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Ending subsidy for public art

The pathetic politics of budget cuts are on full display in Washington, thanks to the sequester that’s scheduled to take effect Friday.

Open meetings

Nevada’s open meeting law requires public bodies to deliberate and vote on matters that come before them in open, public meetings. In fact, a majority of any such board can’t meet in private, at all — except for incidental contact, where members may find themselves attending the same social function, for example.

Banning newsracks

In an effort to improve pedestrian flow on sidewalks along the Las Vegas Strip, Clark County Manager Don Burnette recommends moving about 33 fire hydrants, removing or relocating all trash cans and possibly relocating traffic signal equipment and signs that slow foot traffic along walkways.

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Mayor playing favorites again, downtown

Henderson city officials didn’t exactly look like savvy wheeler-dealers when they bought into a $1.2 billion multi-stadium deal pitched by aspiring Texas developer Christopher Milam, which they now allege was a land-flipping fraud from the get-go.

A boost to valley’s medical reputation

When it comes to excellence in health care, no brand has better standing than the Cleveland Clinic. Las Vegas is privileged to be linked to the nonprofit through its operation of downtown’s Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.

Incentive to hire

Democratic state senators were onto something Tuesday when they proposed a tax incentive to spur hiring. They just didn’t take their idea far enough.

Following through on medical marijuana

On his last day on the bench, District Judge Donald Mosley — who retired a year ago at age 65 — issued the sternest condemnation yet of the state’s lack of enabling legislation for medical marijuana, calling it “ridiculous” and “absurd.”

Henderson election

Henderson’s dealings with all-show-no-go developer Christopher Milam are far more than an embarrassment for the city. Their courtship and divorce have turned into the defining issue of this spring’s municipal election.

When lawmakers ignore the law

With so much attention paid to the mental breakdown of North Las Vegas Assemblyman Steven Brooks and lawmakers’ efforts to keep him away from Carson City, an equally important legal issue for the Legislature’s lower chamber has slipped under the radar, almost forgotten:

Concealed weapons on college campuses

Crimes against disarmed college students are not hypothetical. Amanda Collins, a concealed-weapons permit holder, was unarmed when she was raped by James Biela in a parking garage at the University of Nevada, Reno in 2007.

Bus contract: Two-year spectacle finally ousts incumbent

The valley’s bus contract should have been settled almost two years ago. And on Thursday, after all the insider gamesmanship, all the political and legal gyration and big costs to the taxpaying public and transit customers, the Regional Transportation Commission got the same result that started this embarrassing display of favoritism.

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