Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky talks about teachers, school funding, accountability — and dealing with that mercurial beast, the state Legislature.

Heidi Kyser’s Open Topic piece from November, about the bureaucratic horrors of trying to recover her maiden name after getting married, continues to resonate. Particularly with a reader named Michael Farrell Ellsworth, formerly just Michael Farrell — he took his wife’s surname when they were recently married. Why?

I’m kind of spoiled, having grown up here. Not because I have “connections” (?!) or even an especially deep bench of friends (they all absconded to Portland years ago to live Instagram lives of quaint, curated grit), but because the truth and impact of Southern Nevada doesn’t present itself to me in a bewildering single dimension like I imagine it does for most newcomers.

You can’t deny sports betting’s role in the growth of the Super Bowl. Well, you can if you run the NFL

Resorts with admirably progressive policies still offer safe haven and big money to celebrities convicted of domestic abuse

The diminutive sage grouse finds itself in the middle of a controversy that pits conservatives against conservatives — and threatens the future of environmental compromise

Why not film Star Wars sequels in a city not so far, far away?

Following Sheldon Adelson’s surprise $140 million purchase of the Review-Journal, the paper’s editorial staff weighed in on social media; national pundits also had their say. But what about that other set of stakeholders — the angry, libtard-hating, syntax-mauling denizens of the paper’s comment threads? A sampling …

So you came here to be a pro poker player. Want to chat over a game sometime?

Lots of students work during high school. But what happens when they support an entire family? Some teens burn out — but many catch fire.