Robert Fellner
Policy Director
Robert Fellner joined the Nevada Policy in December 2013 and currently serves as Policy Director. Robert has written extensively on the issue of transparency in government. He has also developed and directed Nevada Policy’s public-interest litigation strategy, which led to two landmark victories before the Nevada Supreme Court. The first resulted in a decision that expanded the public’s right to access government records, while the second led to expanded taxpayer standing for constitutional challenges in Nevada.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.
Pandemic exposes the teachers unions
As someone who has spent years writing in vain about the tremendous harm imposed on our children by teachers unions, I want to thank them for their actions during the…
Episode 18: Sisolak Tyranny Report
Free to Offend Episode 18 | Guest: Robert Fellner At what point does the “emergency” that ostensibly justifies Governor Steve Sisolak’s one-man-rule of Nevada no longer qualify as…
Safeguarding the Constitution During Times of Crisis
Consolidating the legislative and executive powers in the hands of one person is the very definition of tyranny. It has also been the normal state of affairs for the past…
NPRI files motion for expedited ruling on Separation of Powers challenge
Nevada Policy today asked the state Supreme Court to issue an expediting ruling on its Separation of Powers challenge. “District Court Judge Jim Crockett clearly erred when he dismissed our…
Episode 10: The world is ending, but can’t we still be optimistic?
Free to Offend Episode 10 Clearly, the world is coming to an end. On pretty much every front—politically, economically, culturally—it seems as if things are falling apart…
Ignore Sisolak, and decide for yourself how to celebrate Thanksgiving
The latest mandates issued by Governor Steve Sisolak, in addition to further restricting businesses across the state, require that Nevadans wear masks within their own homes while enjoying Thanksgiving dinner.
Judge’s ruling would make enforcement of the Separation of Powers impossible
Update: On April 21, 2022, the Nevada Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion that adopted the public-interest exception to standing we argued for in this commentary. In recognition of the profound harm…
Paying for other people’s retirement: half of PERS costs now go to debt
Forty seven percent of what teachers and other Nevada public employees send to PERS next year will be spent on the system’s debt, rather than their own, future benefit. Despite…
Episode 7: Both major political tribes have a lot to worry about post-election
Free to Offend Episode 7 Both Republicans and Democrats are going to have to swallow some very unpleasant truths if they expect to actually learn anything useful from this year’s…