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There are just seven weeks left in the 2015 Nevada Legislature. Lawmakers have made much progress in reviewing Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $7.3 billion, two-year budget, which includes about $800 million in new education spending. There is wide bipartisan support for the governor’s plan to improve Nevada’s inferior public education system: a mix of program expansions, new initiatives and policy reforms that will make schools more accountable for the billions of dollars they spend each year.
On March 29, the Review-Journal published an editorial on Yucca Mountain under the headline: “Washington, make an offer on Yucca Mountain.” The editorial deserves thoughtful consideration.
Nevada Rep. Cresent Hardy, who joined a pro-Yucca Mountain congressional site visit this past week, recently asked the question, “Is there a scenario in which Nevadans would actually welcome nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain?” (“Time for Nevada to talk Yucca Mountain,” March 22 Review-Journal).
How long is too long for a school to fail in educating our kids before we finally do something about it? One year? Two years? More?
If you had a half-gallon of expired milk in your refrigerator, would you drink it simply because you didn’t want the money you spent to go to waste?
Roscoe Smith and Khem Birch are good enough to eventually find an NBA home. But it’s impossible to guarantee either will, because what the former UNLV players are discovering is that making it is as much about timing and opportunity as skill and upside.