After retiring from a 20-year middle school teaching career in the Bay Area, my wife and I moved to Sparks. I really missed working with middle school students, so I signed up to substitute teach in the Washoe County School District (WCSD). WCSD has daily shortages of dozens of substitute
Nevada’s 2025 legislative session is heating up, two bills, AB411, AB241 with Amendment 251, are sparking fierce debate. Both measures, currently before the Senate, represent troubling oversteps that undermine transparency, accountability, local governance. Here’s why Nevadans should stand up, speak out, vote “no” on these proposals. AB411: Hiding Prescribers, Eroding
President Donald J. Trump took decisive action Thursday, signing an executive order targeting the Democrat fundraising machine ActBlue after damning revelations of illegal foreign contributions. According to a White House document obtained by The Free Press, the order directs the Attorney General to investigate widespread fraud and foreign interference in
President Trump’s 2025 tariff plan, 10% on Chinese goods, 25% on Canada and Mexico, and reciprocal tariffs averaging 11.3%, seeks to revive U.S. manufacturing and reduce trade deficits. While these measures may strengthen national security and domestic industry, they increase costs for American consumers. This post examines the economic impact
Hello, my name is George Eddie Lorton, and this opinion may sound familiar because I’ve been campaigning on it for 12 years. Opponents during campaign seasons tried to silence and mock my stance, but now they’re misusing my ideas for their same old corrupt games. Years ago, the City of
A new fundraising breakdown is raising serious questions about the connection or lack thereof between Nevada’s top House Democrats and the very voters they were elected to serve. In what appears to be a growing trend, the three Democrats the NRCC is targeting this cycle Dina Titus (NV-01), Susie Lee
Last week’s resignation of the Washoe County Libraries’ Director has presented County Commissioners with a $17-million PER YEAR opportunity. The Commissioners have the chance to consolidate our county’s current glut of 130 public libraries. Doing this would pay-off the majority of our county’s $27M budget deficit. At the same
The 2025 Nevada Legislative Session is a high-stakes showdown, and conservatives are landing blows against progressive overreach. The April 11 Committee Passage Deadline killed 281 bills, a triumph of reason, but the April 22 First House Passage Deadline looms. Here’s the rundown of victories, threats, and the road ahead,
CARSON CITY, Nev., April 15, 2025—The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, released a new report outlining the benefits the 20% Small Business Tax Deduction will bring to Nevada if made permanent. The report also spotlights that the 333,000+ small businesses in Nevada could
Let’s slice through the fog with unyielding clarity. Nevada’s Secretary of State, Francisco Aguilar, just trumpeted a post-2024 election voter roll cleanup, axing 162,519 registrations and sidelining 37,749 more as of April 10, 2025. A noble effort? Hardly. This is the electoral equivalent of mopping the floor during a monsoon.