The people of Nevada, 135 years ago, voted to separate church and state by specifically adding to the Nevada Constitution the requirement that “no public funds of any kind or character whatever, State, County or Municipal, shall be used for sectarian purposes.” This became Article 11, Section 10 of the Nevada Constitution. But since we at the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada filed our lawsuit Duncan v. Nevada on Aug. 27, we have seen and heard all manner of criticism from those who believe obtaining a voucher card from the state will set them free from the shackles of public education, and thus are willing to throw the mandates and protections of the Nevada Constitution aside.
Washington seldom passes up a chance to bring the heavy hand of federal power crashing down on state and local authority. That’s precisely why Nevada leaders and those in other Western states have worked so hard for so long to preserve the greater sage grouse, a ground-dwelling bird that environmentalists want protected under the Endangered Species Act. If the bird is ever listed as threatened or endangered, it will severely limit land use throughout the region and greatly harm the ranching and energy industries.
Regarding Bill Golas’ letter on gas prices (“Highway robbery,” Sept. 16 Review-Journal), the national average of $2.49 per gallon is a weighted figure, somewhere between the lowest and the highest price. It is not intended to be the figure at which everybody must sell their gas. Included in the $3.15 that he just paid here is Clark County’s new, higher fuel tax. Other parts of Nevada have lower rates. Some states have still lower taxes.
UNLV played its annual game against a Football Championship Subdivision opponent at Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday night. The official stat sheet said only 16,717 were on hand to watch the Rebels tally a school-record 80 points — Idaho State had 8 — and do chest bumps on the sideline.
In the season premiere of “The Simpsons” on Sunday, Homer Simpson will be diagnosed with a pretty unusual health condition: narcolepsy.
The Rebels set program records for most points scored in a half and in a game during Saturday night’s 80-8 win over Idaho State.
A Colorado man who plowed his car through a crowd of pedestrians along the Venice Beach oceanfront two years ago, killing an Italian woman on her honeymoon and injuring 17 others, was sentenced on Friday to a prison term of 42 years to life.
Jim Murren “loves” the location of the new Las Vegas Arena — behind New York-New York and next to Monte Carlo — but it wasn’t his first choice.
HILDALE, Utah — Turn off of State Road 59, follow Utah Avenue east to Canyon Street and you can see where the Sept. 14 flash flood ripped through this town, piling debris and sediment on the street and surrounding wash banks.
Not found among the list of discussion topics being covered during the Global Gaming Expo is the idea of a casinowide smoking ban.
Vegas Verdes Elementary School was bustling Saturday morning as many other Las Vegas Valley schools sat silent.
Saturday’s low was actually high. At 78 degrees, the low broke the record for the warmest early morning temperature in the Las Vegas Valley for Sept. 26.
If you forgot about Mickey Bey, that’s understandable. The former lightweight champion, 32, from Cleveland hasn’t been in the ring for more than a year since having surgery on his right hand that took longer to heal than he had anticipated.
Ten people were displaced and a Las Vegas firefighter was hospitalized after a blaze in the north valley Saturday afternoon, the department said.
A woman and her dog were rescued from the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area on Saturday after first responders said she tried to carry the canine to safety.
PRESCOTT, Ariz. — It seems a little too cute that the booths in The Palace Restaurant and Saloon are named for Wyatt Earp and his brothers, until you know that members of the famous clan and their family dentist/gunman, Doc Holliday, once lived in the central Arizona city and knew the historic saloon quite well.
It’s tough to find a weakness in Bill Belichick’s game, but the New England Patriots coach does have a flaw aside from losing Super Bowls to the New York Giants.
Legacy’s girls volleyball team nearly had to work overtime Saturday.
Erica Williams continued her outstanding cross country season Saturday.
Utah State Route 9 through Zion National Park reopened Saturday after a rockslide closed it earlier in the week.
A man died after he jumped from the Flamingo Road overpass near Interstate 15 and Dean Martin Road Saturday afternoon, according to Las Vegas police.
The third installment of Life Is Beautiful got going with an absolute bang on Friday night, with a flurry of great performers throughout the afternoon and into the evening that all culminated with an utterly sublime performance from Stevie Wonder on the main Downtown Stage.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo renewed his call for national gun control legislation on Saturday as he delivered a eulogy for the top state attorney who was fatally wounded by a stray bullet in Brooklyn earlier this month.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Saturday echoed Pope Francis’ remarks to Congress, calling for more inclusion within religion and urging compromise over extremism.
“It’s not too early for whiskey, it’s not too early for smokes,” sang Ronnie Vannucci, hometown hero of The Killers, fronting his other band, Big Talk.
Pope Francis flew over New York’s Statue of Liberty and the former immigration station of Ellis Island aboard a helicopter on Saturday, in an unscheduled detour that gave him nostalgia for his home town Buenos Aires.
Here’s a look at what happened during Week 5 of the high school football season.
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