Opinion
Why Do We Need A “Jobs Summit” If Harry Reid’s So-Called “Stimulus” Is Working?
(National Republican Senatorial Committee) – As the White House hosts its “jobs summit” today and discussions heat up surrounding a potential second stimulus bill, Democrats appear to have conceded that their $787 billion “stimulus” debacle has failed at providing the much-needed economic recovery that President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid...
Chuck Muth December 5, 2009
Opinion
Gibbons: Legislature Acted Irresponsibly By Failing to Approve Unemployment Regulations
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Gov. Jim Gibbons is rejecting the suggestion made by a lawmaker that his administration delayed action on regulations needed to ensure the continuation of unemployment benefits for out-of-work Nevadans beginning Jan. 1. In an “op/ed” article sent to Nevada news media outlets, Gibbons said the law was...
Chuck Muth December 5, 2009
Opinion
Domenici: Yucca No, Recycling Yes
(Pete Domenici) – More than 12 years ago, at Harvard University, I proposed a new energy paradigm: resurgence of nuclear power. At that time, interest in nuclear power in the United States was stagnant. That is no longer the case. Both the American people and the international community show renewed interest in...
Chuck Muth December 5, 2009
Chuck Muth December 4, 2009
Opinion
Heller Calls for Death Penalty for Death Tax
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., spoke out today against a measure that would permanently set the estate tax at 45 percent. Under current law the tax, also referred to as the death tax, is set to expire at the end of this year. The Permanent Estate Tax Relief...
Chuck Muth December 4, 2009
Opinion
Gibbons Urges Nevada Delegation to Oppose Obama-Care
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Gov. Jim Gibbons today asked Nevada’s Congressional delegation to oppose the U.S. Senate health care legislation, saying a mandated expansion of the Medicaid program would cost the state $613 million in general fund dollars between 2014 and 2019. Under the plan being pushed by U.S. Senate Majority...
Chuck Muth December 4, 2009
Opinion
Daschle-Slayer Says Lowden Can Beat Reid
(Dick Wadhams) – Five years ago, we made history when John Thune defeated Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle in South Dakota. As the Thune campaign manager, I will personally never forget the support we received that gave us the ability to make the case against Tom Daschle. As a result, a sitting...
Chuck Muth December 4, 2009
Opinion
Special Session, Here We Come!
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – An official with the Gibbons administration said today there will be a special session of the Legislature by June to repeal a Nevada law that is keeping the state from going after millions of dollars in federal funds to improve schools. Lynn Hettrick, deputy chief of staff...
Chuck Muth December 4, 2009
Opinion
You Might Be a RINO If…
(Chuck Muth) - To ascertain with relative certainty whether or not some Nevada Republican state legislators are...
Chuck Muth December 3, 2009
Opinion
The Growth of Homeschooling in Nevada
(Elissa Wahl) – By now you probably know someone that homeschools, or know of someone who knows someone….but are you still falling for that old myth of “What About Socialization?” According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the number of homeschooled children has grown over the past decade from 850,000 to...
Chuck Muth December 3, 2009
Opinion
It’s Time to Opt Out of Senator Reid’s Government Health Care Utopia
(Danny Tarkanian) – In the very near future, Senator Reid is going follow Speaker Pelosi’s lead and try to pass his Senate version of the liberal utopian health care plan – a full, unabashed socialist-style takeover of our nation’s health care system. Senator Reid said health care reform would cover the uninsured,...
Chuck Muth December 3, 2009
Opinion
Labor Unions Appeal to Political Allies, Scramble for Work in Tough Times
(Mike Chamberlain/Nevada News Bureau) – For years Nevadans joked that the state bird was the crane – the construction crane. Flocks of them could be seen hovering over Las Vegas with new arrivals appearing weekly. New residential and commercial developments sprang up in every section of the Las Vegas valley. Construction grew...
Chuck Muth December 3, 2009
Opinion
Time to Outlaw Public Employee Unions
(Warner Todd Huston) – What happens when a private sector union gets far too many benefits to the point where the business for which its membership works goes under or whose existence is threatened? Punishment. Unions either take a reduction of benefits or pay – or both – and cuts in time...
Chuck Muth December 3, 2009
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