Former NSEA staffer accuses union of racial discrimination
Plaintiff calls the case “textbook” racism, union won’t return requests for comment Read More
Ethics Commission counsel confirms Nevada blind spot
The Nevada Ethics Commission has determined that the superintendent of the Clark County School District — one of Nevada's most powerful government positions — is not a public officer as…
Stimulus-funded projects got to jump regulatory line
Politically sponsored energy projects across the country that were funded with federal "stimulus" dollars also received preferential regulatory treatment over private-sector projects, Nevada Journal has learned. Not only did the…
‘Grassroots’ redistricting proposal heads to the Legislature
It's been just one month since the U.S. Census Bureau delivered Nevada's final population data, but Democratic activists have already submitted a redistricting plan to the state legislature. Titled "A…
Dems’ redistricting plan: ‘Our 2012 congressional candidate will be Horsford’
Editor's note: This story was originally published on March 14. While the proposal's chief organizer is an IBEW Local 357 PAC member, Local 357's PAC did not endorse the proposal.…
County commission’s control identified as major source of UMC problems
As long-standing revenue and management problems at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada approached crisis levels last year, Clark County commissioners hired expensive national experts to tell them what…
Wasted potential
For years antinuclear politicians called Yucca Mountain the nation's "nuclear waste dump." Now they've made it into a tax dump. Nuclear reprocessing at Yucca Mountain, say advocates, could convert highly…
Is CCSD preparing for a segregation lawsuit?
LAS VEGAS — In his first ever Clark County School District regular school board meeting last month, new Superintendent Dwight Jones publicly recognized the Prime Six school issue — for…
CCSD’s Westside story
In January 2010, the Clark County School Board had school police remove Westside community activist Marzette Lewis from a public school-board meeting. At another board meeting in December 2010, Westside…
Who has the power?
It's one thing to set your own goals. It's quite another to impose your goals on others and enforce those goals through a government-regulated monopoly you control. That's what Nevada…
Nevada taxpayers’ burden said $4.3 billion
The Chicago-based Institute for Truth in Accounting today called the financial position of the State of Nevada “precarious” and said past Silver State governors and legislatures had evaded the state’s…
Best of both worlds?
Some organizations are private enterprises, some are public, and some appear to want the best of both worlds. Count the Reno Tahoe Airport Authority among the latter.During nearly all of…
A shot in the dark
After months of inquiries, the Las Vegas Metro Police Department has partially pulled back the curtain on its handgun-registration program. Responding to a Nevada Journal public-record request, Metro on Dec.…