On Thursday, the House passed a temporary spending measure and six years of funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Although Republicans have a slim majority in the Senate, Senate rules require a spending bill to get 60 votes. This gives Democrats the power to shut down the government, which they look eager to do. Democrats in both houses want protections for illegal aliens brought to the U.S. as children.
The law states that giving the public access to government records “foster(s) democratic principles.” That’s strong rhetoric and rightly so. Government officials work for the public. That makes members of the public, the boss. One of your rights as a supervisor is to know what your employees are doing. Too often they refuse.
In the Art of the Deal, Donald Trump writes, “Leverage: don’t make deals without it.”
Republicans have plenty of leverage in the stalled negotiations over passing a new version of the
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It’s time for them to quit negotiating with Democrats
and use it.
On Thursday, Pence offered remarks at two Air Force events, accompanied by Sen. Dean Heller and attorney general Adam Laxalt. Pence acknowledged Laxalt, but went out of his way to praise Heller.
Clark County residents have endured over a dozen tax increases, including increases in the sales tax, property tax, car tab tax and gas tax. There was also the creation of a new gross receipts tax called the commerce tax. That’s on top of dozens of fee increases based by Carson City.
Last year, President Donald Trump’s election integrity commission asked Nevada for voter information. Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske gave the commission, which Trump disbanded Wednesday, the information state law required her to release, but not things like Social Security Numbers.
If you thought the Clark County School District’s budget problems were over, think again. An
unelected, unaccountable, out-of- state arbitrator could leave CCSD without enough money to
pay its bills.
Review-Journal reporter Victor Joecks provides four 2018 predictions.
For start to finish, the recall of an elected official in Nevada is supposed to take just over 120 days. Four months after the start of recalls against Sens. Joyce Woodhouse and Nicole Cannizzaro, however, it looks like the process isn’t even half over.
This summer, Democrats elected Erika Washington, an African-American woman, to CCDP’s number two spot. One of her jobs was to fill CCDP’s Political Organizing Committee, which works on voter outreach and mobilization. Washington selected three African-American women
to serve. That wasn’t acceptable to West, a white woman, because it would put too many black women on the 13 member committee.
Ten days ago, Buzzfeed reported that Kihuen’s former finance director had accused him of sexually harassing her and touching her thigh twice in early 2016. Identified by her first name, Samantha, who was 25, says then-candidate Kihuen asked her for sex, and she rejected her advances. Disgusted by his behavior, Samantha quit the campaign and told the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee why she was quitting.
Over the last week, CCSD has conducted five community meetings on the proposal. Transgender students have shared stories of being bullied at school in their push for the policy. But Nevada already has one of the most aggressive anti-bullying laws in the country. This includes a requirement that an investigation into bullying occur within one day.
If you think the Clark County School District has budget problems now, imagine how bad it’ll be if Amazon selects Las Vegas as the site of its second headquarters.
Victor Joecks talks about the North Las Vegas Metro officers who trained on UNLV campus during a Black Lives Matter UNLV event.
Victor Joecks talks about Steve Wolfson’s attempts to pass Question 1.
On Thursday, radio host Leeann Tweeden accused Sen. Al Franken of kissing and groping her without her consent. Tweeden says the misdeeds happened in 2006 on a USO tour, and she posted a picture showing Franken grabbing her breasts while she slept on a military plane.
In 2015, 80 percent of Nevadans who paid an individual mandate tax penalty made under $50,000 a year. Thirty-nine percent made under $25,000.
The Secretary of State’s office has determined that the recall against Sen. Joyce Woodhouse, D- Henderson, has qualified. But Democrats believe the law gives them a window to go to voters who signed the petition and get those voters to withdraw the signatures.
Rich parents select their neighborhoods based on area schools and can afford private schools, if needed. White didn’t have those options. White and her daughter originally wanted an Education Savings Account, which Nevada’s legislature passed in 2015.
Victor Joecks gives his take on the Democrats response to the shooting in Texas.
The best thing Gov. Brian Sandoval can do to preserve his legislative accomplishments is to quit defending them. Attorney General Adam Laxalt’s announcement Wednesday that he’s running to replace Sandoval as Governor made official what’s been obvious for months. It’s also obvious that Laxalt is more conservative than Sandoval.
On Monday, a pac chaired by Sen. Majority Leader Michael Roberson filed an initiative to amend Nevada’s constitution to prevent sanctuary cities. The initiative would prevent Nevada elected officials from enacting a law that “prohibits, limits or discourages cooperation” with the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. Sanctuary cities—or in California’s case, a sanctuary state—refuse to tell federal immigration authorities when they have arrested or are about to release an illegal immigrant.
Finding out exactly how much Obamacare has increased your insurance costs may give you a heart attack. It’s certainly going to flatline your wallet. Wednesday is the first day to buy 2018 health insurance coverage on Obamacare’s Marketplace. You’ve probably heard that premiums in Nevada are going up by an average of 36.8 percent from 2017.
The Clark County School District is currently holding private meetings to discuss implementing a district-wide policy on transgender students. That should concern every parent who thinks having boy private parts makes you a boy.
Victor Joecks talks about Las Vegas applying to become the home of Amazon’s second headquarters, and what the implications and aftermath could result.
It was habit, not heroism, that caused Justin Pearson to grab his gun. But seconds later, that weapon enabled Pearson to stop a kidnapping taking place just outside his Las Vegas home on October 5.
It was entirely predictable that democrats would use the horrific Las Vegas Strip shooting to push for gun control. What’s shocking is how far they want to go.
The lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign just filed a lawsuit seeking to rewrite Nevada’s constitution and restrict your ability to hold politicians accountable. (Victor Joecks)
In 2013, local investors bought the Las Vegas 51s, a minor league baseball team, for $20 million. on Tuesday, the Las Vegas convention and visitors authority paid a whopping $80 million for 20 years of naming rights for a new 51s stadium going up in Summerlin.
Governor Brian Sandoval’s recent attack on Attorney General Adam Laxalt’s opposition to the commerce tax was just plain dishonest.
