Archive for July, 2008

If they can dream it up … it’s the law!

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Though some will always seek to make the Silver State more like oppressive and actuarially bankrupt California or New Jersey, Nevada is still blessed with a part-time Legislature, limited to working its mischief a mere 120 days in odd-numbered years. As each of those biennial sessions draws to a close, a predictable scramble to pass […]

Wait a minute. Who came up with this mandate?

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

On Monday June 30, more than 50 House Republicans asked the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce required ethanol production this year, saying a law requiring a fixed amount of corn liquor be blended into gasoline sold at the pump will boost already high corn prices in the wake of recent Midwestern floods. “The Renewable Fuel […]