Administrative State’s Reach Under Review by Top Court
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by Kevin Dietrich
1w ago
America’s progressive movement began with the Pendleton Act of 1883, which created federal civil service. It continues to the present, addressing many areas, including antitrust, women’s rights, eugenics, income/wealth equality, environmental protection, labor laws and others. Notable progressives have included Woodrow Wilson, his mentor Richard Ely, Margaret Sanger, William Jennings Bryan, Herbert Croly (New Republic founder), both Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama and (lately) Joe Biden. Some progressive causes have stood the test of time and been found sound and compatible with ..read more
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Grocery Deal Threatened by Overreaching Federal Agency
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by Kevin Dietrich
1w ago
Monopolies are rare in a free market. They can occur in new technologies or when one business drives others out by being more efficient or providing a better product. But even in these unusual examples, competitors often enter the market to try and take advantage of opportunities or by improving their offerings. The end result is almost always a better deal for consumers. However, when the government gets involved – whether by protecting “necessary” industries from competition, subsidizing costs or passing regulations to prohibit “anticompetitive” conduct – consumers almost always end up getti ..read more
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Q&A with Nevada Policy’s Lawrence on State Checkbook
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by Kevin Dietrich
3w ago
Nevada officials recently unveiled the Nevada Open Finance Portal, also known as the state checkbook. This site, which offers a searchable database of state expenditures, came together through the work of State Controller Andy Matthews and his staff, along with the assistance of Nevada Policy’s Director of Research Geoffrey Lawrence. Both Matthews and Lawrence were working together at Nevada Policy more than a decade ago when they recognized the need for this tool. We sat down with Lawrence to get his thoughts on the state checkbook, the work that went into making it happen and what it means f ..read more
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Utah on the Verge of Scuttling RCV Pilot Project
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by Kevin Dietrich
3w ago
As Nevadans prepare to give thumbs up or down to ranked-choice voting this fall, the system is running up against significant opposition in neighboring Utah. The Utah House of Representatives voted late last week to cut short a pilot program giving cities in the state the option to use ranked-choice voting, or RCV, in municipal elections. Rep. Katy Hall, R-South Ogden, sponsored House Bill 290, which would end the RCV program before the 2025 elections, citing complaints she’s received from residents of different Utah cities that the process is too confusing. Other issues in Utah include c ..read more
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Ranked-Choice Voting Doesn’t Live Up to Promises
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by Kevin Dietrich
1M ago
Question 3 on the 2024 ballot seeks to amend the state constitution by making ranked-choice voting the law in Nevada. Don’t fall victim to this sleight of hand: RCV is exactly what Nevada doesn’t need. Ranked-choice voting would force voters to order the top five candidates by preference for all statewide and most federal races. RCV proponents push two frequent arguments: We’re already confronted with making choices from multiple options every day; and giving individuals the opportunity to select a winning candidate, even if it isn’t their first choice, instills them with pride from taking par ..read more
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Election Integrity Paper Offers Path to Better Balloting
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by Kevin Dietrich
1M ago
It’s an election year in Nevada, which means we can expect questions about long tabulation times, voter roll veracity and diminished confidence in our electoral process. In an effort to improve the above, Nevada Policy has authored Efficient, Timely and Reliable: A Framework for Election Law in Nevada. The 42-page paper examines best practices and highlights what we can do to improve organization, transparency and voter confidence. Among topics examined are voting-by-mail difficulties, problems associated with ballot harvesting and issues created by the state’s policy of receiving and counting ..read more
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Supply Side Option May Fix Southwest Water Challenges
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by Kevin Dietrich
1M ago
After two decades of drought, water-year 2022-23 (October to September) brought great rain and snow to the Colorado River Basin. Cooler-than-expected temperatures delayed the snow melt, and so the river and reservoirs rose in the second half of 2023 from record lows in mid-2022. Water demand (use) in lower Colorado Basin states (Nevada, Arizona and California) also fell somewhat, helping raise Lake Mead, which supplies 90 percent of southern Nevada’s water, to 40 feet above levels forecasted a year earlier. Nonetheless, water agency forecasters and environmental activists continued to advocate ..read more
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Initiative would Upend how NV Chooses Candidates
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by Kevin Dietrich
1M ago
Nevada’s Top Five Ranked Choice Voting Initiative, on the ballot this fall, would do far more than require voters to order myriad candidates by preference. It would also dramatically alter how our primaries are run. Ballot Question 3 seeks to replace Nevada’s traditional primary system with California-style “jungle” primaries. This is very different from the present Silver State setup, where only registered voters are allowed to cast ballots in their party’s primary. The initiative would require voters to select from all candidates in a single primary, regardless of party affiliation. Democrat ..read more
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Why NV Constitution Prohibits Govt. Janitors from Serving as Legislators
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by Kevin Dietrich
1M ago
Article III of the Nevada Constitution forbids those tasked with executive branch functions from serving as state legislators. Executive branch functions entail “the responsibility to carry out and enforce” the laws enacted by the legislature, according to the 2007 Nevada Supreme Court case Halverson v. Hardcastle. The matter was raised during Tuesday’s state supreme court hearing on Nevada Policy’s lawsuit to end the longstanding practice of dual-service among legislators. Because all non-judicial state and local government agencies exist to carry out the laws of the legislature, they are the ..read more
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Supreme Court Hears Nevada Policy Case on Dual Service
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by Kevin Dietrich
1M ago
Nevada Policy argued before the state supreme court Tuesday that it’s time to end legislative dual service, a practice that dates back more than a century and violates Nevada’s separation of powers doctrine. The hearing, held in Las Vegas, is the latest in Nevada Policy’s decade-plus effort to force lawmakers to abide by the state constitution. Nevada’s separation of powers doctrine divides the powers of the government into three distinct categories: legislative, executive and judicial, explained attorney Colleen McCarty, representing Nevada Policy. Furthermore, the constitution prohibits anyo ..read more
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