http://feeds.feedburner.com/npri-writeonnevada This is blogs from NPRI en-us (c) 2013 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST http://feedvalidator.org/docs/rss2.html www.eResources.com (Generator) webmaster@npri.org (NPRI) support@eresources.com (eResources) 60 npri-writeonnevadahttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/NpYOEsQB_3U/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1753Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:19:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1753/blog.asp With the legislative session behind us, we political and news junkies are feeling a bit of a void in our lives. (And if you think like I do, you&rsquo;re probably also feeling a little nauseous over...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/NpYOEsQB_3U" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1753/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/_0cuoWSGwx8/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1752Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:10:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1752/blog.asp It had barely begun, and already the 27th&nbsp;Special Session of the Nevada Legislature was over. And just like the regular session that had unfolded over the previous 120 days, this week&rsquo;s...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/_0cuoWSGwx8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1752/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/ZtsxElyMP4w/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1751Fri, 31 May 2013 10:49:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1751/blog.asp I like entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs are, more than anything, what make our economy work. They build businesses, create jobs and can accumulate wealth for themselves by improving the lives of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/ZtsxElyMP4w" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1751/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/VeYxfo8nso8/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1750Fri, 24 May 2013 11:54:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1750/blog.asp Will spending more increase student achievement in Nevada? That&rsquo;s the working assumption of many Nevada legislators. For instance, after Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis dropped his attempt to...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/VeYxfo8nso8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1750/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/f2Dpv3ADU4o/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1749Fri, 17 May 2013 09:42:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1749/blog.asp Questions surrounding the spate of scandals now enveloping the White House have largely focused on what they tell us about the nature of the Obama administration. That is, is the administration...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/f2Dpv3ADU4o" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1749/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/gck4nE-1sBg/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1748Fri, 10 May 2013 09:48:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1748/blog.asp As I mentioned a few weeks back, I&rsquo;ve been asked to participate in a new project for Channel 3 in Las Vegas, for which I&rsquo;ll be providing a weekly commentary during evening newscasts....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/gck4nE-1sBg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1748/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/eFUgnJBOV7k/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1747Fri, 03 May 2013 13:55:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1747/blog.asp Have you ever heard &mdash; or, worse, had your children sing to you &mdash; &ldquo;The Song that Never Ends&rdquo;? For those who aren&rsquo;t familiar with the lyrics, it goes: This is the song...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/eFUgnJBOV7k" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1747/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/49UpYYJXqDs/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1746Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:32:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1746/blog.asp Do you remember Jim Marshall? No, I&rsquo;m not talking about the former congressman from Georgia. I&rsquo;m talking about the&nbsp;other&nbsp;Jim Marshall, the former professional football player...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/49UpYYJXqDs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1746/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/T-Jejufktyo/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1745Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:05:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1745/blog.asp If you&rsquo;ve been keeping up with NPRI&rsquo;s E-Bulletins, you know that we&rsquo;ve been very active during the current legislative session. In particular, Geoff Lawrence, the Institute&rsquo;s...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/T-Jejufktyo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1745/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/xlDGEofMKjo/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1744Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:48:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1744/blog.asp <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/xlDGEofMKjo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1744/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/WhhFE-Zl2Z4/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1743Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:29:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1743/blog.asp <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/WhhFE-Zl2Z4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1743/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/Z11ziqphADg/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1742Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:35:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1742/blog.asp One of the most consistent complaints I hear from conservatives and libertarians is that nearly everything associated with popular culture comes with a leftist bent. Whether we&rsquo;re listening to...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/Z11ziqphADg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1742/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/pJ_rTHXquGo/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1741Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:06:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1741/blog.asp NV Energy&#39;s plan to raise power rates, called &quot;NVision,&quot; has received a lot of attention, but the Legislature doesn&#39;t need to pass any new laws to increase the cost of your...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/pJ_rTHXquGo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1741/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/wYa1j7FY3fw/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1740Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:53:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1740/blog.asp <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/wYa1j7FY3fw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1740/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/QkPSRaIlIwo/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1739Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:28:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1739/blog.asp One of my favorite things about being the president of NPRI is that I&rsquo;m often invited to speak to different organizations around the state and share the Institute&rsquo;s perspective on the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/QkPSRaIlIwo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1739/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/kUBdGJAqrHE/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1738Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:54:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1738/blog.asp <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/kUBdGJAqrHE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1738/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/q2rI0F5ZOFw/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1737Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:30:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1737/blog.asp Political power often translates into taxpayer-funded handouts to special-interest groups, but rarely is that dynamic seen so clearly as at the Legislature this last Wednesday, when Nevada&rsquo;s...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/q2rI0F5ZOFw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1737/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/pVI6zqiLAj0/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1736Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:06:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1736/blog.asp Any time you shine a light on the practices of government, you&rsquo;re bound to hit a nerve. That was certainly the case with my&nbsp;recent commentary in the&nbsp;Las Vegas Review-Journal, which...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/pVI6zqiLAj0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1736/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/fs5OCDctRJw/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1735Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:31:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1735/blog.asp Earlier this week, we at NPRI updated our government-transparency website,&nbsp;TransparentNevada.com, with 2012 salary data for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The release of this...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/fs5OCDctRJw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1735/blog.asp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~3/qQ1sjd2q1_Y/blog.asp http://www.npri.org/blog/comments.asp?id=1734Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:42:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1734/blog.asp So Dwight Jones is out as Clark County School District superintendent, the news breaking this week that he is resigning effective March 22 so that he can care for his ailing mother in...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/npri-writeonnevada/~4/qQ1sjd2q1_Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.npri.org/blog/id.1734/blog.asp