Many students using Opportunity Scholarships will lose their funding within the next two years unless the Legislature acts, according to Don Soifer.
Victor Joecks
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Scoring political points is more important to legislative Democrats than funding the programs they believe will improve education.
The Nevada Legislative Session ends in nine days. Some of the most consequential bills have yet to receive a single vote.
The Nevada Legislature could pass a controversial gun control measure without even holding a public hearing.
The language in the bill banning bump stocks is still too vague. Red flag laws are a violation of due process. That’s according to Don Turner, president of the Nevada Firearms Coalition.
When public education fails, many say it needs more money. When Opportunity Scholarships succeed, those same people want to cut its funding.
Abortion advocates use the same technique as proponents of slavery did 160 years ago — dehumanize a marginalized group to deny them their rights.
The long-awaited bill creating a new education funding formula is here. Many key details, however, are yet to be determined.
The Las Vegas City Council erred by preventing development at the Badlands Golf Course, according to Victoria Seaman, Ward 2 candidate for the council.
Moving the marijuana money into education makes political sense, but it’s not going to do anything to increase education funding.
If you want to get rid of the gender pay gap, you need to eliminate Mother’s Day — and what it represents.
Forget the record-high stock market. Politicians are the best investment money can buy. Consider what attorney general Aaron Ford has done for his former employer, law firm Eglet Prince.
Across the country, leftists have frequently attacked conservatives on college campuses. Last week, it happened at UNLV.
Nevada’s magic trick of the year didn’t take place on the Las Vegas Strip. It was Gov. Steve Sisolak convincing the public that his budget includes a 3 percent raise for teachers. It doesn’t. The money’s not there.
The Clark County Education Association is so upset about education funding that it’s asking teachers to approve a strike — next August. Yes, that strategy is as foolhardy as it sounds.
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