Los inversionistas institucionales ahora poseen cerca de una cuarta parte de las viviendas del área metropolitana de Las Vegas. El gobierno de Trump lo ha llamado un problema nacional. En el sur de Nevada, las compras no han disminuido. Un fideicomiso de inversión inmobiliaria respaldado por Wall Street compró 151 casas del Valle de Las… Continue reading Una Firma Respaldada por Wall Street Compró 151 Casas del Valle de Las Vegas el Año Pasado. Todas Se Volverán Rentas.
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How Governments Decide a Partnership Is Worth It: The Value-for-Money Test and a Chicago Case Study
Before a public agency hands a project to a private partner, federal guidance says it should answer one question: would the public get a better deal than if it did the job itself? A 75-year lease in Chicago shows what that question is worth. FHWA’s Value for Money primer lays out the test. Analysts build… Continue reading How Governments Decide a Partnership Is Worth It: The Value-for-Money Test and a Chicago Case Study
Algunas de las Personas que Cabildean a los Legisladores de Nevada También Se Postulan para Serlo
El registro de cabilderos de Nevada y los documentos de candidatos son dos registros públicos separados. Si se cruzan, los mismos nombres aparecen en ambos. Una revisión del registro de cabilderos de la Legislatura de Nevada junto con los documentos de candidatos que mantiene la Secretaría de Estado de Nevada muestra a varias personas que… Continue reading Algunas de las Personas que Cabildean a los Legisladores de Nevada También Se Postulan para Serlo
Public-Private Partnerships, Explained: Who Builds, Who Pays, and Who Owns
Many of the roads, rail lines, and venues people use every day are built under contracts that split the work between a government agency and a private company. How that split is written decides who carries the risk and who collects the money. The Federal Highway Administration defines a public-private partnership, usually shortened to P3,… Continue reading Public-Private Partnerships, Explained: Who Builds, Who Pays, and Who Owns
One Lobbying Firm, Three Families, Decades of Access to Nevada’s Biggest Industries
Nevada doesn’t just have a revolving door between government and lobbying. At one firm, it has a hereditary one. R&R Partners, one of Nevada’s largest advertising and public affairs firms, operates a government affairs division representing major interests including NV Energy, the Nevada Resort Association and the Nevada Mining Association, according to the firm’s own… Continue reading One Lobbying Firm, Three Families, Decades of Access to Nevada’s Biggest Industries
Las Reglas de Puerta Giratoria de Nevada Limitan el Cabildeo y la Representación de Clientes por Cerca de Un Año. No Limitan Quién Puede Contratar a un Exfuncionario.
Nevada prohíbe que los exlegisladores reciban pago por cabildear hasta el final de la siguiente sesión regular tras su salida. Prohíbe por un año que otros exfuncionarios estatales y locales representen a clientes en asuntos que manejó su agencia. Ninguna regla limita quién puede contratarlos. La ley de Nevada prohíbe que un exlegislador reciba compensación… Continue reading Las Reglas de Puerta Giratoria de Nevada Limitan el Cabildeo y la Representación de Clientes por Cerca de Un Año. No Limitan Quién Puede Contratar a un Exfuncionario.
Nevada Lawmakers Tried to Double the Lobbying Cooling-Off Period. It Didn’t Pass.
A bill that would have made former Nevada legislators wait two full years before lobbying the Legislature died without becoming law. Michigan passed nearly the same idea this year. Companion bills Senate Bill 641 and Assembly Bill 574 would have extended Nevada’s lobbying cooling-off period from roughly one year to two years for both legislators… Continue reading Nevada Lawmakers Tried to Double the Lobbying Cooling-Off Period. It Didn’t Pass.
President Grant Set Aside the Walker River Reservation by Executive Order on March 19, 1874. Upstream Irrigation Has Dropped the Lake Inside It 150 Feet Since 1882.
Washington kept its 1874 promise to the Agai Dicutta people down to the acre. It never made the same promise to the lake that promise was built around, and the lake has been paying for it ever since. The land around Walker Lake, then part of the Utah Territory, was set aside for “Indian purposes”… Continue reading President Grant Set Aside the Walker River Reservation by Executive Order on March 19, 1874. Upstream Irrigation Has Dropped the Lake Inside It 150 Feet Since 1882.
Nevada Legalized Gambling in a Single Day in 1931. It Took the State 24 Years to Ask Who Was Running the Games.
A single bill, passed in the final weeks of the 1931 Legislature with almost no opposition, turned every county in Nevada into licensed gambling territory overnight. The state did not ask who was actually running the games for another 24 years — and the regulatory machine built to close that gap is the same one… Continue reading Nevada Legalized Gambling in a Single Day in 1931. It Took the State 24 Years to Ask Who Was Running the Games.
The Union Whose Members Build the Stadium Also Has a Seat Overseeing It
A labor union secretary-treasurer sits on the public board overseeing the A’s stadium project. His union’s members are the ones doing the construction work the board is supposed to be scrutinizing. Tommy White, secretary-treasurer of the Laborers International Union, Local 872, serves as a voting member of the Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board, according to… Continue reading The Union Whose Members Build the Stadium Also Has a Seat Overseeing It
