Press Releases
NPRI: Sandoval’s ‘hybrid’ tax plan combines problems with all proposals
For immediate release Contact Chantal Lovell, 702-222-0642 CARSON CITY – Tonight, Gov. Brian Sandoval released a revised version of his gross-receipts tax proposal that also includes an increase in the Modified…
NPRI comments on Senate passage of Sandoval’s tax
For immediate release Contact Chantal Lovell, 702-222-0642 LAS VEGAS — Responding to the Nevada Senate’s passage today of Senate Bill 252 to create a Gross-Receipts Business License Tax, the Nevada…
NPRI hails passage of Opportunity Scholarships
For immediate release Contact Chantal Lovell, 702-222-0642 LAS VEGAS — The Nevada Policy Research Institute is applauding Gov. Brian Sandoval for signing into law Assembly Bill 165, legislation creating the…
Abandoning coal in NV will cost Nevada
LAS VEGAS — Thousands of working Nevadans will be left jobless and energy customers will see their bills skyrocket as Nevada implements a two-year-old law requiring NV Energy to shut…
Nevada local government employees are not underpaid, according to national scholars
LAS VEGAS — A study being distributed by SEIU of Nevada — claiming that the state’s local-government employees receive less compensation than comparable private-sector workers — is fatally flawed, say…
School districts see little-to-no savings on ‘green’ schools, study shows
For immediate release Contact Chantal Lovell, 702-222-0642 LAS VEGAS — The push to build “green” schools is growing in Nevada, but a new study raises questions about the payoff of…
NPRI releases alternative budget proposal
CARSON CITY – Today, the Nevada Policy Research Institute released an alternative line-by-line budget for Nevada, entitled the Freedom Budget 2016-2017. The Freedom Budget contains recommendations for each of Nevada’s…
Transparent Nevada updated with 2014 compensation data
LAS VEGAS — TransparentNevada.com, the website that allows users to search public employee salary and benefit information by name, jurisdiction or job title, has been updated with 2014 compensation data…
NPRI comments on Sandoval’s job-killing gross receipts BLT
CARSON CITY – In response to today’s hearing by the Senate and Assembly Taxation Committees on Gov. Brian Sandoval’s Gross Receipt Business License Tax, NPRI Executive Vice President Victor Joecks…