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2010

A more equitable tax system?, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, July 27, 2010
Letter on higher ed wins weekly award, Reno Gazette-Journal, July 25, 2010
Weekly editorial recap: Job killers, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 18, 2010
A different way to budget, Budget and Tax News, July 15, 2010
We can't afford their exorbitant salaries, Reno Gazette-Journal, July 15, 2010
Job killers, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 14, 2010
Tax Foundation praise NPRI study, Fernley News, July 13, 2010
After I-15 work, freeway to Phx will become focus, Las Vegas Sun, July 13, 2010
Tarkanian to lead petition drive, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 13, 2010
CCSD vote raises questions of conflict, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 12, 2010
Sandoval's education plan ups the ante, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, July 6, 2010
Institute proposes service tax, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 3, 2010
Guns don't kill people, taxes do, Reno News and Review, July 1, 2010
Study finds Nevadans face low tax burden, Las Vegas Sun, July 1, 2010
Harry Reid doesn't deliver for Nevada, North Lake Tahoe-Bonanza, June 29, 2010
Website updates public salary information, Ely Times, June 23, 2010
School District consulting fee will pay for itself, Las Vegas Sun, June 22, 2010
Group expands salary database, Reno Gazette-Journal, June 20, 2010
Public education employee salaries now available, Fernley News, June 16, 2010
Gibbons first Nevada governor to lose primary, Las Vegas Sun, June 9, 2010
NPRI analysis should spur discussion, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, June 8, 2010
A conservative think tank's surprising turn, Reno Gazette-Journal, June 6, 2010
The week in review: Top news, Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 6, 2010
A real tax study, Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 3, 2010
Surprising turn from a conservative think tank, Las Vegas Sun, June 2, 2010
Group: Impose taxes on all sales, Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 1, 2010
CCSD officials facing 'No Child' changes, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 29, 2010
Give vouchers for better schools, Las Vegas Business Press, May 26, 2010
Pension reform, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 23, 2010
PERS to study other retirement systems, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 20, 2010
Citizen group backs off any tax increases, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 15, 2010
Goedhart hopes to retain Assembly seat, Pahrump Valley Times, May 14, 2010
Open enrollment would help students, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 13, 2010
Panel rejects tax for schools proposal, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 13, 2010
Driverless cars will outrun high-speed rail, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 9, 2010
Firefighters targeted for pay concessions, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 8, 2010
Bipartisanship flourishing in edu reform, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, April 6, 2010
Stances on taxes prove delicate, Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 2, 2010
Nevada students don't test well, Ely Times, April 1, 2010
NV students below average on national tests, Nevada News Bureau, March 29, 2010
Walt Rulffes retires, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 28, 2010
Rory's noble yet impractical education plan, Las Vegas Sun, March 24, 2010
Nev. AG probes open government complaint, KVVU, March 23, 2010
Opening meeting complaint filed, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 23, 2010
Nev. AG probing Henderson open meeting complaint, KOLO, March 23, 2010
Rory Reid unveils plan for ed reform, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 22, 2010
Reid unveils education plan for Nevada, Las Vegas Examiner, March 22, 2010
Education reform views aired, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 20, 2010
AfP educates at health care townhall, Las Vegas Examiner, March 19, 2010
Taxpayer liability may be lowballed, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 19, 2010
No 'exotic' investments for PERS, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 15, 2010
Sisolak likes maverick image, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 7, 2010
Week in Review: Reporter's notebook, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 7, 2010
Board adopts controversial prop. tax reg, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, March 3, 2010
NV tax board schedules 'quick fix', North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, February 26, 2010
Local businesses divided on jobs bill, Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 24, 2010
Nevada in budget squeeze, Wall Street Journal, February 22, 2010
Supplemental pay inflates labor costs, Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 16, 2010
Property tax practices reviewed, Nevada News Bureau, February 11, 2010
Property-tax conflict enters gov's race, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, January 28, 2010
Amodei takes hope from MA election, Elko Daily Free Press, January 25, 2010
Lowden's politics called revised, Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 23, 2010
Another 8 percent might go, Nevada Sagebrush, January 19, 2010
Gibbons weighs rejecting federal Medicaid funds, Las Vegas Sun, January 15, 2010
Governor suggests state exit Medicaid, Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 15, 2010
Can bond money be used to run schools?, Las Vegas Sun, January 15, 2010
Sandoval pitches stopgap plan, Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 14, 2010
Tax assessment by agenda, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, January 13, 2010
Long tax-appeal session expected, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, January 13, 2010
NV lawmaker per diems double base pay, Reno Gazette-Journal, January 11, 2010
Governor pitches cuts, Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 7, 2010
K-12 proposal could help — or hinder — Gibbons, Las Vegas Sun, January 7, 2010
Gibbons proposes sweeping changes to NV edu, Las Vegas Now, January 6, 2010

