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Broken Trust shows urgency of ESAs

The Clark County School District’s response — or lack thereof — to instances of teachers’ sexual misconduct involving students is stunning.

Defining quality of life for terminal patients is important, says doctor

Doctors and family should ask terminal patients about their wishes regarding quality of life, advocates Dr. Atul Gawande, author of”Being Mortal.” Such a conversation will mean less suffering and clarify goals for patient care.

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Increase the minimum wage to $120 an hour

Bill presenters Sens. Leader Aaron Ford, D-Las Vegas, and Yvanna Cancela, D-Las Vegas, claim Nevada could raise the minimum wage without hurting the economy or killing jobs.

Where does the afterlife live?

Given that my last close friend recently passed and I have dealt with some health issues of my own, I truly want there to be an afterlife. It is an incredibly romantic idea, after all. And I’m a hopeless romantic.

Ad campaign tells Southern Nevada drivers to ‘Love the Cone’

A series of radio and television commercials that debuted last week encourages drivers to see the “progress, growth and jobs” represented by the seemingly ubiquitous construction markers.

Las Vegas woman’s fall at Red Rock Canyon still hurts 2 years later

On a glorious April 2015 day, Candace Kawatsu went hiking. A fall has changed her life forever. No longer able to teach because of short term memory and stress issues, she is looking for another way to make the world a better place.

A crusade against sexual misconduct in schools

Decades after Terri Miller heard that a Pahrump high school teacher was having sex with one of his students, her quest to stamp out the persistent problem continues.

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