Neither of the two presumptive major party presidential nominees wants to seriously discuss Social Security. But political cowardice is no substitute for statesmanship.
Opinion
To the editor:
“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have … a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean the characters and conduct of their rulers.”
Perhaps the most outrageous thing to come out of the 2009 legislative session won’t necessarily be the ginormous tax hike we’re all about to be hit with, but the behind-closed-doors secrecy by which that plan was concocted.
Claudine Williams was born in 1921 in DeSoto Parish, La. She took her first casino job when she was 15, dealing cards at a private club in Bossier Parish.
As the Nevada Legislature nears the end of its session — as voters and taxpayers wait in dread for small cabals of legislators to emerge from their moldy crypts waving hundreds of millions of dollars in economically crippling tax hikes during a recession — various procedural deadlines speed by, allowing numerous pending pieces of legislation to “die on the vine.”
With the Clark County School District considering furloughs, pay cuts, class-size increases and the elimination of electives and extracurricular activities to weather this terrible recession, you’d think educators would jump at the chance to save $500,000 without sacrificing a single student experience.
The Charleston Antique Mall is one of those seven-day-a-week outfits that rents out space to 45 or so independent antique vendors. Think Victorian furniture, Depression glass, Coca-Cola collectibles, old Elvis records.
Contrary to what some legislators and lawyers think, the fact that voters select most Nevada judges isn’t a problem. The problem is a lack of information about judges and judicial candidates, their performance and their qualifications.
Wouldn’t you assume that the candidate who receives the most votes wins the election? Well, that is the case except when it comes to the highest office in the land — the presidency of the United States of America.
Citing “executive privilege” — a phrase made popular by attorneys for Richard Nixon — the Nevada attorney general’s office late last week ruled Clark County School District officials did not violate the state’s open meeting law when they refused to share information about proposed budget cuts prior to a Dec. 11 School Board meeting.
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Influencers are everywhere in 2024. No matter what industry you find yourself in or which ad you see on TV, you will always encounter someone promoting something about it or in it. Influencers are huge on social media, especially Instagram. But what exactly is an influencer? Is an influencer just another person fake promoting a […]
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