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    UNLV Seeks More Funds From Legislature For Med School

    Mar 10, 2015

    The needs of southern Nevada’s medical sector are robust by just about every indicator out there: physicians per capita and resident vacancies, to name...

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    Spring Ahead, Fall Back? Not So Fast, Says Proposed Assembly Resolution

    Mar 10, 2015

    If some lawmakers get their way, the adage "spring forward, fall back" will lose all meaning in Nevada.

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    Details Emerge In Fight Over DA Payment Records

    Mar 09, 2015

    Last year, the Las Vegas Review-Journal broke a series of stories that detailed how the Clark County District Attorney reimburses some people who...

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    Another Student Suicide Highlights Bullying Bill

    Mar 09, 2015

    Two weeks ago, another middle-school student committed suicide and the 14-year-old’s mother has blamed her daughter’s death on cyberbullying. The...

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    More CCSD Schools To Go Year-Round

    Mar 09, 2015

    For more Clark County elementary schoolers, summer vacation may become a thing of the past.

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    UNLV Anthropologist Sheds Light On Unknown Period Of Evolution

    Mar 09, 2015

    A 2.8 million year-old jawbone was discovered recently in Eastern Africa. The jawbone belongs to a creature that shared both human and ape-like...

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    New Funding Formula Could Hurt Community Colleges

    Mar 06, 2015

    Nevada’s community college budgets are already tight. But they are about to get even worse. A new state formula kicks in this year that will take away...

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    State Legislature Heats Up With Confrontations And Some Lawmaking

    Mar 06, 2015

    With the Nevada State Legislature in full swing, sleepy, cold Carson City is starting to heat up. There was a near fight between two Republicans in a...

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    Gun Control Advocate Speaks Against Campus Carry Bill

    Mar 06, 2015

    A bill to allow people to carry concealed weapons on Nevada college campuses is making its way through the state Legislature.

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    New Study Questions Long-Held Rules For Avoiding A Peanut Allergy

    Mar 05, 2015

    A week old study in the New England Journal of Medicine said feeding toddlers peanuts might help them develop combat a peanut allergy later in life....

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    What's New With Tony Hsieh's Downtown Project?

    Mar 05, 2015

    How successful have Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh and the Downtown Project been in their effort to revitalize Las Vegas' historic downtown?

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    Las Vegas Author Depicts Life At Nellis, Overseas In 'Back In Two Weeks'

    Mar 06, 2015

    When she left to join the Air Force at 20 years old, Jennifer Debs thought she probably wasn’t going to make it, and told her friends she would be ...

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    Parole and Probation Defend Bill That Would Track Offenders With GPS

    Mar 04, 2015

    A bill making it easier for the state to track a modest number of people on parole or probation has proven popular with Nevada lawmakers. As the Senate...

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    Help Wanted: The Future of Nevada's Job Market

    Mar 04, 2015

    A recent jobs report paints a positive picture for Nevada. The state is benefitting from a low unemployment rate and the highest number of employers...

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    Should Las Vegas Pass Rules For Bully Breeds?

    Mar 03, 2015

    A little more than a week ago, a 65-year-old Las Vegas woman endured seven hours of surgery, including 100 stitches, after being mauled by four pit...

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    UNLV Professor Breaks Stereotypes While Teaching Literature

    Mar 03, 2015

    Literature by African-American writers is woven into the greater cultural fabric of American society. But the fact that other ethnic minorities teach...

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    When It Comes To School Discipline, Suspension May Not Be The Answer

    Mar 02, 2015

    America has come a long way since the days of teachers being able to smack their students with a ruler when they misbehave, but studies have shown that...

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    Despite A Republican Majority In the Senate, Is Reid Still The Boss?

    Mar 02, 2015

    After the Republican sweep in the November elections, U.S. Senator Harry Reid, D – NV lost his seat as majority leader in the Senate. But observers in...

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    Reflecting On Nevada's And The Nation's Nuclear Legacy

    May 09, 2017

    Troy Wade has been a direct observer of the nuclear legacy of both Nevada and the United States. 

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    Nature right next door

    Mar 01, 2015

    Find a walk to remember among these nine great hikes in your own backyard

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    Stone Temple Zealots

    Mar 01, 2015

    Rock climbers around the world flock to Southern Nevada for its legendary climbing. many settle here to pursue a life among the rocks — a life of hunger, danger and ecstasy.

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    Business: Real thirst

    Mar 01, 2015

    With alkalized water brands tapping our precious local supply, has the bottled water business gone too far?  

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    Conservation: Diamond in the desert

    Mar 01, 2015

    Among natural areas, Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area has long seemed like a neglected stepchild. But that’s about to change 

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    Activists To Protest Nevada AG Over Immigration Lawsuit

    Jan 28, 2015

     

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A coalition of liberal groups plans to protest Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt's challenge to an order that would spare more people from deportation.

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    Judge Says Caesars Bankruptcy Case Will Be Held In Illinois

    Jan 28, 2015

    WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge says the Chapter 11 case of casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. will proceed in Illinois, not Delaware.

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