Studies
Clark County residents lost $1.9 million via “legalized theft” last year, new study shows
Today, the Nevada Policy Research Institute released the first-ever geographical analysis of how the controversial civil asset forfeiture program is used by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). Civil asset… Read More
Solutions 2017
Foreward Nevadans who appreciate the superiority of market-driven approaches to public policy were still optimistic at this time last year. Political leadership in Carson City appeared to have undergone… Read More
How NVPERS, step by step, made Nevada government employees some of the nation’s richest
To tell the tale of the troubles facing Nevada’s Public Employees’ Retirement System — and thus, also, the need for serious reform that now confronts the taxpayers of the Silver… Read More
How Government Unions Affect State and Local Finances
Over the past half-century, the American union movement has moved into government. Despite highly publicized efforts to curtail collective bargaining powers of government unions in Ohio and Wisconsin, almost all… Read More