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Carson City’s Wednesday Inferno: Nevada’s Soul on the Line

March 19, 2025 8:00 amMarch 28, 2025 6:33 am

March 19, 2025—Carson City’s legislative furnace is roaring, and the suits are sweating bullets. Seven bills—AB 411, AB 277, AB 235, AB 320, SB 263, SB 63, and AB 363—are slugging it out, but a late contender, AB 230, crashed the party at Commerce and Labor (https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12246/Overview). Rural toughs are...

Carson City’s Legislative Cage Match: Nevada’s Soul on the Line

March 18, 2025 8:00 amMarch 19, 2025 3:34 am

March 18, 2025—Carson City’s marble halls are a sweatbox of suits and schemes, and three bills are slugging it out for Nevada’s future. Assembly Judiciary is chewing on AB 275, Commerce and Labor is wrestling SB 204, and Health and Human Services is choking down SB 250. This ain’t a...

OPINION: Sensing Humiliating Defeat, Grant Denton Breaks Homeless Debate Promise

March 4, 2025 1:00 pmMarch 4, 2025 6:40 am

In a not unexpected move, Karma Box/CARES Campus “celebrity” Grant Denton backed out of his promise to debate Education Crusade’s Paul White about Washoe County’s homeless programs. Denton’s decision was not a morally courageous one by any means, but it was certainly a smart one because he had a lot...

AB 51: A Transparency Tax Nevada Can’t Afford

February 24, 2025 8:00 amFebruary 25, 2025 10:20 am

Nevada’s gritty soul thrives on straight talk and open books. We’re a state of taxpayers who demand to know where our dollars go, a people who’ve fought off government overreach from sagebrush rebellions to tax battles. So when Assembly Bill 51 (AB 51) slinks into the 83rd Legislative Session, set...

OPINION: Part 2: Black History Month in America 2025

February 22, 2025 8:00 amFebruary 24, 2025 6:34 am

“I’m for Truth, no matter WHO tells it. I’m for Justice, no matter WHO it’s for or against. I’m a human being first and foremost, and as such, I’m for WHOEVER and WHATEVER benefits the human race as a whole.” (Malcolm X) SLAVERY Almost everyone knows that 12.5 million Black African...

OPINION: One Way to Improve Future Black History

February 21, 2025 8:00 amFebruary 22, 2025 7:32 am

February is Black History Month. I admire numerous iconic Black historical figures, but my thoughts about Black History Month echo those of actor Morgan Freeman. “I don’t want a Black History Month … It’s ridiculous and I detest the idea … We don’t have a White History Month. My history...

OPINION: PRESS RELEASE – WCSD Loses Appeal on Public Transparency Case

February 20, 2025 8:00 amFebruary 21, 2025 8:03 am

“Order Denying Motion to Alter or Amend Order Granting Amended Petition” (Dated 2-13-25 Washoe 2nd Judicial District Court, Judge Steinheimer) Summary: In mid-2023, WCSD Trustee Jeff Church requested copies of applications for a WCSD Committee that he was reviewing at a public meeting. WCSD had provided only their chosen candidate...