Here in Nevada, the Department of Employment reports that as of year end 2016 government compensation is higher that the private sector both statewide and in Clark County.
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Taxpayers are fortunate these individuals continue to serve for less than they could gain in the private sector.
This pay insufficiency is striking when you consider the compensation and staff of the police chiefs of Henderson ($185, 299), North Las Vegas ($158,879) and Reno ($142,022).
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought the constable’s job was to uphold the law, not break it for more than two years.
Mr. Joecks needs to use that kind of misdirection because, like most on the hard right, he can’t accept anything that varies from his narrow perspective.
The argument that single-payer would cost too much money is simply nonsense because the country is currently spending the money, just in many different ways
He writes uplifting articles about issues and people. We need these articles in this troubled time.
In states such as Nevada that do not have open primaries, we are at the mercy of the state parties to choose the candidates we may then vote for.
The Indian casinos in Southern California are the largest donors to lawmakers in that state. They want Californians to have a miserable ride home from Las Vegas.
The president seems more comfortable with leaders who have been able to imprison their opposition, stifle their journalists and control their legislators and courts.
Gov. Sandoval’s veto of AB 206 hurts the environment and was a vote against economic growth and energy security.
The time to end the fiasco of underfunding the school district has come.
A previous version of this page included a letter from Phil Stoeckinger. Mr. Stoeckinger did not write that letter.
Just when we thought Harry Reid was finally gone, he’s back and now has three votes — Jacky Rosen, Dina Titus and Ruben Kihuen.
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