The battle in Bunkerville over grazing fees and the purported need to protect the desert tortoise caught the nation’s attention last month. But no matter how that conflict is ultimately resolved, the impact will pale in comparison to the economic damage that will hit Nevada if the sage-grouse is designated a threatened or endangered species in northern and central parts of the state.
Not so long ago, area code changes were beyond inconvenient. They destroyed geographic identities. The first three digits of our phone numbers had physical boundaries that defined who we were and where we lived. Area codes were sources of regional and state solidarity.
As this page has dared to point out for years, no lobby is more dedicated, irrational, emotional and unbending as animal lovers. And they’re more politically engaged than ever before, which increasingly has elected officials happier to kiss a kitten than a baby.
Those who argue that election fraud is a myth were proved wrong again this month when an illegal immigrant accused of casting ballots under a false name in 2008 and 2010 was taken into custody in California to face extradition to Nevada.
Pat Skorkowsky has been clear: He believes the Clark County School District needs more money to erase underachievement within the country’s fifth-largest public education system.
It’s hard to imagine a more cynical political exercise than Tuesday’s “Bridging the Budget Gap” presentation at Henderson’s Heritage Park Senior Facility.
Clark County rancher Cliven Bundy has put the Bunker in Bunkerville. As in Archie Bunker.
The Strip is getting a new arena. The sparkly, state-of-the-art, super-sized kind. And without a single tax dollar.
If the U.S. Bureau of Land Management were a business, its Nevada executives would be fired. They’ve managed to lose money on vast assets capable of generating massive amounts of wealth.
Friday’s announcement that University Medical Center had eliminated more than 100 positions, including some nursing jobs, wasn’t all that surprising. The region’s only public hospital has lost hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years, receiving public bailout after public bailout. Operating deficits are projected to continue well into the future, so the hospital had to cut payroll and shut down money-draining operations to ensure the system’s survival.
