CCSD’s systemic problem and its expensive consequences
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Still coming: Obamacare Rate Shock Part II
Media reports about the Affordable Care Act have been dominated by two themes lately: The ongoing glitches with Healthcare.gov and the "rate shock" that some consumers now face after insurance companies canceled…
Loyal Obama supporters, canceled by Obamacare
San Francisco architect Lee Hammack says he and his wife, JoEllen Brothers, are "cradle Democrats." They have donated to the liberal group Organizing for America and worked the phone banks…
CCSD Board to weigh authorizing hiring for which it’s already receiving bills
LAS VEGAS — Four months ago, the Clark County School District hired state Sen. Mark Hutchison to defend its school board president, Carolyn Edwards, before the state ethics commission. CCSD…
Tahoe homeowners still view TRPA as frustrating, indifferent
LAS VEGAS — The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is winning national awards from government-planning professionals, but among homeowners in the five counties surrounding Lake Tahoe, it’s the least popular local…
Obamacare to gouge individual Nevadans most of all Americans
LAS VEGAS — The vast majority of Americans are facing higher costs for their individual health-insurance premiums, unless — as more and more are demanding — Obamacare itself goes under…
Ethics commission in settlement talks with CCSD’s Edwards
LAS VEGAS — Two key witnesses expected earlier to testify in the ethics investigation of Clark County School District Board President Carolyn Edwards have been told by the Nevada Ethics…
Nevada’s Obamacare website synchs with a ‘high security risk’ for users
LAS VEGAS — It’s official: Any personal data you give to the State of Nevada’s Obamacare website may be at risk from potential hackers and other security problems. As Associated Press reporter…
Are BLM ‘police’ acting legally in Nevada?
ELKO — A Bureau of Land Management law enforcement officer, accused of erroneously ticketing a local for cutting wood, isn’t allowed to tell his side until the agency completes an…
Major pension funds ask for climate change study
PITTSBURGH (AP)---Some of the largest pension funds in the U.S. and the world are worried that major fossil fuel companies may not be as profitable in the future because of…
State, CCSD shift resources awayfrom ELL high school students
LAS VEGAS — For English-language-learner high school students in Clark County, a new private commitment to the New America School-Vegas could not come at a more critical time. Even though the…
Dollar difficulties stifle potential of Nevada charter schools
LAS VEGAS — As the new school year begins, two more Nevada start-up charter schools — Nevada Performance Academy and Leadership Academy of Nevada — are delaying opening their doors. They’ve…
Broken Compact
Before Nevada joined the Union in 1864, the U.S. Congress explicitly promised more than two dozen times that the new state would be on an equal footing with the original…