NPRI Publications

Nevada’s biennial season of special interests

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:56:00 EST

The general public didn’t gain much from 2013 legislature, but special interests sure did.

Think tank’s campaign again puts it on collision course with teachers union

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:51:00 EST

The Nevada Policy Research Institute is launching another campaign to encourage teachers to drop their union memberships.

Stars not in alignment as state unveils its school-ranking system

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:50:00 EST

More than 100 Clark County public schools' ratings were downgraded under Nevada's new school accountability system unveiled Friday morning.

Ethics commission summons CCSD’s Edwards, Haldeman to answer for Question 2 shenanigans

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:41:00 EST

Ethics commission to determine if CCSD's help to ‘Yes on 2’ campaign violated ethic laws.

Feds’ war on Western ranchers’ water rights takes a body blow

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:40:00 EST

Judge refers BLM, USFS officers for potential criminal prosecution and shames DOJ lawyers.

CCSD employees in hot water over gun on campus

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:45:00 EST

District response quite different from its reaction last year to a similar incident.

Teachers are able to drop CCEA membership from July 1 to 15

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:16:00 EST

Little-known window gives teachers the option to save over $770 a year.

NPRI’s litigation center responds to CCSD motion in public-records case

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:09:00 EST

LAS VEGAS — Today, the Nevada Policy Research Institute’s Center for Justice and Constitutional Litigation filed an opposition to the Clark County School District’s motion to dismiss the Center’s public-records case against CCSD.

NPRI joins with 40 organizations for upcoming National Employee Freedom Week; will remind workers of their options regarding leaving union membership

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:15:00 EST

LAS VEGAS — Today, the Nevada Policy Research Institute announced that it will participate in National Employee Freedom Week, a first-of-its-kind national campaign to remind union members about the freedom they have to leave their unions.

National Employee Freedom Week (NEFW), which will run from June 23-29, 2013, will highlight how unionized employees often don’t know they have the legal right to opt-out of union membership — and help educate those employees on their options so they can make the decision about union membership that’s best for them.

Sandoval priorities: Calls special session to raise taxes, abandons education reforms

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:06:00 EST

LAS VEGAS — In response to this morning’s special Legislative Session called by Gov. Brian Sandoval, NPRI Deputy Policy Director Geoffrey Lawrence released the following comments.

In Tahoe face-off with California, Nevada retreats

Thu, 30 May 2013 17:07:00 EST

Sandoval risks political backlash in signing new agreement.

TransparentNevada reveals exorbitant salaries of government employees

Wed, 29 May 2013 08:10:00 EST

Nevada's collective bargaining laws enable government employees to take home exorbitant pay and benefits at taxpayers' expense.

NVision = higher power bills

Tue, 28 May 2013 12:44:00 EST

Pending fuel-switch legislation could dramatically increase power rates.

NPRI analysis of NV Energy plan shows ratepayers will pay much more under NVision scheme

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:06:00 EST

CARSON CITY — NV Energy’s proposed “NVision” plan, currently being considered by legislators in Carson City, will increase the cost of electricity, does not include a cap on rate hikes caused by increases in natural gas prices and forces ratepayers to pay NV Energy for stockpiles of coal it has purchased but no longer wants to use. Those are the findings of a new NPRI analysis of Senate Bill 123, which contains the NVision plan.

NV Energy plan would impose big, new hidden costs on ratepayers

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:46:00 EST

NV Energy wants to replace existing power plants before their usefulness has ended and for consumers to not only pay for the new plants, but also to pay more in perpetuity.

A version of the plan, dubbed “NVision” by the utility’s public relations team, was first proposed to the state Public Utility Commission in 2012. When the PUC rejected the proposal, the company took it to Sen. Kelvin Atkinson and Assemblyman David Bobzien, who introduced it in the Nevada Legislature’s current session as Senate Bill 123.

If enacted, NV Energy’s legislation would require the firm to close down at least 800 megawatts (MW) of coal‐fired electric generation capacity before the standard decommissioning date — after having constructed new renewable and natural‐gas‐ fired power plants to replace that lost capacity.

TransparentNevada releases 2012 public-employee salary information; more than 1,200 made over $200,000

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:04:00 EST

LAS VEGAS — Salary data for more than 132,000 government employees statewide, for the 2012 calendar year, is now available at TransparentNevada.com, a Nevada Policy Research Institute website that makes government-spending data easily accessible to taxpayers.

Five myths about government spending in Nevada

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:30:00 EST

Nevada governments spend more than you think.

Former CCSD officials try to create a unique charter school

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:23:00 EST

Proposed amendment would preserve Tahoe compact

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:05:00 EST

Agreement would depend on California legislature agreeing to Nevada's conditions.

The good, the bad and the ugly: Part III

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:19:00 EST

A review of the bills still alive during the 2013 Legislative Session.