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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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AB190 Testimony (Prevailing Wage)
Testimony in Opposition re: Assembly Bill 190 – Assembly Government Affairs Committee Wednesday, March 20, 2019 8:30 am My name is Daniel Honchariw. I represent the Nevada Policy Research…
Nevada Policy’s Solution of the Week: Worker Freedom
In Nevada, the rights of government workers are being undermined by a patchwork of state laws that elevate the interests of politically connected public-sector unions over individual employees. Public-sector employees…
Bill to save scholarships for low income students deserves support
This week, a bill was proposed to preserve scholarships for low-income students, by continuing a $20 million increase made to the Opportunity Scholarship program during the last legislative session. Senator…