on Education on Thursday: (Stacy M. Woodbury) – Last Friday, as I was in this room listening to the presentations of speakers at the Legislative Committee on Education, I received an e-mail newsletter from the U.S. Department of Education with the following...
Chuck Muth December 18, 2009
Opinion
Unemployment Rate Drop Due to Smaller Labor Force
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Nevada’s unemployment rate fell for the second consecutive month in November, declining six-tenths of a percentage point to a seasonally adjusted 12.3 percent, but the drop was attributed to a decline in the state labor force. The decline from a revised 12.9 percent unemployment rate in October...
Chuck Muth December 18, 2009
Chuck Muth December 17, 2009
Opinion
Assembly Republicans Follow Goedhart’s Lead, Will Take Pay Cuts
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Republican members of the state Assembly said today they are following through on a commitment made in January to take salary reductions equal to the pay cuts imposed on state employees as a result of the 2009 legislative session. Assemblywoman Heidi Gansert, R-Reno, who also serves as...
Chuck Muth December 17, 2009
Opinion
Heller Objects to Debt Limit Increase, Bill Narrowly Passes
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Congressman Dean Heller today led the opposition on increasing the national statutory debt limit by nearly $300 billion (H.R. 4314). “Here we are again. Christmas is a week away and Congress is scrambling at the last minute just so we can go home,” said Heller. “While Americans...
Chuck Muth December 17, 2009
Opinion
Embattled Lt. Gov. Krolicki Will Seek Reelection in 2010
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, cleared earlier this month on charges that he mismanaged a college savings program while serving as state treasurer, said today he plans to run for reelection as lieutenant governor next year. “It is absolutely my intention to run for reelection as lieutenant governor,”...
Chuck Muth December 17, 2009
Opinion
Cops Insist on Getting Paid for Dressing Themselves
(Warner Todd Huston) – Here is another reason why unions need to be destroyed… Do you think your boss should pay you for getting dressed in the morning or for taking off your day’s clothes to climb into your snuggly Pjs each night? No reasonable, sane person would. But unions are neither...
Chuck Muth December 17, 2009
Chuck Muth December 16, 2009
Opinion
Don’t Let Up! Government Health Care Can Be Stopped!
(Rep. John Shadegg) – Today, yet another wave of Tea Party Americans came to the U.S. Capitol to fight a government takeover of health care. Now, the focus is on the Senate. Washington liberals are on the brink of making our health care system worse, not better, and putting you, your family,...
Chuck Muth December 16, 2009
Opinion
Govt Healthcare Will Give Us ALL Pay Cuts
(Warner Todd Huston) – Big Labor has, for the most part, fallen all over itself to help its patron President get his Obamacare policies passed in Congress spending millions to do so. If Obamacare should pass many millions will lose their healthcare and will be forced into government healthcare. According to the...
Chuck Muth December 16, 2009
Opinion
Drip, Drip, Drip of Tax Hikes Killing Job Creation
(Lorraine Hunt-Bono) – The year was 1955. A nine story Riviera Hotel opened as the tallest building in Las Vegas. The historic Moulin Rouge debuted as the first racially integrated hotel. Liberace became the highest paid entertainer earning $50,000 a week and my family opened a small pizzeria on Fremont Street. As...
Chuck Muth December 16, 2009
Opinion
17,900 Retail Jobs Slashed Since 2007 in Nevada
(Retail Association of Nevada) – Since peaking in December 2007 at 147,400 positions, retail jobs in Nevada have declined steadily, totaling only 129,500 as of October 2009. The loss of 17,900 positions represents a 12.1-percent decline in retail employment. Over the same time frame, total employment in Nevada declined by 5.8 percent,...
Chuck Muth December 16, 2009
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