Policy Studies
Reforming Nevada’s Public Employees Pension Plan
The true funding health of Nevada PERS is far poorer than most realize. Using fair-market valuation, PERS' funding ratio falls from 70 percent to around 34 percent and its unfunded liabilities would rise from about $10 billion to almost $41 billion.
Read moreTransforming Education in Nevada Through High-Quality Digital Learning
Online learning would provide students with much educational options
Digital learning offers schools a chance to multiply the impact of their best teachers, personalize the education experience for each student and do both while spending less. About 1.5 million students around the country are currently enrolled in a digital learning program and that number is growing rapidly both in Nevada and nationwide.
The 2011 Nevada Legislative Session
Review & Report Card
How did your lawmaker score? NPRI's report card has the answer. Along with a comprehensive recap of the legislative session, this study contains a score of each legislator's voting record. This score is an objective measure to compare how favorable a lawmaker was to economic freedom and education reform.
The Impact of Obamacare on Nevada’s Medicaid Spending
Federal mandates will cost Nevada $5.4 billion in the next decade
Nevada will have to spend an additional $5.4 billion over the next decade to fund the forced expansion of Medicaid required by Obamacare.
Who Really Prevails Under Prevailing Wage?
Nevada governments waste billions in subsidies to union labor
Prevailing wage laws in Nevada undermine competition on the labor market and drive up construction costs borne by state taxpayers
NRS 288
A Law Against Student Learning
NRS 288, Nevada's mandatory collective bargaining statute, is a law against student learning.
Better Budgeting for Better Results
Performance-based budgeting reforms can save Nevada taxpayers billions
Changing Nevada's budgeting process to a performance-based approach would maintain or increase levels of government service while saving the state more than $3 billion.
The Nevada Piglet Book 2010
As the result of hundreds of public records requests, NPRI has uncovered millions of dollars of government waste.
One Sound State, Once Again
Comprehensive fiscal reforms to again make Nevada strong, prosperous and free
The Nevada Policy Research Institute has released a new plan for comprehensive tax and fiscal reform. Read about how Nevada can have revenue-neutral tax reform that would broaden and stabilize its tax base and implement fiscal reforms that would reduce future budget deficits.
Bit by Bit
Virtual Schools Can Transform Nevada Public Education
Virtual Schools will — and already have begun to — transform Nevada's education system. In the near future, virtual schools will improve student achievement and save taxpayer dollars.
