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Robert Fellner
Vice President & Director of Policy
Robert Fellner joined the Nevada Policy Research Institute in December 2013 and currently serves as the Institute’s Vice President and Director of Policy. 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, the Orange County Register, RealClearPolicy.com, the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Examiner, 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.
NPRI to US Supreme Court: Restore Workers’ Rights!
Today, the Nevada Policy Research Institute, alongside 12 other public policy organizations from across the nation, have formally requested that the United States Supreme Court grant Certiorari in the…
NPRI Solution: Unemployment Insurance Tax
Unemployment Insurance Tax: Background Nevada finances state unemployment benefits by imposing an Unemployment Insurance Tax on state employers. The exact rate each employer will pay is determined by a process…
Clark County teachers hit with $1,000 pay cut, thanks to pair of recent rate hikes
Rather than forcing taxpayers, including teachers, to pour more money into a broken system, teachers and students alike would be better served by addressing the root cause of Nevada’s education problem: the chronic and systemic mismanagement of public schools.
Nevada’s education woes reflect a lack of accountability, not insufficient funding
Nevada is projected to spend $10,197 per student this school year, which reflects a near tripling in inflation-adjusted, per-pupil education spending since 1960. Sadly, this dramatic increase in spending…
La amenaza de huelga de maestros destaca la necesidad de reforma del Sistema de Retiro de Empleados Públicos (PERS por sus siglas en inglés)
Los maestros del condado de Clark están molestos, y con mucha razón, por el aumento de los costos del PERS, que han aumentado casi un 45 por ciento desde 2007…
La demanda contra el departamento de educación del estado era necesaria para proteger a los estudiantes de bajos ingresos.
El Instituto para la Justicia acaba de presentar una demanda contra el Departamento de Educación de Nevada y esa es una gran noticia para los cientos de estudiantes que…
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.
La demanda del Partido Republicano es vital para proteger nuestro sistema representativo de gobierno
En un esfuerzo por defender nuestra constitución estatal y nuestro sistema representativo de gobierno, el Caucus Republicano del Senado presentó recientemente una demanda para invalidar un par de alzas de…