Feds’ war on Western ranchers’ water rights takes a body blow
LAS VEGAS — Out in the American West, it’s not hard to find ranchers who’ll tell you that federal land agencies and U.S. Justice Department lawyers have in recent decades been working to destroy family...
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Environmentalism vs. the environment
LAS VEGAS — The Lake Tahoe Basin — its residents are ceaselessly told — has suffered much environmental damage over the decades. Rarely mentioned, however, is a remarkable fact: Much of the damage has...
View ArticleReport: Massive Federal Ownership of Land Violates Commitment, Harms Nevada
Nearly 7 of every 8 acres of land within the borders of Nevada are owned by the federal government. As the state suffers from chronic budget woes and one of the highest unemployment rates in the...
View ArticleNevada Unemployment Rate Remains High; Is Government Helping or Hurting?
The unemployment rate in Nevada remained steady at 9.5% in August, even though that month saw the largest monthly jobs gain in eight years, according to the Department of Employment, Training and...
View ArticleFederal Ownership of Land Could be Harmful to Nevada’s Economic Health
With over 80% of the land within the state owned by the federal government, economic development in Nevada can be largely at the mercy of one or another of various federal agencies. But a new report...
View ArticleThe actual history of Nevada’s ban on state gifts to private companies
LAS VEGAS — It’s long been agreed in Nevada that the state constitution’s prohibition against state subsidies to private business means just what it says: The State shall not donate or loan money, or...
View ArticleMargin tax could mean the death of long-time Las Vegas construction firm
LAS VEGAS — After 16 years, a Las Vegas-based construction company that weathered the Great Recession could be forced to close and layoff its roughly 70 hard-working employees. Only recently, Renee...
View ArticleNV: Sacred Cows Could Break City Residents’ Backs
Some Henderson residents are fuming that officials from their city have been on a tour to sell a plan to reduce the city’s budget deficit – a plan was designed to ignore the largest portion of the...
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Could Nevada Be Leading Off the Cliff on EPA Regulations?
Environmental Protection Agency rules announced Monday that business groups claim could cost Americans billions of dollars in economic output and hundreds of thousands of jobs may have little impact in...
View ArticleStudy: Jobs to Fall Like Dominoes in Nevada with Passage of Question 3
3,610 Nevadans would lose their jobs in the private sector next year if Question 3 on November’s ballot passes, according to a new study. The Nevada Policy Research Institute, who commissioned the...
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