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OPINION: Nevada newspaper goes behind the wall…to die

Image by Paul Kiser released for use by This Is Reno

SUBMITTED BY PAUL KISER The Reno Gazette-Journal recently decided to lock themselves behind a wall and it will cost you at least $12/month to see what they have hidden. Does anyone else see the problem with this business model? Allow me to reconstruct the history of news...

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OPINION: The Ron Paulbarians are at GOP’s Gate

SUBMITTED BY CHUCK MUTH The Nevada Republican Party convention this month was pretty much like every other GOP convention: Floor arguments over obscure Robert’s Rules of Order, bylaws and credentials. Lots of proverbial sound and fury signifying nothing. Only this year, on steroids. The...

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OPINION: Protecting bad teachers job No. 1 for NSEA

SUBMITTED BY NPRI By Victor Joecks Last month, the Nevada State Education Association voted to not endorse Democratic challenger John Oceguera in his race for Nevada’s 3rd congressional seat against Republican Rep. Joe Heck. Since endorsing Democrats is usually a formality for the NSEA, the news...

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Jonah Goldberg to deliver keynote address at NPRI event

SUBMITTED BY NPRI Jonah Goldberg, founding editor of National Review Online, FOX News contributor and best-selling author, will deliver the keynote address at the Nevada Policy Research Institute’s 2012 Spring Celebration. The event will be held on May 23 at the Tach Room in...

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OPINION: Citations suggest Nevada law permissive on ‘robo-signing’

SUBMITTED BY NPRI By Steven Miller LAS VEGAS — When the late Tracy Lawrence went before a Clark County Grand Jury last November to be quizzed about her activities as a notary for Lender Processing Services, she must have felt uneasy. On the one hand, supervisors in...

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Nevada Moves celebrates walking and biking to school across the state

SUBMITTED BY DENNIS STARK Wednesday, April 25 is Nevada’s third annual Nevada Moves Day. The state has been advocating safe pedestrian and bicycle traffic for some time, and this now annual event is focused on getting children to school safely. It serves as an...

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OPINION: Apollo 13 – The true secret that brought our men safely home

TAORMINA GROUP NEWS RELEASE VIRGINIA CITY- April 13 is the 42nd anniversary of the Apollo 13 mid-flight disaster. While most will spend the day commemorating the mission that almost failed, most everyone will completely miss how the mission succeeded NOT to fail. And that...

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OPINION: Solutions for Nevada

SUBMITTED BY NPRI By Geoffrey Lawrence The 2012 election cycle has seen many new challengers emerge for Nevada’s legislative seats … and with good reason. Nevada’s effective unemployment rate — including workers who have become so discouraged they’ve stopped looking for work altogether — remains...

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OPINION: Washington versus the West

SUBMITTED BY NPRI By Geoffrey Lawrence States are challenging Congress’s ability to control Western lands A battle brewing for a century and a half is now beginning to erupt into a loud and vigorous confrontation in the American West. Westerners have always resented the...

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OPINION: Exploding two myths about the Sandoval tax hike

SUBMITTED BY CHUCK MUTH As a candidate for governor in 2010, Brian Sandoval stated categorically that he would not raise our taxes. Once elected, he re-asserted that pledge on numerous occasions. But by the end of last year’s legislative session, the governor went back...

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OPINION: Nevada newspaper goes behind the wall…to die

SUBMITTED BY PAUL KISER The Reno Gazette-Journal recently decided to lock themselves behind a wall and it will cost you at least $12/month to see what...

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