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EDITORIAL: Wal-Mart withdrawal: Neighborhoods pay for costly mandates

Proponents of minimum wage increases like to tell us that wage boosts are crucial for the nation’s working poor, but evidence continues to mount that they actually harm those they are supposed to help. Consider the recent news about Wal-Mart.

EDITORIAL: A worthwhile slippery slope

The omnibus bill passed by Congress last month was filled with all the dreck one would expect from the federal government’s budget process.

EDITORIAL: Conduct public business in public

Although education gained the overwhelming amount of attention in the 2015 Legislature, and rightly so, Nevada lawmakers also made gains in other areas, including a move toward privatizing some Medicaid services.

EDITORIAL: Market will decide if MGM erred on parking

For Las Vegas locals, enjoying free parking on the Las Vegas Strip is right up there with spectacular shows, free cocktails for slot machine players and breathtaking desert sunsets. It’s virtually a right that comes with residency.

EDITORIAL: Taxis adjust to presence of Uber, Lyft

For anyone who may have thought Las Vegas wasn’t big enough for both taxi companies and ride-sharing services, it would appear one of the largest conventions of the year proved otherwise.

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