January, 1998 issue
An Industry Divided Against Itself
A Look at the Gaming Civil War By Jon Ralston The analogy almost has become hackneyed from overuse in casino circles: If American Gaming Association (AGA) President Frank Fahrenkopf...
NPRI Publications
A Beginner’s Guide to the Politics of Power by Jason H. Barret and John Dobra, Ph.D. An overview of the deregulation of electrical utilities which examines the effects such a...
What is a Charter School?
By Erica Olsen, Managing Editor Discussions of education reform often include the term "charter schools," but misconceptions and misunderstandings accompany this term. Simply put, a charter school is a publicly-funded...
Washington Watch
Important Nevada congressional votes in early April.
NPRI RADIO COMMENTARIES
Tahoe Tea Party There’s a tea party brewing at Lake Tahoe. Residents have long advocated self-government for their region, and this time they mean business. They wish to break from...
Partisan “Bipartisanship”
Inside the National Governors’ Association by D. Dowd Muska, NPRI Research Analyst In 1908 a group of governors gathered in Washington to discuss conservation issues with President Theodore Roosevelt....
What Really Happened to “Lady Lindy”?
The First World War II Casualties in the Pacific: What Really Happened to “Lady Lindy”? By Ralph Heller, NPRI Senior Research Fellow When pilot Linda Finch took off in...
RURAL WRAP
By Dan Steninger Elko County’s grand jury has been busy since we last updated readers of Nevada Journal. So busy that high state officials are calling for the heads...
Pen and Quill
Pen and Quill Dear NPRI, I want to thank you and your Board of Directors for the honor you have bestowed upon me — the Freedom Award. I was unable...