Trump’s bad week highlights dilemma in getting things done — ANALYSIS

President Donald Trump and his Republican Party should be celebrating. The GOP just rolled out a big tax cut bill, as the party controls the White House, Senate and House. But instead of breaking out party hats and noisemakers, party leaders are looking down at a feast of anxiety and recrimination.

UNLV aims high in solar house competition

UNLV will be judged against 12 other teams on how well the 990-square-foot house, dubbed Sinatra Living, blends design excellence and smart energy production with innovation, market potential and energy and water efficiency.

UNLV backup QB Johnny Stanton blocks punt vs. Spartans

UNLV backup quarterback Johnny Stanton blocked a punt in Saturday’s game against San Jose State at Sam Boyd Stadium. It was a night for special teams news.

Four inducted into Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame

The Nevada Press Association on Saturday inducted four new members to the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame — Myram Borders, Bill Roberts, Alf Doten and A.L. Higginbotham.

Nevada Press Association Awards 2017

Awards won by the Las Vegas Review-Journal and its sister publications Saturday at the annual Nevada Press Association Better Newspaper Contest banquet in Carson City:

 
Opponents still fighting telescope project in Hawaii

One of Hawaii’s most divisive issues is centered on a largely barren, wintry mountain — its peak the highest point in the state — accessible via vehicles with four-wheel drive that can navigate a steep gravel road with sharp switchbacks.

Sea critters crossed Pacific on tsunami debris, report says

Nearly 300 species of fish, mussels and other sea critters hitchhiked across the Pacific Ocean on debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami, washing ashore alive in the United States, researchers reported Thursday.

 
Ben Rhodes holds on for win at Las Vegas NASCAR truck stop

It didn’t start well for Ben Rhodes on Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. But it couldn’t have finished any better for the young Truck Series driver from Kentucky.

COMMENTARY:

On Sept. 21, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced it had changed its chokehold and other use-of-force policies. The department moved the chokehold, previously treated as a “low-level” use-of-force, to the “deadly” and “intermediate” levels in its use-of-force matrix.

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Education policy geeks are perpetually trying to figure out how to move the needle on academic achievement, yet they rarely include parents in the complex calculus of getting children to succeed in school.

COMMENTARY: The swamp will survive Donald Trump’s tax reform

A truly revolutionary tax overhaul would eliminate most, or all, existing tax breaks and use the resulting surge in revenues to lower taxrates sharply.

COMMENTARY: Hugh Hefner, Roy Moore and the Republican Party

But the standoff between Bannon and Trump via Moore and Strange may foretell the future of the GOP, which can’t survive without its Southern Christian base.

COMMENTARY: Cadillac tax set to hammer Nevada families

By killing the tax before it goes into effect, Congress can save jobs, reduce the cost of insurance, protect quality health coverage and prevent a devastating blow to working Americans.

Tariffs on solar panels would cripple Nevada industry

State must embrace clean energy

Channing Tatum ushers in October with an order of TLC

Fittingly, the drink at Station Casinos is called TLC, for Tammy, Lee and Channing. It’s a happy mix of Born & Bred vodka, lemon juice, rose syrup and Aperol aperitif topped with sparkling rose.

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