December, 1997 issue
Democrat-proposed districts weaken Hispanic legislative presence
While Democrats have criticized Republican redistricting maps for "packed" districts and for making the Hispanic vote "negligible," a closer examination of the plans shows the Republican maps would give Hispanics...
‘Revised’ Democrat maps show more gerrymandering, little Hispanic influence
Lawmakers spent 89 session days drawing their first redistricting maps, but Assembly Democrats managed to produce "revised" maps only three days after Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoed the first set....
State laws encourage green energy, discourage efficiency
Nevada residents, encouraged by politicians to "go green" to save energy, are being hit with higher rates for doing so. And more rate increases are in the pipeline. Beginning July...
Nevada’s green-energy laws will mean higher electricity prices, big job losses, suggest studies
While higher unemployment numbers usually gain more attention than higher electricity rates, two new policy studies indicate Nevada's renewable portfolio standards may increase both rates. Suffolk University's Beacon Hill...
Speaker Oceguera — another government ‘double-dipper’?
While leading Assembly Democrats in Carson City the last four years as majority leader and then speaker, John Oceguera was also drawing full-time pay as a City of North Las...
NLV fire department confirms Oceguera’s double-dipping
Responding to a Nevada Journal news story, the North Las Vegas Fire Department on Wednesday released copies of previously undisclosed employment agreements with Nevada Assembly Speaker John Oceguera, who also...
Change is harder for some folks
The Clark County School District's new superintendent, Dwight Jones, was hired to be a "game changer." What district trustees increasingly signal from their dais, however, is — at best — ambivalence...
The school board strikes back
For more than a decade, the Clark County school board has celebrated the board's use of Policy Governance®, the board leadership paradigm created and taught by Dr. John Carver. Under...
Nevada gets more energy from nuclear than from all heavily subsidized in-state renewables
The federal government has spent over $440 million subsidizing Nevada's "green economy," yet imported nuclear energy provides more power to Nevada customers than taxpayer-subsidized electricity generators such as solar, wind...