Thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) also known as “Obama Care,” an estimated 47 million women are gaining access to all FDA-approved methods of birth control free of charge. This new law provides access to birth control methods that may have been too expensive for many women with private health insurance plans before the ACA provisions took effect last year. The result is that these women will now have more options to choose from as they decide what method works best for them.
Stress affects everyone and can cause problems at work, home and with health. Researchers have found that stress is a leading cause of illness, affecting as much as 20 percent of the population. Economic factors, such as a recession, have also been shown to significantly increase population-wide stress levels.
Warm weather is here for the next few months, and that means you’ll be spending more time outdoors with family and friends – and more time with summer pests. Mosquitoes, fire ants, bees, wasps and yellow jackets are some of summer’s worst bugs. And those pests can be more than a mere nuisance.
Home-based businesses are booming. About 36.6 million businesses operate from U.S. households, according to the Home Based Business Institute. And the Small Business Administration notes that 53 percent of all small businesses located in the U.S. are home-based, with those numbers expected to grow substantially in the near future. But before you start planning your home-based bakery, personal training studio or computer repair venture, there’s one important thing to think about: the right insurance to protect your at-home enterprise.
Local governments, businesses and educational institutions continue to provide free electrons to the community to demonstrate how plug-in electric cars can be refueled by Southern Nevada sunlight.
Fans of CBS’ “The Amazing Race” can audition for the show at Friendly Ford, 660 N. Decatur Blvd., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday .
As a patriotic gesture to support the military, Ed Bozarth Chevrolet is giving away $50 meal cards to active military members and veterans just for stopping by. The dealership is doing this in conjunction with Thanks-A-Bunch for Keeping Us Safe, a nonprofit military charity, and other local military sponsors and affiliates.
Celebrity bartender John O’Donnell has landed a sweet deal in the epicenter of the downtown revival.
Energy Department official Frank Marcinowski’s name was misspelled in a nuclear waste story on Thursday.
For years, I’ve heard people complain about how all the newcomers to Nevada were ruining the place, robbing it of the libertarian, Old West ethos of yesteryear.
But after Thursday, I got a glimpse of the old Nevada.
Two companion bills now working their way through the Legislature — Assembly Bill 360 and Senate Bill 416 — seek to limit two Nevada business models: the free-standing sports betting kiosk and the slot machine parlor, of which the best-known local example is the Dotty’s chain.
Students at Nevada’s public colleges and universities have plenty of opportunities to influence higher education policy. They elect student governments, which participate in the Nevada Student Alliance. They can contact their elected representatives. They can lobby and demonstrate. They can work on behalf of candidates they believe in. And if they’re especially motivated and ambitious, they can run for office.
While much of the credit for the redevelopment of downtown Las Vegas has been lavished on the planned relocation of Zappos, building purchases for other enterprises by its CEO Tony Hsieh, and renovations and refurbishing of several hotel-casinos, there are some other lesser-known contributors to the improving economy there.
It is down to the wire for horses to earn enough points to be among the 20 starters for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 4.
WASHINGTON — Here’s the dilemma Chicago White Sox manager Robin Ventura faced Thursday night in the fourth inning of a close game against the Washington Nationals:
After tentatively agreeing to accept a relatively short-notice fight in an Ultimate Fighting Championship main event, Scott Jorgensen spent a few anxious hours awaiting confirmation from his manager that the bout indeed was going to happen.
Spring football games often are more for the fans than the players, and that’s especially true with UNLV today.
The Bullring had become Scott Gafforini’s personal playpen after he ended last season with an unprecedented fourth Super Late Model championship.
Other than fiery 51s manager Wally Backman — a member of the 1986 New York Mets title team — Las Vegas’ roster likely remains largely a mystery to most fans eight games into its first season as the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate.
Anyone who has hooked a shot from the tee into the trees can appreciate Phil Mickelson. Every round he plays has the potential to turn into a wild ride, a combination of beautiful and boneheaded shots.
A Kingman, Ariz., man will get an 8½-year prison term in a plea agreement ending prosecution for his involvement in a drug-related homicide.
Interim Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky will immediately receive a 44 percent raise in salary and benefits, bringing his total package to $212,300 for filling in while the Clark County School Board looks for a permanent replacement.
CARSON CITY — Assembly and Senate legislative committees worked into the evening Thursday to pass hundreds of bills, including one requiring universal background checks for gun buyers and another seeking to establish licensed, state-regulated dispensaries for medical marijuana patients.
Up to 150 new Teach for America teachers will be hired by Clark County School District for a period of two years at a cost of $600,000 in addition to the teachers’ salaries.
A Senate committee on Thursday approved two bills aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill with one measure seeking broader gun control by expanding background checks to all firearms purchases in Nevada.
