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The new law that launched Nevada’s Education Savings Accounts is still the buzz of the country’s school choice movement, but the job of getting the accounts open for parents is just getting started.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday squashed one of the country’s worst agricultural policy abominations, correctly condemning a New Deal-era bureaucracy that seized raisins from farmers without compensation, distorting the marketplace and inflating prices.
It’s unlike Timothy Bradley to talk trash before a fight. But when Erik Morales, the trainer for Jessie Vargas, called Bradley old, the 31-year-old fired back, saying he will “whup” Vargas when they fight for the vacant World Boxing Organization welterweight title Saturday.
In the most memorable moment in the history of American women’s team sports, the United States beat China in the 1999 Women’s World Cup final. Sixteen years later, the U.S. and China will meet in the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals in Canada.
Economic growth in Nevada is accelerating faster than in the U.S., economic analysts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Center for Business and Economic Research, said Thursday, but housing remains tight and the state trails woefully in advanced industry.
A team of industry experts selected by the Contractors State License Board will examine the balcony built by Segue Construction Inc for workmanship and perform other forensic analysis, said agency spokesman Rick Lopes.
Two logical stakes for American Pharoah are the Haskell on Aug. 2 at Monmouth Park and the Jim Dandy on Aug. 1 at Saratoga. Trainer Bob Baffert might hold him out until the Travers on Aug. 29 or even the Pennsylvania Derby on Sept. 19.
Throughout her six-month deployment overseas, Jessica Dawley bonded with fellow soldiers by playing poker. On Friday, the former Air Force intelligence analyst turned poker pro will begin play in the World Series of Poker’s $1,000 buy-in Ladies No-limit Hold ’em Championship at the Rio Convention Center.
Republican Rep. Joe Barton re-introduced legislation Thursday that would legalize online poker in states that choose to play. It would set up a system rooted in the Department of Commerce and carried out by individual states to license and regulate game sponsors.