In 2017, Nevada lawmakers delved into the regulation of diabetes medications by passing a law ostensibly intended to make transparent the costs of producing these medications relative to their selling prices. The legislation was the first of its kind in the nation and became one of the most heavily lobbied bills in Nevada history as lobbyists from large, national patients’ groups, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and others arrived in Carson City to weigh in.

There is an expression of frustration that most decent, civically minded citizens of our nation have uttered at least once – “Why can’t these [expletive of choice] politicians just stop bickering and do what’s best for the country/state/city?”

In the cool shadows of the Flamingo Wash, the water gurgling through the flood channel under Maryland Parkway sounded almost like a mountain stream flowing. Although it wasn’t a bucolic creekside, it was a campsite of sorts for a half dozen homeless drug addicts who bundled against the chill as they slept through a cloudless day and killed time between connections.

Thanksgiving has come and gone. Our bellies are full of mimosas, buffet turkey, buffet mashed potatoes and gravy and all the other classic dishes of the holiday. It is simply the perfect time to pause and reflect on all of the things that we are thankful for as Nevadans.

Clark County Commissioner and noted free market champion Tick Segerblom has an interesting idea: Instead of giving the Raiders $30 million in exchange for advertising that teaches drunk tourists how to save water, why doesn’t the Southern Nevada Water Authority just charge more for water so people have an incentive to use less of it?

The Art Institute scandal is a travesty and a deep betrayal of the trust of a student body that includes plenty of military veterans on the G.I. Bill, trusting faculty, some administrators and taxpayers everywhere. It’s hardly unique to the slippery side of the for-profit college business, but it’s about as egregious as it gets.

On Thursday, the Nevada Gaming Commission adopted regulatory revisions conceived and drafted by the Gaming Control Board that address workplace discrimination and sexual harassment in the casino industry.

It didn’t get as much attention as it should have, but last week Gov. Steve Sisolak stood up for Nevada by convincing the federal government, for the time being, to drop the idea of leasing for oil and gas in places that could harm wildlife habitat and threaten our clean drinking water. This acreage was up for lease at rock-bottom prices, on land that has almost zero potential to produce oil and gas.

In the weeks ahead, the U.S. Senate has the opportunity to confirm a highly qualified nominee who will help make sure that the people of Nevada benefit from fair and impartial judicial decisions. Lawrence VanDyke has been nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to fill a coming vacancy. Senators ought to strongly support this nomination.

That occupational licensing sometimes protects fraudulent occupations via government statute (like, for example, so-called “oriental medicine,” a field of quackery originally invented by Maoist China, which of course Nevada also happens to license because why wouldn’t we?) is one among several reasons why state-run occupational licensing should definitely be rethought, if not abolished outright.

If you ask most right-leaning folks what they want from government regulators, they’ll usually just tell you, “less.” If you ask most left-leaning folks, they will argue for regulators to have more power over our lives, unless it affects them personally in any sort of negative way, and then they’ll also tell you they want “less.”

The 16-inch line stretches west along US 93 from the edge of developed Boulder City toward Railroad Pass, then cuts south along US 95 down into Eldorado Valley and the new I-11 Interchange. There it stops.

This is an increasing problem across many parts of the country where gerrymandering has allowed candidates who don’t really have the support of their constituencies to continue in office. The bottom line is that the voters in the communities just aren’t represented at all – their votes have been stolen.

The Nevada Legislature’s interim Legislative Committee on Energy is meeting this month for the first time. While the 2019 Legislature took big steps forward on clean energy, more work remains, especially in the transportation sector. This committee will be crucial in assessing the energy policies Nevada needs heading into the 2021 legislative session.

If the Fountainhead Society can gather 97,598 signatures across Nevada’s four congressional districts, we all could have to vote on a very different electoral system for the state Senate. So if you were a voter in the last election, should you sign the petitions? What will Nevada Senate voting look like in 2024 if this change is implemented?

The critical need to maintain access to air medical services for residents of Nevada’s rural communities is undeniable. Each year, thousands of patients are flown from frontier towns to cities that have the facilities to treat the most seriously ill and gravely injured. By and large, Nevadans haven’t noticed this lack of easy access to Tier I and II trauma centers because air medical services have stepped up to fill the gap.

Nevada entered brave and controversial territory in medical ethics this fall after the enactment of pioneering legislation that permits early-stage dementia patients to commit themselves to rejecting all future nutrition and hydration—natural and artificial—during the course of their illnesses.

What does it mean to solve the homeless problem?