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EDITORIAL: Bernie Sanders’ honesty refreshing, albeit crazy

Socrates once said that he was “really too honest a man to be a politician and live.” While Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders appears to be in good health, his unabashed honesty means his White House campaign is dead on arrival.

Is executive action best way to fix immigration?

President Barack Obama’s expansion of executive action for illegal immigrants was kept on hold last week when the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the government’s request to allow the deferral initiatives to take effect. The debate surrounding the case has been cast as a clash between a president’s will and his administration’s limits as described in the Constitution. But the court’s opinion sheds light on the real issue: staying power.

Ask why parole gets delayed in Nevada and you’ll get multiple answers

Ask Nevada officials why prisoners who have been granted parole are still behind bars, and they’ll say prisoners are refusing to leave. But their numbers don’t match, and prisoners themselves have a different answer.

With the big work done, Legislature expected to adjourn Monday

With a critical Assembly vote Sunday approving Gov. Brian Sandoval’s controversial new gross receipts tax, all of the moving pieces were falling into place to ensure that the 2015 legislative session will adjourn by midnight Monday.

Assembly OKs Sandoval’s big tax package

The Nevada Assembly late Sunday approved Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $1.1 billion package of new and extended taxes, embracing the popular Republican governor’s ambitious education agenda and determination to position Nevada’s workforce for a high-tech economy.

Elizabeth Smart had baby girl 3 months ago, father says

Ed Smart, the father of a Utah teenager who was kidnapped and found nine months later, visited east Idaho Thursday to attend a screening of a documentary about child sex trafficking.

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