What Happens in Vegas… Could Get You 10 Years to Life
Unpacking the proposed Nevada sex trafficking legislation (Part 1) Why is a 39-page bill that criminalizes a whole lot of normal people being sold as a way to save the child sex slaves? Well, saving the (white female) child sex slaves has proven to be a powerful narrative. After all, who is actually for sex [...]
(or “Why Nevada is Going to Get Sued for Millions.“) With recent headlines like “Conference attendees say Nevada isn’t doing enough to educate ELL students,” and “GOP lawmaker seeks more state funding for English language learners,” it should come as no surprise that Nevada has an English Language Learner problem in its grade schools. What such [...]
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NRA lobbyists plan to host a private “seminar” with Nevada legislators this Saturday, January 19th from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. in Las Vegas. A few local groups aren’t thrilled about this and plan to host a rally to encourage legislators to skip this meeting (see info below). The National Rifle Association (NRA) represents the interests [...]
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A new state by state study by the Center for Budget Policy Priorities, a Washington D.C. based policy think tank, says what we all have known for some time… the rich are richer, the poor are getting poorer. Can’t even get a trickle to come down. The gaps between the incomes of the richest households [...]
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At the K-12 levels, high-quality teachers and well-run schools are essential to student achievement. However, public educators are largely being blamed for struggling students rather than focusing on larger systemic issues such as children in poverty, unsafe neighborhoods and substandard schools which can make it difficult to learn (1). Although there is a lot of focus on education problems by policymakers, [...]
Continue reading …Nevada Elected – and would-be elected – officials gather in support of conservation
October 5, 2012 No Comment
A lot of good people think Nevada’s natural places are worth protecting. And a lot of those people – including quite a few sitting and future elected officials – showed up recently for a twinned pair of Nevada Conservation League events, one in Las Vegas and one in Reno. Of course, thousands of people have [...]
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It seems that a local issue is a national issue as well. Too often these days this is the case. So, I’d like to make a statement and start the appropriate discussion rather than keeping the focus on the wrong discussion or letting the event be forgotten completely. The discussion we need to have is [...]
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Reading in the Las Vegas Sun yesterday, I found a story about fees going up for water, electric, student fees, small businesses, even bus fares and how these fees tend to negatively affect those who are hurting the most here in Nevada. What the article does not mention is how disproportionate the burden of sales [...]
Continue reading …There’s been a lot made of the Nevada Policy Research Institute’s (NPRI) lawsuit against State Senator Mo Denis, where they claim his job with the Public Utilities Commission (a division of the executive branch) is a violation of the Nevada Constitution because he serves in the legislature. First, let’s take a look at the language [...]
Continue reading …It seems that the local homeless, broke, and hopeless find themselves on a street corner one way or another. Some may plead through car windows, others will linger around bus stops and gas stations, but why has struggling become acceptable public scenery in Las Vegas? It is easy to point at all the gambling in [...]
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