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The legislature is in session, and it’s been a busy seven weeks. Hundreds of bills are being considered.
When fewer and fewer people want to be cops — the Las Vegas police saw applications fall off by 70% — how do you put a dent in crime?
With so many pro and amateur sports teams in Las Vegas, it’s starting to feel like the news cycle never ends.
In this issue of Desert Companion, science writer Alec Pridgeon takes a sweeping historical look at Southern Nevada’s many precious Indigenous rock writing sites, with an eye toward the threat posed to them by increased outdoor recreation, as well as vandalism. Also: Six local thought leaders in healthcare share what they’d do to improve healthcare if they were in charge; and 2023 Writer in Residence Meg Bernhard kicks off her six-part series of reported essays on people and climate change.Read the digital edition
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