The problem with special-interest politics is, eventually, special interests collide. Take Clark County’s horse roping ordinance. The animal welfare crowd, as emotional, invested and unrelenting as any political group you’ll find, got it approved.
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Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, is a pragmatic, policy-oriented lawmaker who did a fairly good job helming the Assembly her first time out this year.
Placing a loved one into a nursing home is an unbearably difficult decision for family members. That decision just got harder for Nevadans, in the wake of Tuesday’s report by the Review-Journal’s Paul Harasim and Yesenia Amaro: The state’s facilities rank among the worst in the nation overall (43rd), receiving a grade of F in a study conducted by Families for Better Care, a nationwide nursing home resident advocacy group.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder finally has made headlines for a good reason: announcing money-saving, life-saving drug enforcement reforms the Obama administration should have imposed years ago.
There were no surprises in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s ruling on Yucca Mountain, at least not for people who have followed this issue over the years.
If the recession that supposedly ended four years ago has proved anything, it’s that government still has no shortage of money to waste.
Renewable energy — especially solar and wind power — is still more expensive than its dirtier counterparts, such as coal. Switching to renewable power may be good for the environment and public health, but it’s also more expensive for the people who buy and use electricity.