Read by Three is about to become Read by Never. On Monday, a host of Democrats introduced Assembly Bill 289, which would gut the requirement that third graders who aren’t proficient in reading repeat the grade.
Victor Joecks
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CASRON CITY—Today’s doomsday prophets don’t stand on street corners with signs warning “The End is Nigh.” Instead, they hold hearings on the dangers of climate change.
Attorney General Aaron Ford’s friend has admitted to breaking numerous state laws. But Ford is refusing to say whether he’ll bring criminal charges.
For decades, conservatives have contended that the prevailing wage increases costs. Now Nevada governments are saying the same thing.
It shouldn’t be hard to condemn anti-Semitism. Yet, Jacky Rosen, Catherine Cortez Masto, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford refused to do that last week when asked about remarks from Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
A bill in the Assembly would reduce the penalties students face for punching teachers. An animating belief behind the bill is that teachers can’t overcome their racial biases.
Brian Knudsen, who’s running for Las Vegas City Council in Ward 1, discusses development at Badlands golf course, the city’s restrictions on short-term rentals and light rail.
One is an anomaly. Three is a pattern. The abrupt resignation of Kelvin Atkinson makes him the third former Democrat state Senator to fall from grace in the last two years.
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada wants public input on transition options for Maryland Parkway. It’s just leaving out one key detail — how to pay for its preferred and most expensive option.
Sens. David Parks and Joyce Woodhouse are each receiving six-figure pensions from the Public Employees’ Retirement System. Now, they’re co-sponsoring a bill to prevent you from finding out how much retirees, themselves included, will collect going forward.
It doesn’t makes sense for Las Vegas to spend millions in litigation fighting development at the Badlands golf course. One of the major root causes of homelessness is drug addiction. Las Vegas shouldn’t use rent control rein in prices. That’s all according to Las Vegas City Council Ward 1 candidate Dave Marlon.
If an abortionist — armed with scissors, clamps and a vacuum cleaner — can’t kill a baby while she’s still in the womb, he shouldn’t get another chance after she’s born. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen disagree.
Barack Obama says things that would get a Republican branded as a racist or sexist. These are some of his finest moments.
If abortion advocates believed their own rhetoric, they’d oppose the Trust Nevada Women Act.
The residents of Las Vegas’ Ward 3 aren’t thinking about the development issues surrounding the Badlands golf course. They do, however, want more neighborhood police patrols to increase public safety. That’s according to former Assemblywoman Olivia Diaz who’s running for the Ward 3 city council seat.