Editorials

Yet another federal land management effort is doing more harm than good. Everybody put on your shocked face.

Nevadans have waited long enough for legislation that allows the sickest among us to obtain doctor-prescribed marijuana. Gov. Brian Sandoval can end that wait this week.

A federal shield law should have been passed years ago. In the wake of recent Department of Justice intrusions on news gathering, a federal shield law is paramount. The free press’ ability to hold government accountable depends on it.

Democratic lawmakers want fully subsidized full-day kindergarten in every elementary school in the state, as well as reduced class sizes across the board. The unmentioned but far more urgent issues: Where will school districts put all those kindergartners and all the new teachers required? And where is the money coming from for that space?

For all the focus on education during the 2013 Legislature, for all the platitudes about the importance of transforming and improving our schools, Nevada’s K-12 system is essentially unchanged for the next two school years. Lawmakers could have done much better.

There’s a problem with a short stretch of rocky road in northwest Arizona, but make no mistake, it’s having an impact 120 miles away here in Las Vegas.

What’s more unpopular than a rush-hour traffic jam? The taxes that pay for the projects needed to relieve highway congestion.

Whenever the federal government finds a way to spend less taxpayer money, it’s worth heralding. Such is the case with a relatively new program utilized by the U.S. Geological Survey involving unmanned aircraft — better known to the public as drones.

Deadline? What deadline?

Too much federal belt-tightening has focused on making the public feel unnecessary pain. Take the Aviation Nation air show at Nellis Air Force Base. The 2012 show attracted 135,000 attendees, making it the largest free-admission public event in the state while generating about $19.2 million in economic activity.