Thomas Mitchell

Tesla Motors tax deal fails on principle and economic viability

Posted by Thomas Mitchell | Sep 19, 2014 | Tom Mitchell, Top Stories | 0

The deal the governor and the state Legislature cut with Tesla Motors to lure its proposed $5 billion lithium-ion battery plant to Nevada trammels the fundamental principles on which this nation was founded and is economically...

Nevada lawmakers need to finally tackle public employee pension costs

Posted by Thomas Mitchell | Sep 11, 2014 | Editorials, Top Stories | 1

When the Nevada Legislature meets in the spring it is going to have to sharpen a lot of pencils to...

At Reid’s clean energy summit, no heretics or blasphemy allowed

Posted by Thomas Mitchell | Sep 11, 2014 | Tom Mitchell, Top Stories | 1

At this past week’s Brother Harry’s seventh-annual Traveling Planet Salvation Show with all-day preaching and singing under the arbor — Can I get a witness, Brother? — presumptive presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton...