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Will a few minutes extra sleep make a difference?
Nevada has spent only three-quarters of its allocation.
United States can get what it needs without military force.
Today we celebrate a great man.
With each passing day as the country lurches toward full implementation of ObamaCare — or at least as full as President Barack Obama deems politically helpful — it seems another report comes out noting yet another problem. It’s rarely the gift that keeps on giving, but rather the gift that keeps on taking away, and it’s not even in full effect yet.
Last week, in seven cities across the country — New York, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Kansas City and Flint, Mich. — rallies were held demanding that the minimum wage for fast-food workers be super-sized to $15 per hour. Many workers walked off the job to show support for doubling the current minimum wage. The idea in theory is that these employees deserve a living wage.
Decades ago, when Smokey Bear became an icon, his mantra was, “Only you can prevent forest fires.” The warning has since evolved into, “Only you can prevent wildfires.”
Accountability has long been a problem for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, especially when it comes to officers who shoot people. Year after year, the public saw officers who made obviously terrible decisions, resulting from inexcusable mistakes, keep their jobs despite injuring or killing civilians. Too often, the review process was a joke, a pointless exercise in rubber-stamping.
Local government is closest to the people, and as such, it should be the most accessible.
By now, Southern Nevadans are beyond weary of stadium proposals. And because state and local governments never stop imposing higher taxes, a lot of valley residents are especially put off by the idea of a publicly financed stadium.
There has been a palpable energy around the revival of downtown Las Vegas, from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s $350 million, privately financed campaign to Derek Stevens’ efforts in turning two aging hotels — the Golden Gate and the D Las Vegas — into attractions that have bolstered the area’s character.
Business students need a lot more than lecture-based course work to land good jobs after graduation. They need practical, hands-on experience dealing with the risks and rewards of funding, building and growing a company.
President Barack Obama is traveling the country to give speeches on the economy and jobs, and he has stated some verifiable truths. The problem, though, is his belief as to what has caused those truths.
“Step” pay increases will be replaced by a merit pay system beginning in 2014 at Nevada’s community colleges. Additionally, as reported Sunday by the Review-Journal’s Yesenia Amaro, the higher education system’s four-year institutions will restart their merit-pay programs, which have been frozen since 2009 because of a lack of funding.