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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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2019 Legislative Session Bills continue to be introduced, as we approach deadlines in Nevada’s 80th Legislative session. Once again, we’ve added a few things to our Online Bill Tracker that…
Support for prevailing wage undermines Dem opposition to Opportunity Scholarships
Many lawmakers have argued that the more than $20 million spent on the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program for low-income students should, instead, go toward traditional public education. That argument, however,…
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2019 Legislative Session Next week is going to be an extremely busy week for Nevada’s 80th Legislative Session. You can expect many bills to be introduced, as lawmakers face a…