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So very presidential, tremendously presidential, more presidential than anybody, and other Gleanettes

March 1, 2017 Hugh Jackson

Nothing uttered by anyone in the Trump administration can or should be believed by anyone anywhere. So I didn’t watch…

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The disconnect between Nevada GDP and income, and other stuff Trump will never get

February 28, 2017 Hugh Jackson

In 2015, Nevada’s gross domestic product was 9 percent bigger than it was in 2008 but median household income was 5…

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If market economics could fix our affordable housing crisis it’d be fixed

February 27, 2017 Hugh Jackson

My story on evictions in Southern Nevada prompted a panel discussion on KNPR Monday that I participated in, and that…

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Update on our state of play, headline news style

February 24, 2017 Hugh Jackson

There was this. But then this. And so now this. Meantime, much more threateningly and problematically, looms this: All of which means…

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Sure the predatory loan industry may be evil but at least it’s bad for the economy

February 23, 2017 Hugh Jackson

When the predatory payday loan industry’s revenue model succeeds — that is, when the industry successfully traps vulnerable low-income people…

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And now, some local-market media criticism

February 22, 2017 Hugh Jackson

It has been one week since Jon Ralston reported in the Indy that the chairman of Nevada’s Gaming Control Board…

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The minimum wage and American exceptionalism (but not the good kind)

February 20, 2017 Hugh Jackson

I did not stream any of Monday morning’s legislative hearing on the state senate bill to raise the minimum wage…

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Fact-intolerant voters: For Trump, Heller & Amodei, they’re a feature, not a bug

February 18, 2017 Hugh Jackson

Remember this?Arguably The Onion’s most famous headline ever, it was published in 2009, just as the Tea Party was on the…

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What would Brian Sandoval do?

February 17, 2017 Hugh Jackson

UPDATE: Yay. Gov. Brian Sandoval says he’s aware of an Associated Press report that the Trump Administration considered enlisting the…

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Amodei on Trump and the Flynn fiasco: Move along, nothing to see here

February 16, 2017 Hugh Jackson

Our own intelligence agencies don’t trust the White House with sensitive information, on the assumption that whatever they tell Trump-Bannon…

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