2009

2 NV lawmakers fail to pay taxes, Las Vegas Now, December 28, 2009
Stimulus money created few jobs, Las Vegas Now, December 22, 2009
Some unhappy with 'happy talk', Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 21, 2009
An e-Interview Ellie Lopez-Bowlan, Nevada News and Views, December 20, 2009
Tax challenger goes to court, Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 14, 2009
Supporters of CCTV tune out critics, Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 13, 2009
Clark caught in property-tax mess, North Lake Tahoe-Bonanza, December 4, 2009
New city hall: Ready to roll the dice, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 30, 2009
Board of Equalization reschedules, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, November 30, 2009
Nevada Assessors reset talks, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 28, 2009
NV's assessors fight request, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, November 23, 2009
Tax assessors revolt, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 23, 2009
Makeup of tax study panel criticized, Nevada News Bureau, November 19, 2009
Nevada's property tax shaft, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, November 19, 2009
Study: Tax burden unfair to poor, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 19, 2009
Tax study nominations criticized, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 17, 2009
Nevada tax panel breaks law, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, November 9, 2009
NV tallies 5,667 jobs created or saved, Las Vegas Review Journal, October 31, 2009
The Medicaid expansion, National Review Online, October 30, 2009
The birth of a rebellion, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, October 29, 2009
Obamacare would invite 1 in 5 into Medicaid, Human Events, October 24, 2009
Obama's Medicaid explosion, New York Post, October 24, 2009
Lawmakers begin selection procress, Nevada News Bureau, October 20, 2009
Speaker policy change attacked, Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 17, 2009
Leg. panel recommends four proposals, Nevada News Bureau, October 16, 2009
Rory Reid: Diversify state economy, Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 15, 2009
Stage set for property tax showdown, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, October 7, 2009
A perpetual tax-and-spend cycle, Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 2, 2009
State spent big on protection, Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 2, 2009
NV spending not under control, Reno Gazette-Journal, September 30, 2009
Arbitration ruling expected, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 28, 2009
Rove excites NV conservatives, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 28, 2009
Health program enrollment is down, Reno Gazette-Journal, September 27, 2009
Firefighters among top earners, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 27, 2009
Karl Rove: GOP must supply answers, Las Vegas Sun, September 27, 2009
Report gives lawmakers low marks for 2009, Sparks Tribune, September 26, 2009
NV officials say health program enrollment low, KOLO TV, September 26, 2009
NV officials say health program enrollment low, Nevada Appeal, September 26, 2009
Rove: Dems will pass a bill, National Review Online, September 24, 2009
Rove: Health care a chance for comeback, Las Vegas Sun, September 24, 2009
Rove critical of proposals, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 24, 2009
Conservatives need Obamacare alternative, Monterey Herald, September 24, 2009
Obama school speech sparks furor, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 1, 2009
Investigation in Vegas, The American Spectator, August 28, 2009
Litigation over emails might continue, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 7, 2009
Quick and easy way to fix education, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 7, 2009
Henderson board votes in open, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 22, 2009
March reappointed, sworn in on Council, Las Vegas Sun, July 21, 2009
LVCVA votes to continue R&R pact, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 15, 2009
Ad agency to cut rate for LVCVA, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 13, 2009
Mom challenges CCSD plans to build new schools, KTNW, June 30, 2009
Home-schooling: School districts receive net gain, Washington Times, June 21, 2009
What's the deal with consulting contracts?, Las Vegas Sun, June 20, 2009
The Political Notebook: The Roving eye, Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 15, 2009
Karl Rove to speak in Las Vegas in September, Nevada Appeal, June 13, 2009
Launching a charter school no easier, Las Vegas Sun, June 9, 2009
Nevada isn't getting its money's worth, Reno News and Review, June 4, 2009
Senator considers raising taxes, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 10, 2009
Sen. Hardy sipping tax hike Kool-Aid, Nevada Appeal, May 8, 2009
LVCVA committee studies draft of R&R contract, Las Vegas Sun, May 8, 2009
Gibbons stimulus aid plans questioned, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 8, 2009
Spendthrift sunbelt states, Forbes, May 3, 2009
Analyst has budget-balancing plan, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 1, 2009
Study sought for school consolidation, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 29, 2009
Flame on!, Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 28, 2009
Professors do more than teach classes, Reno-Gazette Journal, April 26, 2009
UNR's salaries similiar to others, Reno Gazette-Journal, April 25, 2009
What works here, stays here, Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 15, 2009
R&R Partners seeks new deal, Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 13, 2009
Wage jump comes in July, Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 8, 2009
Poor expected to pay more of their income in taxes, Las Vegas Sun, March 29, 2009
Overtime sending budgets up in flames, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 29, 2009
Nevada should look to Florida for ed reform, Las Vegas Sun, March 23, 2009
Court won't delay email release, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 20, 2009
Budget cuts would cause pain, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 15, 2009
Nevada's government among the smallest, Las Vegas Sun, March 8, 2009
Goodman seeks more agency oversight, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 6, 2009
District to appeal e-mail release order, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 4, 2009
Stimulus will give state budget boost, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 1, 2009
NV banks take aid and give bonuses, Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 24, 2009
VP wants to let public speak, Las Vegas Sun, February 24, 2009
Group critical of Buckley bill, Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 23, 2009
You've got mail, Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 20, 2009
Chancellor defends six-figure salary staff - Las Vegas Sun, February 19, 2009
Proposed LVCVA hotline scrutinized - Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 13, 2009
Redevelopment funds questioned - Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 6, 2009
Localities to spend over $1 million on lobbyists - Las Vegas Sun, February 1, 2009
Strip to go dark in global event - Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 29, 2009
State of siege - Las Vegas Weekly, January 29, 2009
Administrators say proposed cuts too much - Las Vegas Sun, January 26, 2009
Critics blast chancellor - Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 26, 2009
Putting the 'public' back in government - Elko Daily Free Press, January 23, 2009
Tax Credits for families promoted - Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 15, 2009
LVCVA strengthens oversight - Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 13, 2009
Differing State Budget Solutions offered - Reno Gazette-Journal, January 13, 2009
Group backs raising taxes - Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 13, 2009
Driving home the tax burden - Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 11, 2009
Gibbons' budget could be his last chance - Nevada Appeal, January 9, 2009
Report Suggests Government Agency Cuts - Fox 5 KVVU, January 8, 2009
Savings Suggestions - Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 8, 2009

2008

Support grows to open books - Orlando Sentinel, December 27, 2008
Yet another report of spending-amok - Orlando Sentinel, December 8, 2008
Lawmakers go where the money is - Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 7, 2008
A few thoughts - Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 6, 2008
Report cites LVCVA of lax oversight - Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 5, 2008
Think tank critical of LVCVA - Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 4, 2008
Taxpayers give money - Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 4, 2008
LVCVA, ad agency defend deal - Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 30, 2008
The process must be transparent - Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 25, 2008
Critic sees hand of union in upsets - Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 6, 2008
Academics on the front line - Insight Magazine, October 1, 2008
Dems could shut out Republicans - Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 29, 2008
Government waste - Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 27, 2008
Renewable Energy Report - Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 10, 2008
Make Money, Save World - Las Vegas Business Press, September 9, 2008
School aid gets tepid approval - Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 16, 2008
Getting Plucked - Liberty Watch, March 2008
Study reveals growing tax burden - Las Vegas Review-Journal, Feb. 22, 2008

President Bush speech to NPRI

State Republicans rethink allegiances - Las Vegas Review-Journal, Feb. 4, 2008
Week in Review: Jan. 28 - Feb. 1 - Las Vegas Review-Journal, Feb. 3, 2008
Bush signs eavesdropping extension - Las Vegas Review-Journal, Feb. 1, 2008
Senate Democrats' Stimulus Plan Hits Roadblock - New York Times, Feb. 1, 2008
Bush defends wars in Iraq, Afghanistan - Los Angeles Times, Feb. 1, 2008
Bush uses LV stage to address global war on terror - Las Vegas Sun, Jan. 31, 2008
Associated Press coverage in: Las Vegas Sun, San Diego Union-Tribune, Times Record News (Wichita Falls, Texas), Houston Chronicle, Taiwan News
Descent Into Las Vegas - Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jan. 31, 2008
President Bush visits Nevada - KRNV-TV, Jan. 31, 2008
President Bush Makes Bay Area Pit Stop - NBC 11 (San Jose, Calif.), Jan. 31, 2008

NPRI/Friedman Foundation survey

Nevada Tax Fight - Wall Street Journal, March 8, 2008
Survey Says... - Liberty Watch, February 2008
Airing of charter tensions set - Las Vegas Sun, Feb. 20, 2008
Democrats looking at caucus complaints - Las Vegas Review-Journal, Feb. 18, 2008
It's time to give school choice a chance - Nevada Appeal, Feb. 1, 2008
School Choice - Las Vegas Review-Journal, Feb. 1, 2008
Poll bodes ill for Nevada schools - Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jan. 30, 2008
Survey: Nevadans want more charter schools - Reno Gazette-Journal, Jan. 30, 2008
Poll: Teachers are well paid - Las Vegas Sun, Jan. 29, 2008

2007