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CCSD teacher complaining about her salary made over $82K in 2011

In Sunday's Las Vegas Review-Journal, a CCSD teacher named Cynthia McCoy wrote a letter to the editor complaining about her salary as a teacher and her lack of recent salary increases. I am afraid... »

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TransparentNevada now has benefits info for CCSD, Henderson, Reno and WCSD

TransparentNevada released 2011 salary and benefits data for over 120,000 government employees last week. There's a lot of interesting data there, some of it detailed in our press release, but what... »

Cook: Our best-funded schools are the worst

A terrific column from Glenn Cook at the Las Vegas Review-Journal that details how, contrary to what many say, Clark County's best-funded schools are also our worst. His... »

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NV Supreme Court Chief Justice Nancy Saitta's 'Captain Louis Renault' moment

On Wednesday, Nevada Supreme Court Justice Nancy Saitta appeared on Jon Ralston's “Face to Face,” where Ralston asked her how the Supreme Court could simultaneous run the Foreclosure Mediation... »

NPRI's litigation center files Supreme Court appeal in separation-of-powers case

NPRI's Center for Justice and Constitutional Litigation is taking our separation-of-powers case to the Nevada Supreme Court. Here are all the details: CARSON CITY, Nev. — NPRI’s Center for Justice... »

RJ editorial: CCSD police force is overstepping its legal authority

For the last several months, Nevada Journal's Karen Gray has documented how police with the Clark County School District have overstepped their legal authority by, at the minimum, routinely issuing... »

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NPRI: Sandoval wrong to propose raising taxes

LAS VEGAS — In response to the news that Gov. Brian Sandoval will instruct government agencies to budget as if the sunset taxes will continue in the next biennium, Geoffrey Lawrence, deputy policy... »

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Tuition at 31 of Las Vegas' 34 private schools is less than what CCSD spends per pupil

Remember this the next time someone starts talking about "investing in education." If we are really interested in "investing" in education, let's put our dollars into the hands of parents who can... »

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Government math: Las Vegas spends $185 million to save $400,000 a year in energy costs

I'm referring, of course, to the new Las Vegas City Hall. City officials, led by Mayor Carolyn Goodman, have been putting out a ridiculous talking point, bragging that the new city hall will save... »

Cook uncovers evidence many Clark County firefighters engaged in disability fraud

A terrific column and some outstanding investigative reporting from Glenn Cook at the Las Vegas Review-Journal suggests that — on top of making sky-high salaries and abusing sick leave to drive up... »

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New Las Vegas city hall shows the problems with government-led economic development

Government shouldn't pick winners and losers in the economy — it's a simple phrase, but if followed, it would prevent a lot of government waste and economic hardship. Unfortunately, for Las Vegas... »

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Oscar Goodman, former Las Vegas mayor and mob lawyer, calls critics of Mob Museum "monkeys"

And monkeys wasn't the only thing Goodman called critics of wasting tax dollars to build a shrine to the mob. The Mob Museum cost federal, state and local taxpayers $42 million and was... »

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It's deja vu all over again!

So says Doug French, formerly of Las Vegas, in his Mises Institute column today. French compares the current election year to 1980 in that discussion of the gold standard has actually crept back into... »

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SoS Ross Miller: "Our services aren't worth your money"

Okay...so maybe it's not an exact quote, but that's certainly what I got out of Secretary of State Ross Miller's comments to the Las Vegas Sun today. Miller is complaining that home-based businesses... »

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Compare and contrast: Justice Kagan and the Nevada Supreme Court

Earlier this week, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan recused herself from a case involving Arizona's controversial law dealing with illegal immigration. The SCOTUS blog notes that she recused... »

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