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State lawmakers are rightly worried about the effect of tax increases on a fragile economy. Families and businesses are still hurting, more than four years after the hardest blows of the Great Recession. Every dollar matters.
A simple question: If background checks are not required for every gun sale in the state — including those between private parties — what good does it do to improve the database containing the names of people who aren’t allowed to own guns?
Even on an elementary school playground, it’s bad form to call a do-over. High school students who blow their final exams don’t get to retake them.
In my State of the State address, I committed to taking the steps necessary to get every Nevada child to read at grade level by third grade. As more resources have become available, I have continued to invest in our children’s education. Our approach is comprehensive and includes school choice, first-ever funding for English language learner programs, and expansion of all-day kindergarten and a reduction in the class sizes for kindergarten through third grade.
Every Memorial Day we see heartfelt tributes to our troops and veterans. They’re worthy of year-round thanks, especially with so many current service members coming home from multiple combat tours.
I have been cooking in restaurants since I was 15 years old. I created Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar 10 years ago. Firefly, my labor of love, has come a long way since the early days, when every night I was the only guy working the line in the kitchen, sleeping on the couch in the office so I could wake up and get a jump on the prep for the next day’s service.
“Obama Wants to Split the GOP,” “The Era of Partisanship Isn’t Over,” “The Senate and the House are on a Collision Course.” These are just a few of the foreboding headlines as immigration reform moves forward in the Senate. But while some may derive stories from conflict, I believe the comprehensive immigration proposal currently under consideration in the Senate is actually very much a product of bipartisanship.