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Confronting your accuser

It was largely fiction, of course. They had to reach far back into the career of railroad lawyer Abe Lincoln to find a case in which he’d defended a pair of farmers accused of manslaughter.

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Budget history repeating itself

A Nevada governor facing a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall. Public employees scheduled to receive 4 percent “cost-of-living” raises despite shrinking state revenues. A fierce debate over whether lawmakers should be called into special session to address the budget woes — and whether axing the raises or layoffs should be part of the solution.

A fiscal suicide pact

As Gov. Jim Gibbons and state lawmakers prepare to address a budget deficit approaching $1.2 billion, the country’s fifth-largest public school system is so determined to do the bidding of teacher unions that it’s ignoring the realities of a slumping economy and all principles of good governance and public accountability.

Polling places

Speaking of the school district: If a recent study is any indication, supporters of the November school construction bond may want to reconsider the traditional “Support Question 1” campaign in favor of an effort to discourage absentee balloting and early voting.

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