Bill includes key improvements to military retirement championed by Heck (Greg Lemon) – WASHINGTON – Congressman Joe Heck (NV-03) today backed House passage of the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 1735 – National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY2016. The NDAA is the primary mechanism through which Congress “provides for the common defense”...

(Chuck Muth, President, Citizen Outreach) – How can a state that has so successfully handled legal gambling, legal 24/7 consumption of alcohol and legal prostitution have so fouled up legalizing marijuana? The problems with legalizing medical marijuana alone in Nevada are legion.  It was approved by voters over a dozen years ago, but...

(Richard Cowan, Las Vegas Review-Journal) – The U.S. House of Representatives, continuing its fight against women’s healthcare provider...

(Steven Miller) – You might not expect it in this day and age, but Nevada’s Constitution still bears telling traces of a discriminatory 19th century doctrine the U.S. Supreme Court has characterized as “born of bigotry.” Those traces can be found in the multiple appearances in the document of the word “sectarian.” Contrary...

(Ron Knecht & Geoffrey Lawrence) – The liberal Washington Post recently reported that: “Scores on the SAT have sunk to the lowest level since the college admission test was overhauled in 2005, adding to worries about student performance in the nation’s high schools.” Long-term K-12 student achievement results – especially in light of...

(Thomas Mitchell) – Everybody knew the networks were practicing checkbook journalism, but who knew the checks were so big?...

(Fred Weinberg) – I spent 17 years of my life in the great state of Oklahoma. They had two phrases for a prototypical politician. The first was that he “goes along to get along”. The second was that he “wouldn’t say sh-t if he has a mouthful”. Those two phrases describe John Boehner,...

(Thomas Mitchell) – We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – Well, here we go again… Those in Congress who believe in unicorns and...

(Ray Henry & Susan Montoya, Associated Press) – Traditional power companies are getting into small-scale solar energy and...

(Rich Galen, Mullings.com) – There is a rarely used motion available to the Members of the U.S. House who are dissatisfied with their leadership. The form is: I move to vacate the chair.” Sounds innocuous but the effects can be shattering. It is the equivalent of a “no-confidence” vote in the British House...

(Thomas Mitchell) – The National Association of Manufacturers has begun broadcasting a television commercial across the West, including Nevada stations, that argues that Obama administration Environmental Protection Agency rule for reducing ozone is a futile gesture that will harm the economy and kill jobs. The commercial notes that Western states have cut smog-causing...

(Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal) – New political opportunities, term limits and retirements will combine to produce significant...