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First lady fights good fight, and many benefit

Her husband praises her for her efforts to improve the lives of Nevadans, ticking off issues she works on including prescription drug abuse, homelessness, various programs for school children, and mental health.

Are red lights a conspiracy against you?

Traffic engineers claim they’re not working against you. Some of the most common inquiries in the Road Warrior email inbox involve the timing of traffic signals.

Laying down rules for Uber, Lyft isn’t a simple process

If you‘re a fan of Uber and Lyft, you‘€™re one step closer to ride-hailing nirvana. But if you‘re a critic, you‘™re one step closer to ride-hailing Armageddon.

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Scorpion ‘juice’ could provide hope for cancer patients

Definitely, there‘s an ick factor when Dr. Jim Olson describes using "€œscorpion juice"€ to help people with cancerous brain tumors. But once you abolish the vision of him milking venom from Israeli Deathstalker scorpions, the ick decreases. Since he doesn‘€™t.

Road blocked but signals keep on ticking as usual

One would think that when streets are completely closed and blocked, traffic signals on streets intersecting the closed streets would be modified since there’s no traffic as a result of the closure. But that’s not always the case.

Appeals court cautions federal judge to get in line

U.S. District Judge Robert Clive Jones received a double whammy the other day. In two unrelated cases, his actions on the bench were overturned on appeal, the court essentially telling the judge to stop marching to his own drummer.

Numbers, letters mix it up on new Nevada license plates

A lot of people may have gotten that feeling recently when they’ve hit the road and seen some recently issued Nevada license plates. The demand for more number-letter variations has brought a new look to Nevada license plates.

Contributions in reporter’s memory help Habitat for Humanity

For many years, Laura Myers volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, in places such as Uganda, Mongolia and New York. Her family suggests that memorial contributions to the late RJ reporter be made to Habitat.

Las Vegas’ transportation solution must be multimodal

Transportation is, of course, a top issue in cities nationwide. Unfortunately, there isn’t a single solution to solving transportation challenges that is cheap or easy.

Will Colorado marijuana ruling affect Nevada?

On Monday, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled it was OK for a company to fire a customer service representative, even though what the worker was doing on his own time was perfectly legal under Colorado law.

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