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EDITORIAL: It’s time to discuss how to fund a stadium

During Thursday’s meeting of the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee at UNLV, tourism leaders testified that a new stadium near the Strip could help Las Vegas attract at least 20 new annual special events and the tourists who’d attend them.

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EDITORIAL: How will mass transit on Strip be paid for?

Clark County voters will face one tax-related question on the November 2016 ballot: inflationary increases to the fuel tax. But might they see another question related to transit funding?

Only agreement on public lands: keep talking

New York Times columnist Timothy Egan didn’t grow up rich. But he had one hell of a summer home.

Expanded gun background checks will make state safer

As co-chairs of Nevadans for Background Checks, we are leading a statewide, bipartisan coalition working to pass an initiative that requires background checks on all gun sales in our state.

EDITORIAL: Shut down flailing Teachers Health Trust

The collapsing Teachers Health Trust, the union-mismanaged health insurance for Clark County School District educators and their dependents, finally is about to die.

Conservatives must figure out what they want

Anyone paying attention to politics over the past few years could tell that House Speaker John Boehner had to spend most of his time and energy barely keeping the peace in his party.

Parents must retain rights of opt-in requirement

As a parent of five children, including four in the Clark County School District, I have attended several meetings with the School Board over the past 13 months. I have listened to young people from the Nevada Teen Health Alliance, who are concerned that our current sex education curriculum is inadequate. Planned Parenthood has been represented at these meetings, as well as the American Civil Liberties Union.

EDITORIAL: Proposed Chicago tax hike a horrible solution to public pension problem

On Tuesday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel told the city’s 50 aldermen that if they didn’t pass the largest property tax increase in Chicago’s recent history, the city “would become unlivable.” Mr. Emanuel wants to increase property taxes by a record $588 million over the next four years to bolster police and fire pensions. He’s also seeking other new fees and tax increases to offset Chicago’s annual budget deficit. Those increases include a new garbage-hauling fee, new taxes on electronic cigarettes and ride sharing, and increases on building permit and taxi fees.

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