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The Books Stop Here
With Stephens Press ceasing publishing, a valuable outlet for local authors disappears
June 12th, 2013
Whoever the next Kurt Divich is—that eighth-grader working on her fantasy fiction set in the Mojave Desert; the stay-at-home-dad polishing his manuscript on 1950s sports stars from Sin City—he or she won’t be discovered by Carolyn Hayes Uber, publisher of Stephens Press. That means he or she may not be discovered at all, at least not in the traditional sense. Read more »
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A Downtown Tale of Law, Order and License Plates
A rise in the number of warrant checks has some lawyers curious
June 5th, 2013
In Las Vegas’ criminal justice system, the people are represented by two groups. One is the lawyers, who say that the Metropolitan Police Department has stepped up its procedure of running the license plates of cars stopped at traffic lights to look for outstanding warrants, particularly in the Downtown area. The other group is Metro itself. Read more »
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The Cost of Downtown Green
Showdown brewing over energy efficiency code for old buildings
May 29th, 2013
Half the fun of seeing Downtown’s revitalization is spotlighting some of the older architecture. Las Vegas is known for tearing down the charming in favor of the slick, but by saving and sprucing up some older buildings, a multilayered cultural character emerges: culture; that thing critics say Las Vegas lacks. Read more »
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Will Reform Outlast the Reformers?
James Guthrie may have been ahead of his time
May 21st, 2013
Washington, D.C., and Nevada have a few things in common: We both like to talk about budgets, we’re both home to dysfunctional representative bodies, we both asked lightning-rod reformers to turn around floundering school systems, and in both cases the reformers left without finishing the job. Read more »
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Living Well After Livengood?
The search could go nationwide, but some local names merit a look
May 9th, 2013
The search could go nationwide, but some local names merit a look. Read more »
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Are You Ready to Be the Cure?
New options in health care will require heavy participation from patients
May 7th, 2013
We’ve all gotten the memo that change is coming to health care, but few of us really understand what that means. One thing seems clear: We, the consumers, will be asked to take much more responsibility for our own care. Many of the big-ticket new ideas—health care co-ops, patient-centered outcomes research and the digital health care revolution—rely heavily on the patient. Read more »
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Henderson’s Hail Mary
Beset by delays, developers still hope to get 'health village' moving forward
May 1st, 2013
As the one-time commissioner of the fast-paced Arena Football League, David Baker became accustomed to seeing a touchdown about every 90 seconds and final scores in the 74-68 range. Cue the irony: As the main man behind the $1.5 billion integrated health village planned for Henderson, Baker is involved in a game that’s scoreless … and has been for more than two years. Read more »
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The Nightclubization of Schools: a Daydream
April 24th, 2013
The tipping point was the residencies. Admittedly, when they began, we were all for them. Legendary primatologist Jane Goodall did a 13-day run at Halle Hewetson Elementary and we were so amazed, so pleased; here was someone with a career’s worth of material, someone with all the juice she needed to do a world tour, doing a Vegas residency. “We’ve evolved,” the critics said. Read more »
Green Government
County, Henderson get serious about commitment to sustainability
April 17th, 2013
A few years back, in the heart of the Great Recession, Southern Nevada’s municipal governments did something remarkably grown-up: They invested in our sustainability infrastructure. Read more »
The Hazards of the Blip
Dismissing our economic failures as anomalies will doom us to repeat them
April 10th, 2013
“Failure,” the las Vegas motivational economist Jeremy Aguero said recently, “is part of human advancement.” He’s right, but there’s a corollary: Failure is part of human advancement—provided that he who fails can honestly examine the causes and consequences of his blunder, make corresponding adjustments and proceed as a wiser man. Read more »
