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Robert Fellner
Director of Policy
Robert Fellner is NPRI’s policy director and joined the Institute in December 2013. Robert has written extensively on the issue of transparency in government. He has also conducted legal research and assisted in crafting legal arguments for numerous public records-related lawsuits, including one which prevailed at the Nevada Supreme Court, resulting in a landmark decision that protected and expanded Nevadans’ rights to access and inspect government records.An expert on government compensation and its impact on taxes, Robert has authored multiple studies on public pay and pensions. He has been published in Business Insider, Forbes.com, the Las Vegas Review Journal, the Los Angeles Times, RealClearPolicy.com, the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Wall Street Journal, ZeroHedge.com and elsewhere.
Robert has lived in Las Vegas since 2005 when he moved to Nevada to become a professional poker player. Robert has had a remarkably successfully poker career including two top 10 World Series of Poker finishes and being ranked #1 in the world at 10/20 Pot-Limit Omaha cash games.
Additionally, his economic analysis on the minimum wage won first place in a 2011 George Mason University essay contest. He also independently organized a successful grassroots media and fundraising effort for a 2012 presidential candidate, before joining the campaign in an official capacity.
Lawsuit against state education department needed to protect low-income students
The Institute for Justice just filed a lawsuit against the Nevada Department of Education, and that’s great news for the hundreds of students who are in danger of losing their…
Teacher strike threat highlights need for PERS reform
Clark County teachers are understandably upset over rising PERS costs, which have gone up nearly 45 percent since 2007 and now cost the average teacher over $17,000 a year.
GOP lawsuit vital to protecting our representative system of government
In an effort to defend our state constitution and representative system of government, the Senate Republican Caucus recently filed a lawsuit to invalidate a pair of tax hikes that…
It’s time for GOED to go
The RGJ’s recent report confirms what experts have been warning about for years: Nevada’s corporate welfare program is a bad deal for taxpayers.
Government refuses to disclose emails related to audits and budgets, as defiance of Nevada’s open records law continues
Should emails between government employees discussing audits, budgets and the Legislature be made secret? What about emails between government employees and elected officials that discuss the agenda for a public…
ACLU and NPRI ask Senator Cannizzaro to allow a vote on Assembly Bill 420
The ACLU of Nevada and the Nevada Policy Research Institute are calling on Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro to allow the Senate to vote on Assembly Bill 420, which…
Lobbyist’s false testimony crucial in moving anti-transparency bill forward
To justify the “PERS secrecy” bill, lobbyist Marlene Lockard relied almost entirely on known falsehoods in her official testimony to lawmakers. Because state law makes it a crime to knowingly misrepresent…
Legal complaint: lobbyist submitted false testimony to aid in bill's passage
The Legislature cannot effectively serve the public if policy is being shaped based on outright falsehoods and misinformation, which is why it is illegal to knowingly submit false testimony before…
SB135 Testimony (Collective Bargaining)
Testimony in Opposition re: Senate Bill 135 – Senate Government Affairs Committee Thursday, April 4th, 2019 6:30 pm My name is Robert Fellner and I…