February, 1998 issue
Pay of Nevada’s public-school employees, versus private sector, is 4th highest in U.S.
LAS VEGAS — As teacher union activists push for a heavy new tax on Nevada’s private-sector employers, federal data is showing that the state’s public K-12 education sector is actually...
White House withholds thousands of docs from Senate CIA probe, despite vows of help
WASHINGTON — The White House has been withholding for five years more than 9,000 top-secret documents sought by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for its investigation into the now-defunct...
Small business owner: Margin tax would impose 32% marginal tax rate
LAS VEGAS — Come November, the fate of Nevada business owners — big and small — will be in the hands of voters. For family-owned businesses like Las Vegas Window...
Harry Reid’s Koch ‘obsession’ subject of video compilation
WASHINGTON DC — Harry Reid’s obsession with the Koch brothers is now documented in a video compilation produced by a Washington, D.C., newspaper. The Washington Free Beacon notes that Nevada’s...
Curious about compensation of top Southern Nevada government officials?
LAS VEGAS — The deeper meaning of data on TransparentNevada, the searchable database of government employee salaries provided by NPRI as a public service, is going to become more accessible,...
Dad told seeing state’s records on his kids will cost him $10 grand+
LAS VEGAS — Would you like to see the information the State of Nevada is keeping on your child? You may have to take out a loan. The State Department...
Margin tax could mean the death of long-time Las Vegas construction firm
LAS VEGAS — After 16 years, a Las Vegas-based construction company that weathered the Great Recession could be forced to close and layoff its roughly 70 hard-working employees. Only recently,...
NLRB finds Culinary, other Strip union threatens, attempts to intimidate non-union workers
LAS VEGAS — For the second time in a year, a Las Vegas resort-industry union — this time the powerful Culinary Union Local 226 — has been found guilty of...
Firm auditing NVPERS pays $35 million settlement for not detecting 20-year-long Illinois embezzlement
LAS VEGAS — The annual independent audit of the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System’s financials will be conducted by a firm that recently agreed to pay a city in Illinois...