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The numbers are in for Nevada's first month of legal retail marijuana sales. In July, legal marijuana dispensaries in Nevada made $27.1 million selling the marijuana plant's leaves (or "flowers" as they're called by consumers), products to smoke or vaporize the plant, and edible food products infused with THC (the psychoactive chemical in marijuana that produces the characteristic "high" for which marijuana is so highly valued). That figure is nearly double what dispensaries in Colorado and Or

As ballot measure activists gather petitions to put various propositions up for a vote on the 2018 California ballot, a few stand out as -- shall we say -- rather bold. If they get enough signatures by the deadline, 2018 might have one of the wildest slate of voter initiatives in recent memory. It's as if activists might be thinking: "Hey, if an extremely foul-mouthed reality television star can get the Republican nomination for president and then actually win... why not my ballot proposition?

Nevada could be on its way to implementing Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) if the Greater Choice – Greater Voice initiative being prepared by Nevadans for Election Reform is passed by the voters. The initiative, currently being drafted, would replace the state’s current partisan closed primary system with a single election in November using RCV. Combining the primary and general election will take advantage of the significantly higher turnout in November (three times the turnout of the primary) and

“Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.” It's not news for those of us who live here, San Diego is expensive. From meals, to electricity, to water, America's Finest City residents pay through the nose for common services. San Diego has some of the most expensive water in the country. According to California-Nevada Water and Wastewater study, only 5 counties in California bill their residents more a month for water, and none of the 5 come close to the population count of San Die

The Department of Labor’s May 2016 Final Rule, which would have more than doubled the minimum salary necessary to satisfy the “executive, administrative or professional” (the “EAP” or “white collar”) overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act, is invalid, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has held. State of Nevada v. U.S. Dep’t of Labor, No. 4:16-CV-731, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140522 (E.D. Tex. Aug. 31, 2017). This cements the position the court took in granti

Few people in the world don't know who Elon Musk is, and that's exactly the way the billionaire entrepreneur wants it. Musk's cult of personality is largely responsible for powering his clean energy cars and fueling his SpaceX rockets. His handlers court Hollywood. He's appeared in Iron Man, dated actresses, and has his own rocket company. Musk has cornered cool, and his clean energy empire has been built on that image. That clean energy empire is also political. Two dark blue states, Californ

When key states like California, Nevada and Colorado voted to allow recreational marijuana, it was unclear what the economic outcome would be. Many people thought the only stimulus the new laws would provide would be to Seven Eleven and the local head shop. Now that enough time has passed to make an informed assessment of legal weed's impact on America's economy, it is clear that there are real and lasting effects. The drug’s medicinal qualities are being put to use in new ways and helping red

Gary Johnson: Both Parties Are The Problem It might be the most boring place in politics at the moment, but according to former presidential candidate Gary Johnson, the middle is the place to be for getting things done in Washington. In an op-ed Johnson wrote: "We need look no further than the insanity we just witnessed as the U.S. Senate tried — and spectacularly failed — to do anything with a health care system that is financially terminal. Obamacare was imposed on us by a party-line-toeing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Cn1zB7610 Nevada became the fifth state in the nation -- joining Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington -- to legalize the use and sale of recreational marijuana Saturday. Marijuana advocates and consumers celebrated with fireworks and other festivities -- fitting for the July 4 weekend. It is important to clarify that eight states plus the District of Columbia now have laws on the books that legalize the recreational use of marijuana. However, due to bureau

The United States continues to fall short in fairly reflecting its diversity in elected offices. Our widespread use of a winner-take-all rule -- that is, one where the biggest group of voters can win 100% of representation -- presents a challenge to candidates who are not the preferred choice of a majority of voters. The problem of under-representation is less acute in the U.S. House than statewide races, but is still significant. With the upcoming launch of the Fair Representation Act, legisl