Crimes against disarmed college students are not hypothetical. Amanda Collins, a concealed-weapons permit holder, was unarmed when she was raped by James Biela in a parking garage at the University of Nevada, Reno in 2007.
The valley’s bus contract should have been settled almost two years ago. And on Thursday, after all the insider gamesmanship, all the political and legal gyration and big costs to the taxpaying public and transit customers, the Regional Transportation Commission got the same result that started this embarrassing display of favoritism.
The funny-looking word above means Nevada is about turn 150 — on Oct. 31, 2014, to be precise. Which means Nevada needs a license plate to commemorate the milestone.
Former UNLV men’s basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian is closing in on one last, well-deserved honor — one he should have received years ago.
No policy issue before the Legislature holds as much promise for economic growth, job creation and an accelerated housing recovery as construction defect reform. The laws crafted to protect homeowners from the costs of shoddy workmanship have enriched lawyers and made housing more expensive, because builders have to recover the costs of their skyrocketing liability insurance premiums.
The clownish antics of Las Vegas Constable John Bonaventura — a man eminently unqualified to be in armed law enforcement, elected in a down-ticket race two years ago only because his name is similar to that of a well-known local judge — have gone past the merely embarrassing. Now this is getting dangerous.
Not content with banning or at least fining those who make a living from cigarettes, trans-fats, salt and soft drinks, Michael Bloomberg, New York City’s mayor and billionaire busybody in chief, last week set his sights on a new villain: Styrofoam.
The second week of the 2013 Legislature is not quite over, and already Nevadans have heard more open, honest discussions about state tax policy than they typically get in an entire regular session.
In his State of the Union speech Tuesday, President Barack Obama made a few favorable references to his erstwhile opponent, Mitt Romney.
Assemblyman Steven Brooks has been arrested again, which begs an important question: Is this man going to have to hurt someone before he’s expelled from the Legislature?
In July 2000, then-Review-Journal police reporter Glenn Puit wrote about a 60-year-old resident of South Tenaya Way being awakened by his barking dogs at 5:15 in the morning. The man retrieved a handgun and went downstairs to investigate. When he opened the door to his den he was confronted by an armed intruder. Both men immediately opened fire.
Some good news for taxpayers, parents and students: Last week an arbitrator sided with the Clark County School District over the local teachers union in their contract dispute, a decision that will allow the district to restore some teaching positions lost in last year’s arbitration debacle.
