Unemployment in Nevada: The Not-So-Bright Future For Solar Company Amonix
Recently, Amonix, a government-supported solar plant, laid off more than 200 of its 300 employees at its manufacturing plant located on North Pecos Road. It should be noted that many of the 300 employees on Amonix’s payroll were former construction workers. Amonix found that retraining the construction workers was a straightforward process; they already had [...]
Brian Sandoval’s economic plan for Nevada has been released, and The Nevada View decides to dig in… For those that may not want to plow through our fuller analysis below, we’ll summarize here. The plan, originally referred to as “Moving Nevada Forward: A Plan for Excellence and Economic Development 2012-2014” could also be retitled as [...]
Continue reading …Brian Sandoval’s Superheroic Plan For Economic Diversification In Nevada Underway
February 7, 2012 1 CommentYesterday, in a show of combined force akin to Marvel’s The Avengers joining forces to vanquish a common enemy, a grouping of the Sparks and Reno city councils, Washoe County School District board of trustees and Washoe County commissioners got their stuff together long enough to confront their common nemesis: the Las Vegas economy. On [...]
Continue reading …Huntridge Theater Case Study Points to Need for Economic Diversification in Nevada
January 27, 2012 7 CommentsYesterday, we took a case study look at the issues currently plaguing the Huntridge Theater‘s old space on the corner of Maryland Parkway and Charleston Boulevard. We also hinted at the linkage between the once shiny Huntridge Theater and Nevada’s current status as one-time, one-hit wonder gaming capital of the world (otherwise known as “the [...]
Continue reading …Earlier this week, Mitt Romney used North Las Vegas as his backdrop as he laid out his “jobs plan”. So what is Mitt Romney’s “jobs plan”, exactly? “The fundamental problem in today’s economy is that there’s not enough demand,” says David Madland, an economist at the liberal Center for American Progress. In fact, our corporations [...]
Continue reading …Joe Heck Refuses to Meet Constituents… So They Do “Town Hall” Without Him
September 1, 2011 7 Comments
After waiting the entire summer for Joe Heck to meet with constituents and answer the questions we have about what he’s doing in Congress, a group of Nevadans decided enough was enough. They mapped out his Dick Cheney like undisclosed hiding location “Congressional Office“, and then they paid his office a visit. If anyone still [...]
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Yet again, the person who claims to be my member of Congress won’t get anywhere near me… Nor any of his other constituents who can’t pay Republican clubs to ask him questions. Oh yes, that’s right. “Pay-Per-View Congress” has come to Nevada with a vengeance, and we have Joe Heck to thank for that! Don’t [...]
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Yesterday, Republicans were already taking out the “Mission Accomplished” sign and declaring victory. They were proclaiming a shoddy “poll” paid by a shadowy “tea party” outfit that couldn’t even refer to Kate Marshall by her correct name as “proof” that they’re on track to win. Some of the readers of the Reno Gazette-Journal have contacted [...]
Continue reading …(Also at Nevada Progressive & Daily Kos) Look! A poll, a poll! What could it say? Only 29% of voters think the economy will get better in the next year, while 30% say it will get worse and 39% say it will stay about the same. The number who feel the economy will get worse [...]
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