The resurgence of downtown Las Vegas can be traced to some major milestones over the past decade. The opening of the World Market Center, the Las Vegas Premium Outlets, the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and The Smith Center for the Performing Arts transformed the west side of downtown.
Editorials
Jerry Tarkanian’s induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was way overdue. Few coaches in any era who have rethought the game and influenced it as much as Mr. Tarkanian.
Ask yourself this question: If the Clark County School District were facing a $30 million budget deficit and had $137 million sitting in a reserve account, would elected officials spend months debating a tax increase, or would they tap the savings?
The Legislature took big steps forward this year in improving public access to government functions and records.
The “new normal” in Nevada isn’t limited to slower economic and population growth. Southern Nevada has more political power than ever before, and while Clark County lawmakers are far from a unified front in Carson City, baby steps are being taken to erase longstanding inequities in regional funding.
The Las Vegas 51s changed their major league affiliation, changed ownership, constantly changed their roster and somehow changed their fortunes this season.
New leadership in North Las Vegas has given the financially troubled city one less problem.
The U.S. Postal Service can still deliver a letter or package across town or across the country in speedy fashion at a reasonable price. But it can’t deliver on its massive retirement obligations, a fact that could begin affecting all its customers very soon.
Southern Nevada’s horrible driving culture reveals itself everywhere, every day. But few acts of stupid impatience are as dangerous as passing a stopped school bus that’s picking up or dropping off children.
Last week, the College of Southern Nevada announced it had made recurring, significant mistakes in calculating federal financial aid for students during the previous two academic years, and that as a result, the U.S. Department of Education wanted a more thorough review of the school’s books.
The latest nonsense involving the valley’s Desert Tortoise Conservation Center would be funny if it didn’t involve federal ineptitude, wasted public money and dead reptiles.
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