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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.
Lack of penalties encourages governments to defy public records law
Nevadans can expect to remain in the dark about matters of vital public interest, as long as government officials are free to violate the state’s public records law without consequence.
Lawmakers must allow Nevada businesses to continue helping low-income students
Earlier this week, 8NewsNow showcased the enormous benefits from Nevada’s Opportunity Scholarship program — and the tremendous harm that would come if the state teachers’ union gets its way…
Light-rail transit is a bad deal for Nevadans
Nevadans should trust neither the cost estimates nor claims of future benefits made by the promoters of public transit projects, according to the researchers behind the largest and most robust…
CCSD's misguided effort to stop the charter exodus
As famed economist Ludwig Von Mises observed many years ago, the first priority of any bureaucracy will always be self-preservation. While defenders of government-run schools have largely succeeded in obscuring…
Clark County Government Unions: When Being in the Top 1 Percent Just isn't Enough
Executive Summary The average wage received by Clark County’s local government workers was greater than the amount received by their public-sector peers in over 99 percent of counties nationwide,…
2016 K-12 Spending Data
The U.S. Census Bureau has released new K-12 per-pupil spending data for the 2016 fiscal year, allowing for an update on our previous post which looked at state spending…
SEIU of Nevada: When being in the top 1% still isn't enough
The average wage for Clark County local government workers is richer than what their peers in 99 percent of counties nationwide receive, according to an NPRI analysis of the…
Union boss relies on falsehoods to make case for collective bargaining
Union boss relies on falsehoods to make case for collective bargaining
Clark County Deputy DA triples salary to $475,000 with unused sick leave cash out, benefits
Clark County Deputy DA triples salary to $475,000 with unused sick leave cash out, benefits