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Union membership rates expose need for recertification
This article was originally published by the Reno Gazette-Journal. Each summer, my organization requests, pursuant to Nevada’s Public Records Act, a series of records from local governments across the state…
Nevada government pay gap highest in the nation, new data shows
When measured as a percentage of private-sector earnings, Nevada local government workers were by far the highest paid in the nation last year, according to newly released Census data. Last…
PERS lawsuit timeline: 2011-2018
Update: We have prevailed! Despite receiving nearly $2 billion in taxpayer funding annually, the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Nevada (PERS) has spent years — and hundreds of thousands of…
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Nevada Policy responds to Gov. Sisolak's plan to slash scholarships for low-income students
In response to Governor Steve Sisolak’s announcement that he intends to reduce funding for the Opportunity Scholarship program, which would rip away scholarships from approximately 950 students just…
The average Nevada teacher is losing nearly $7,700 a year to pay for other people’s retirement
Beginning this July, contribution rates to the state Public Employees’ Retirement System will increase to 29.25 percent of salary, an all-time high. This means that for every $10,000 spent on…
‘No new taxes’ is a great promise, if he can keep it
No new taxes will be a hard pledge for Governor Sisolak to keep if he has his way on a variety of spending issues. At least in the long term.