In recent weeks the federal government has run public service announcments urging baby boomers to be tested for hepatitis C. A number of veterans as well as doctors now believe that Vietnam veterans, all basically baby boomers, could have contracted hepatitis C through unsafe jet gun vaccinations.
The Clark County School District has a $2 billion budget — and no chief financial officer to manage it. With a reorganization looming, the next head honcho of finances faces a gigantic task overseeing the nation’s fifth-largest district.
It’s the third Friday of the 2017 Legislative Session, and lawmakers are, once again, heading out early. There’s still plenty happening on Day 19.
The solution to the financial difficulties cited by local governments in their campaign to raise your property taxes should be simple.
It’s Day 18 of the 2017 Legislative Session. Lawmakers will consider bills ranging from predatory control tactics to economic development.
I sometimes write about things that are expected to happen. Then they don’t. Here are three recent examples.
It’s Day 17 of the 2017 Legislative Session. After a busy Tuesday, things calm down a bit for Wednesday.
School district officials went before the Legislature’s tax committees last week and cried poverty. Talk about déjà vu all over again.
The third week of the Legislature is rolling along, and it’s already Day 16 of the 2017 Legislative Session. Here’s what to watch for:
Al Lunceford, 74, wants people to largely hold themselves accountable for their success or failure. Too often, he says, people lack the desire or dedication or discipline to succeed.
As columnist Paul Harasim lay in his hospital bed recently, he realized how little he had really told his kids about his life.
The native of Switzerland laughs as she remembers how she left Europe at age 22 to travel the world. Though she had a degree in business management, she wasn’t sure what she’d do with it.
It’s the start of the third week of the 2017 Legislative Session, and Day 15 is going to be busy.
Jeanne Laubscher went from Bonanza High School in 1982 to the world famous “Les Folies Bergere,” which had a nearly half century run at the Tropicana. She also worked with magician Lance Burton for years.
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump tapped Vice President Mike Pence to head up a commission on voter fraud. Pence should start his investigation right here in Nevada, where the motto of our voter registration system might as well be “Trust, don’t verify.”
