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Opinion: Proposed Closure Of Incline Village Middle School Causes 15 Reasons Of Concern

April 27, 2023 2:02 pmApril 27, 2023 2:35 pm

As the elected Washoe County School District Trustee (A) that serves Incline Village, I learned about the proposal to close Incline Middle School at approximately the same time the public learned of the school district’s plans. This proposal hasn’t been determined or ratified, however, I have and share the many...

Governor Lombardo’s Education Proposals Will Benefit All

April 26, 2023 7:30 amApril 26, 2023 2:24 pm

Improving education in Nevada this year is non-negotiable. Families from all walks of life have waited far too long, and they’ve heard about how Nevada ranks near the bottom in education far too many times over the past few years. It’s time for solutions, and the solutions that Republicans, especially...

OPINION: The Top-Down Take Over of Nevada Elections

April 17, 2023 7:58 amApril 18, 2023 1:08 pm

Let me cut to the chase. Members of the Nevada Legislature and Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar will usurp your voter rights, the rights of counties in the conduct of elections, and the governor’s emergency powers over elections too…if they can. Nevada’s 82nd Legislature is in session with a slew...

OPINION: TrackerGate May Reveal More Than Identity Of PI Client

April 10, 2023 11:42 am

Public Figures are just that–public figures. When a citizen decides to run for public office, they choose to forego certain privacies. Tracking a public figure, whether they are actors, singers, athletes, or politicians, has been happening for centuries as it is one of the main ways the public at large...

OPINION: Las Vegas Needs A Children’s Hospital

March 22, 2023 8:02 amMarch 22, 2023 1:28 pm

When a baby is born, mothers anxiously await that first cry. That wasn’t an experience I had. When my daughter Tatiana was born, she couldn’t cry or breathe independently for the first year. Born with a severe laryngeal condition, my little girl needed a trachea and round-the-clock medical attention, followed...

OPINION: Biden’s Proposed Cuts To Medicare Advantage Threaten Access To Affordable, Quality Healthcare

March 8, 2023 11:44 amMarch 8, 2023 1:24 pm

This past summer, a study was released examining how self-reported happiness was growing with age. The main explanation was that as people get older, they are more concerned with their quality of life rather than the number of years they have left. That’s why it’s so crucial to practice healthy habits and...

Gov. Lombardo’s Opening Salvo: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

January 27, 2023 10:05 amJanuary 30, 2023 11:22 am

We are quickly approaching the regularly scheduled 120-day spectacle that occurs every biennium. As our duly elected legislators and their special interest buddies start to congregate in Carson City, we are well served to remember the warnings of beloved American writer and famous former Nevadan resident, Mark Twain: “No man’s...