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Editorials
The Epstein files strike again.
The best solution for the West’s water woes is more water. Perhaps California regulators are finally realizing this.
It doesn’t take artificial intelligence to deduce why so many power plants have shut down recently.
Trump signs off on bill.
In an interview held just ahead of the Super Bowl kickoff, President Barack Obama got to play a little defense against Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. The president wasn’t nearly as good as the Seattle Seahawks’ unit.
A general rule of thumb about ethical quandaries for elected officials: If you have to ask whether you have a conflict of interest, you probably have a conflict of interest.
If North Las Vegas taxpayers needed additional confirmation that their government is in financial crisis, City Hall provided it last week. The city laid off five department heads.
The farm bill on its way to President Barack Obama’s desk is a typical Washington Christmas tree, so much so that it specifically mentions Christmas trees. (You’ll pay a 15-cent tax on your next fresh-cut conifer, thanks to the bill.)
Outside Las Vegas, Andre Agassi’s legacy is defined by his eight Grand Slam tennis titles. But in his hometown, Mr. Agassi’s reputation as an education reformer is rapidly redefining his celebrity.
If you thought Republicans hated Obamacare, you obviously haven’t talked to anyone in organized labor.
The Clark County School Board is justifiably cautious about placing any kind of school construction question on November’s ballot. Just 15 months ago, two-thirds of voters rejected a property tax increase that would have funded hundreds of millions of dollars worth of school upgrades and a few new campuses. Has the valley’s economic and political climate changed enough since then to gain a 20-point swing in support? Such a shift would be an election miracle.
President Barack Obama has made it clear that if Congress doesn’t approve his policy wish list, he will advance his agenda via executive orders and executive branch regulations. Basically, he’s going to continue creating what amount to laws, never mind that there’s a branch of government solely responsible for that — and it’s not the executive branch.
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough discussed with NBC News’ David Gregory the administration’s foot-dragging on the Keystone XL pipeline. The Sunday interview came in the wake of the State Department’s latest report on the project, which again found no good reason to block construction of an oil pipeline from western Canada to Steele City, Neb.
A government that keeps secrets inevitably tramples the rights of its people. Transparency, on the other hand, helps preserve precious freedoms. These absolute truths unite the interests of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada and the Nevada Policy Research Institute in litigating a critical public records case.