If “Read by Three” had been in effect last year, more than 10,000 of this year’s fourth-graders might still be in third grade.
Victor Joecks
Columnist
Email: vjoecks@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-4698
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.
Out-of-state gun grabbers should be ashamed of themselves — and they should learn common decency from Nevada’s Republicans and Democrats.
If Democrats could build a 2020 presidential candidate from scratch, here’s what he’d look like.
Sen. Dean Heller has a primary problem, and his name is Danny Tarkanian.
As a Las Vegas resident, you have a rooting interest in a quick resolution to NFL players kneeling for the national anthem.
Health sharing provides several options for those seeking an alternative to Obamacare’s soaring premiums and deductibles.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is wasting tax dollars. The question now is whether anyone with any power is going to do anything about it.
If Democrats take full control of state government in 2019, Nevada will become California — without the beaches. That’s why Republicans are trying to recall three state senators.
If Nevada taxpayers had to pay the full cost of the Medicaid expansion, it’d have less support than Harry Reid running for president of a Republican women’s club.
Seattle Seahawks star Michael Bennett’s explosive accusation that Las Vegas police officers targeted him because of his skin color hasn’t been debunked yet, but it’s facing third and long.
It’s hard to believe it today, but four years ago union leaders praised the selection of Pat Skorkowsky as superintendent of the Clark County School District Superintendent.
Dan Schwartz is pinning his long-shot bid for governor on hopes that Republican primary voters will pay more attention to his persona than his policies.
The Nevada Democratic Congressional delegation, like Rep. Ruben Kihuen, claim they will fight “tooth and nail” to protect participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. But their words are decreasing the chance of a compromise passing Congress.
The budget crisis facing the Clark County School District is no surprise. Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky predicted it just 19 months ago.
Nevada currently has more than 10 legislators, out of just 63, who also have executive branch jobs. Little wonder government keeps expanding.