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OPINION: As public pushes back on behalf of public lands, Trump’s sell-off plan fractures

Pushback came not just from the tree huggers, but from the meat eaters as well. As anyone who knows anything about public lands will tell you, a broad cross section of Americans enjoy access to the West’s great commons.

The Legislature on the final day of the 83rd session in Carson City.

OPINION: Nevada’s self-sustaining bureaucratic bloat

To be sure, not all objections to reform are the result of pure rent-seeking self-interest by industry incumbents and their bureaucratic enablers. Consumer protection is, after all, a legitimate concern for lawmakers, policymakers and regulators. 

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OPINION: Why we should celebrate Juneteenth with purpose

Juneteenth serves as a powerful reminder that when justice is delayed, it is effectively denied. It encourages us to stay vigilant and committed to ensuring that our constitutional rights and freedoms are not just proclaimed but actively fulfilled and embraced.

Protesters hold signs during an event organized by SEIU Nevada Local 1107 against immigration raids outside the Lloyd D. George U.S. Courthouse on Monday, June 9, 2025.

OPINION: Arrest quotas are no way to make America great again

Such an inhumane obsession over the raw number of arrests — rather than a calculated push to deport “the worst of the worst” — is the sort of directive one would expect from Joseph Stalin’s NKVD during the Great Purge rather than American law enforcement agencies.

Sen. Ira Hansen (R-Sparks) speaking.

OPINION: It’s over in Carson City — now go enjoy our state

Go visit some ghost town along a lonely Nevada roadway, explore the nearly infinite expanse of mountain ranges winding their way through our backyard or simply step out under the neon lights and enjoy the entertainment options that have made our state famous. 

Silhouettes of hands as they move around colored rocks that are lit from underneath.

OPINION: Authoritarianism is dressed up as school choice

If public education is weakened or defunded, and private institutions are empowered, it becomes easier for certain ideological agendas to shape what students learn, such as downplaying systemic racism, teaching creationism, or pushing nationalist interpretations of U.S. history.

Michele Fiore, candidate for Nevada state treasure, during a candidate forum in Pahrump.

OPINION: Trump’s audacious Fiore pardon gets buried by what came next

Fiore’s controversies have been buried deep by the latest slate of criminals to receive pardons or sentence commutations from Trump. It’s another in a continuing series of efforts to tar the rule of law, sow distrust for the justice system and diminish the importance of political corruption prosecution.

Lobbyist Matt Walker, center, with Sony Pictures Entertainment executives Nick Velasquez, left, and Michael Morgenthal, inside the Legislature in Carson City.

OPINION: Hollywood’s fuzzy math is pure fiction

Of course, fuzzy math is nothing new to the world of lobbying — nor is it a foreign concept for Hollywood. Movie studios have long engaged in what one judge described as “unconscionable” accounting methods to hide profits ... "

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