EDITORIAL: Opponents of industrial civilization Two environmental outfits, Western Resource Advocates and Environmental Defense, have issued a study called "Climate Alert: Cleaner Energy for the Southwest."
EDITORIAL: Caseworker training Every job requires training. Although employers take steps to verify that workers have the skills necessary to fulfill their responsibilities, it's generally incumbent upon applicants to complete the training needed to qualify themselves for specific positions.
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EDITORIAL: Opponents of industrial civilization Two environmental outfits, Western Resource Advocates and Environmental Defense, have issued a study called "Climate Alert: Cleaner Energy for the Southwest."
GEOFF SCHUMACHER: The 2007 Legislature as entertainment Those of us in the news business may find this hard to imagine, but tens of thousands of Nevadans will live their lives over the next four months without thinking one time about the state Legislature.
VIN SUPRYNOWICZ: The social pathologies of all-day kindergarten Does the defeat of Democratic state Sen. Dina Titus in last fall's gubernatorial election mean her pet scheme -- spending millions more in tax money to dragoon all Nevada's kids into the state compulsion school system at age 5 -- is dead?
TOP PRIORITY: Getting rid of gridlock The grabbing hands are everywhere in Carson City. Lobbyists for teachers, environmental groups, welfare recipients, college campuses, drug addicts, the homeless and a laundry list of bureaucracies are scouring the Capitol's couch cushions for loose change, so frenzied is the competition for nearly $1 billion in new general fund spending.
JOHN BRUMMETT: Politicize this Here's my nomination for quote of the week: "The issue of politicizing science has itself become politicized."
ERIN NEFF: When the right skin color is still viewed as the wrong choice To be sure, I haven't given Gov. Jim Gibbons a honeymoon. But his recent choice for a Clark County Commission appointment is not reason for criticism. Las Vegas City Councilman Lawrence Weekly was a solid pick to replace Yvonne Atkinson Gates, who's resigning from her District D post effective March 2.
EDITORIAL: Caseworker training Every job requires training. Although employers take steps to verify that workers have the skills necessary to fulfill their responsibilities, it's generally incumbent upon applicants to complete the training needed to qualify themselves for specific positions.
