ANOTHER anti-tax study?

The last time we checked in with the anti-Education Initiative crowd, they were touting studies that predicted Las Vegas would look pretty much as it did in Resident Evil: Apocalypse if voters OK’d the measure.

Nanny State has plenty of detractors

My July 6 and July 20 columns on the growth of the Nanny State generated more response than can be published. But it was very encouraging to see so many readers understand the threat the growth of government poses to the rights of parents — and the well-being of children.

Hamas’ war crimes threaten far more than Palestinians

When adults are found to be acting contrary to the interests of their own children, when they deliberately place their dependents in harm’s way, when their conduct violates the most fundamental human rights of those who are incapable of resisting, either because of their age or infirmity, all people and societies of conscience are obliged to intervene.

EDITORIAL: Keep close eye on constable

The Las Vegas Township constable’s office will close come January, having been abolished by the Clark County Commission. But the next five months can’t go fast enough as Constable John Bonaventura continues to make a mockery of his elected post. Lately, it seems not even a week can pass without more troubling or even outlandish news coming out of the office.

EDITORIAL: Tainted investigation

Law enforcement agencies have a difficult enough task even when they have the support of the citizens they serve. It certainly doesn’t get any easier when that public trust is broken, something the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives learned earlier this month.

One credo crucial to a well-lived life: Pay attention

Sooner or later in long-term therapy, most adult patients will drift — or dive — toward their family history. They begin to take a more comprehensive, more honest and accurate inventory of realities they faced as children. The strength and weaknesses, health and unhealth, justice and injustice of the families in which they were reared. Because all families have some combination of all of those things.

Top rated new vehicles for seniors

Dear Savvy Senior: Can you recommend any advocacy organizations for seniors other than AARP? I cut up my AARP card a few years back when it supported the Affordable Care Act and am now looking for another organization that better represents me. — Conservative Senior

Findlay senior forward primed for even more attention from colleges

On two occasions in the second half Saturday, an exhausted Horace Spencer walked to a spot near the baseline, grabbed the bottom of his shorts and looked up at his teammate in anticipation of an inbounds pass.

51s coaches say pitcher’s ability shined through

When it comes to making a round object move, the Greg Maddux bobblehead doll that was given away by the 51s on Saturday night at Cashman Field has nothing on its namesake.

Event raised funds to combat childhood brain tumors

A fundraiser for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation to help in its efforts to find the cause of and a cure for childhood brain tumors took place July 19 at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Snow Crab in the Forum Shops at Caesars.

Lawler earns another shot at Hendricks with win

Veteran Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight Robbie Lawler wanted to be the first person to knock out Matt Brown in a professional fight when the two met in the main event of the UFC on Fox 12 card Saturday at SAP Center.

‘Spider-Man’ arrested for slugging officer

A man dressed as Spider-Man was arrested on charges he slugged a police officer who told him to stop harassing tourists in Times Square.

Sex trafficking sign plan questioned

A Las Vegas pastor’s idea to report to police suspicious businesses who decline to display a human trafficking hotline poster is being met with skepticism by business and civil liberties leaders.

Vegas bike accident victim called generous

Those who knew Cesar Augusto Flores — the bicyclist who died Friday after being struck by a car in the south valley — know he was a generous man who loved animals and helped the homeless.

Justices to get Vegas home possession case

A former real estate agent accused of breaking into homes he didn’t own and renting them out to unsuspecting tenants wants the Nevada Supreme Court to throw out the charges against him.

 
Rapper questions rough handling by police

Local rapper Orlando Clemons was walking back to his car after a downtown show in March when he was stopped by a Metro officer who pushed him onto the hood of the patrol car. Clemons was arrested and charged with jaywalking and resisting arrest. The entire incident was caught on camera.

Johnny Football brings plenty of eyeballs to Browns’ camp

On the first day of training camp, Browns fans came out by the thousands, many of them to get their first live look at the popular and polarizing quarterback who electrified college football and who may one day lead Cleveland back to pro football glory.

Washington Digest: House advances child tax credit changes

Some higher income families would be eligible to receive a child tax credit on their federal returns under a bill approved in the U.S. House last week.

Stadium sites possibly explored in Toronto for NFL

A Buffalo Bills prospective ownership group that includes rocker Jon Bon Jovi has conducted a feasibility study into buying the NFL franchise and building a stadium in Toronto, a person close to the situation said.

Person of interest sought in Bellagio robbery

An armed robber escaped with tens of thousand of dollars from the Bellagio on Friday night, and Las Vegas police have asked for the public’s help finding a person of interest in the crime.

Buses’ wheels go round and round

From a few blocks away, riders see Transit Bus 108 coming around the corner on Swenson Street causing them to gather their belongings and stand in anticipation of escaping the 100-plus degree heat.

Dotty’s taverns are simply complex

The 160,000-square-foot North Las Vegas warehouse and headquarters of Nevada Restaurant Services — parent company of the Dotty’s chain of taverns — is a cross between Costco, Home Depot, a slot machine manufacturing plant and a direct-mail house.

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