Assembly Republican leader Jim Wheeler has an unusual strategy for being in the minority: preemptive surrender.
Victor Joecks
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Victor Joecks is a Review-Journal columnist who explores and explains policy issues three days a week in the Opinion section. Previously he served as the executive vice president of the Nevada Policy Research Institute. Victor is also a staff sergeant in Nevada National Guard. Originally from Washington state, Victor received his bachelor’s degree from Hillsdale College.
Laborers Local 872 wants to recall Las Vegas City Councilman Steve Seroka over his opposition to development at the Badlands Golf Course.
Over the next two years, Gov. Steve Sisolak plans to gut and eliminate Brian Sandoval’s major education reforms. It’s all to benefit the government unions who backed his campaign.
A Clark County School District principal wants kindergarteners to think about if they’re transgender.
If the economy doesn’t stay strong, Gov. Steve Sisolak’s budget will soon look short sighted.
The White House is committed to the shutdown fight, but missing out on delivering the State of the Union would pain President Donald Trump. One of Trump’s 2020 challengers, Sen. Kamala Harris, is a flawed presidential candidate. That’s all according to Debra Saunders, the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s White House correspondent.
Not every journalist is a liberal hack, but conservatives are right to regard every national mainstream media outlet suspiciously. Just look at what happened last weekend.
Even the teachers union is admitting that Gov. Steve Sisolak’s education plan won’t fix school district budget problems.
Gov. Steve Sisolak shouldn’t count on Senate Republican support for his desired tax hike. Collective bargaining for state workers would drive up costs, and Nevada should expand Opportunity Scholarships. That’s according to Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, R-Reno.
Gov. Steve Sisolak’s first State of the State address was as notable for what he didn’t say as what he did.
New Superintendent Jesus Jara has produced a comprehensive five-year “strategic plan” for the Clark County School District. To his credit, he’s not dressing up as the Sugar Plum Fairy to hide the district’s many ills.
Harry Reid once risked his life to take on mob bosses. He’s now bragging about having successfully imitated their tactics during his political career.
Hillary Clinton once wrote, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Look at children referred to Clark County Juvenile Justice Services, however, and it’s clear that a village can’t replace two parents.
Every time someone celebrates the number of female elected officials in Nevada, they undercut the transgender movement.
After Democrats took the Senate majority in 2016, Aaron Ford made Mark Manendo a committee chairman. This is a textbook example of creating “power inequities,” which “allowed sexual harassment and discrimination to persist.”