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LETTER: A way out of Nevada’s looming budget hole

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LETTER: Las Vegas needs to change

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LETTER: Nevada’s new superintendent must put students first

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LETTER: Casinos and local governments have this in common

LETTER: How illegal guns make it into Chicago

Carol Cravens Henderson

May 4, 2020 - 9:00 pm

Nevada’s economy is going to suffer from this pandemic, and we will need to find new ways to balance the budget. Gov. Steve Sisolak is predicting budget cuts.

Our state and local governments depend on taxes from tourism, hotels and casinos, retailers and restaurants, to name a few. How to make up for the closures? Why not a lottery that many have wanted for years?

Why not put a booth in sports book areas in the casinos that want it? We have a retired community as well as others in Nevada who would welcome a lottery as a great means of recovery.

LETTER: Las Vegas needs to change

Mark Evans Las Vegas

September 14, 2025 - 9:01 pm

Why spend $35 million to get tourism back only to have tourists find out that everything is the same?

LETTER: Nevada’s new superintendent must put students first

Len Marciano North Las Vegas

September 14, 2025 - 9:01 pm

It’s not good enough that the candidates were involved in educating children.

LETTER: Casinos and local governments have this in common

Philip Miceli North Las Vegas

September 13, 2025 - 9:02 pm

Like many, I thought the new ads promoting Las Vegas were pathetic, like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

LETTER: How illegal guns make it into Chicago

Matthew Kuethe Las Vegas

September 13, 2025 - 9:00 pm

These strict gun laws in Illinois came about by the left’s desire for gun control.

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LETTER: How to bring about world peace

Bob Valentine Las Vegas

September 12, 2025 - 9:00 pm

If President Donald Trump really wanted the warring to stop in the two current world hotspots and finally have peace, he would stop funding the efforts of Israel and Ukraine.