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Irony of ESA defeat: Democrats vote to expand school choice

After spending months insisting that Education Savings Accounts were “vouchers,” a majority of Democrats in both houses voted to expand a program of private-school choice that resembles vouchers in many ways. And liberal special interests groups applauded them.
It was a bizarre ending to a session that held so much promise for the 8,000 students, including my child, who’ve already signed up for education savings accounts.
(Victor Joecks/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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The Las Vegas luxury resale market remains on a record pace through July led by a $25.25 million sale in MacDonald Highlands. It was one of 171 sales of $1 million and higher in July, matching the same number in July 2024. The average price paid for a luxury home in July was $1.96 million, according to Forrest Barbee, corporate broker of Berkshire Hathaway Home Service. Barbee reported there were 195 pending sales of $1 million and higher, showing that the luxury market isn’t slowing down while sales are down in the market overall.

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