Las Vegas Sun

May 19, 2024

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Desert Oasis freshman shines in three sports while wearing prosthetic leg
Alissa Perkins stands in the batter’s box awaiting the pitch. She’s one of the best hitters on the Desert Oasis High softball team ...
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Culinary yanks support from 17 incumbent Nevada Democrats
The Culinary Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165, long considered among the most powerful voices in Nevada politics, said they won’t be ...
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Henderson, NLV seek approval to sponsor charter schools
The newly updated charter school law says that local governments’ school portfolios can only combine to take in 7% of their jurisdiction’s overall pupil enrollment.
Exciting news for clean energy
The commendable project at UNLV seeking a low-emission way to produce iron and steel is an excellent example of how innovative new technologies, if successful, can reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and move us toward a clean energy future.
Hunting licenses help wildlife
Sound science is used by the Nevada Department of Wildlife in the management of wildlife and the habitat. It has biologists on staff who are regularly in the field to observe the condition of the landscape.
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Alito’s history demands recusal from cases related to insurrection
Next month, the United States Supreme Court is expected to rule on two cases involving the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol, including a crucial case on whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for his role in organizing and provoking the insurrection.
At war with the Constitution
At a rally May 11 in Wildwood, N.J., Donald Trump said that if he is reelected, he will “immediately deport” any campus protesters who “come here from another country and try to bring jihadism or anti-Americanism or antisemitism.”
America must stop Putin
After months of delay, U.S. aid is again flowing to Ukraine. Yet the war’s trajectory remains uncertain. Russia is determined to win a protracted conflict, while Washington’s appetite for further aid remains in question. As the United States heads into a presidential election that could be key in determining the war’s outcome, we should take a moment to remind ourselves that a Russian victory in Ukraine would spell disaster for the West.
Supreme Court paves a pathway toward an imperial presidency
The recent surrealistic Supreme Court arguments around Donald Trump’s specific claim that he cannot be prosecuted for his self-coup and insurrection, which tried to prevent the hallowed peaceful transfer of power in the American republic, demonstrated that the ever-expanding imperial presidency could now reach its logical endpoint — illiberal authoritarianism in America.

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