That, time and again, is the Silver State Story as recounted in old newspapers, history books and, indeed, movies. It is not the Nevada story as the U.S. Forest Service has been seeking to recast it, especially in documents the agency has been quietly filing since at least the mid-1980s. Hage's heartfelt belief is that if the American people understood what has happened to him over the last 20 years at the hands of the federal government they would be outraged. Paul Farago of the Cascade Policy Institute explains Oregon's plan to bid farewell to Uncle Sam's antiquated Social Security retirement plan. Concerned citizen and political activist Lois Gross relates the full story behind Clark County's expensive voting machine fiasco.
Teachers use state and district salary rankings to bargain for higher pay.
Principals use enrollment figures to call for class size reduction and infrastructure support. Unfortunately, we rarely get to see some statistics that show another entire side of the debates. Nevada Journal is published by the Nevada Policy Research Institute. Send all editorial mail, manuscripts, letters, changes of address and advertising inquires to the Editorial Department , P.O. Box 20312, Reno, Nevada, 89515.