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EDITORIAL: No place like dome: Stadium proposal a must-do

Las Vegas desperately needs a new stadium. For that to happen, the city desperately needs a plan for a new stadium.
Last week, we got one. And it’s the most viable project pitch the region has seen since aging Sam Boyd Stadium was conceived nearly 50 years ago.

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EDITORIAL: State needs to get serious about superintendent search

There are few jobs in Nevada’s education system as critical as the state superintendent of public instruction. The person who fills the job sets the tone for the state’s public school system, and serves as a key advocate for Nevada’s students.

EDITORIAL: Wal-Mart withdrawal: Neighborhoods pay for costly mandates

Proponents of minimum wage increases like to tell us that wage boosts are crucial for the nation’s working poor, but evidence continues to mount that they actually harm those they are supposed to help. Consider the recent news about Wal-Mart.

EDITORIAL: A worthwhile slippery slope

The omnibus bill passed by Congress last month was filled with all the dreck one would expect from the federal government’s budget process.

EDITORIAL: Conduct public business in public

Although education gained the overwhelming amount of attention in the 2015 Legislature, and rightly so, Nevada lawmakers also made gains in other areas, including a move toward privatizing some Medicaid services.