Opinion

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To feed their greed, Republicans dust off same tired, failed tax policy
Thursday, July 3, 2025
EDITORIAL:
If the budget bill currently under consideration by the U.S. House of Representatives passes, it will go down as one of the most fiscally irresponsible pieces of legislation in modern U.S. history.
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Real fathers lead with honor and conscience
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Where I Stand:
Today is the day we are supposed to celebrate the men who helped bring us into this world. They helped nurture us, taught us to be contributing members of society and supported us through thick and thin.
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Flag Day and the Army’s birthday should be about honor, not ego
Friday, June 13, 2025
EDITORIAL:
On Saturday, Flag Day, America will mark the 250th anniversary of the United States Army — the oldest and largest branch of the U.S. military. This milestone should evoke reverence, gratitude and reflection on the extraordinary sacrifice of our military service members. America’s soldiers serve for principle, not for spectacle. They volunteer to protect a nation built on strength and the pursuit of a union bound together by ideals like liberty, justice, democracy and equality under the law.
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Researchers stand tall as Trump puts thumb on scales of science
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
SUN EDITORIAL:
In a time when silence often masquerades as prudence, more than 300 scientists, researchers and public servants, from across all 27 National Institutes of Health facilities and centers, have chosen ...
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Region’s water supplies dwindle, but Nevada has chance to fight it
Monday, June 9, 2025
SUN EDITORIAL:
Nevada’s future — and that of the American West — depends on how seriously we confront the collapse of the Colorado River Basin’s water supply. Many of our conversations have ...
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Messy Trump-Musk breakup caps trail of damage they caused together
Sunday, June 8, 2025
SUN EDITORIAL:
What began as a spectacle worthy of late-night satire and reality television, the very public and increasingly vicious breakup of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk has revealed something ...
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Hank’s story is one Democrats should remember
Sunday, June 1, 2025
How will the diaries of our United States senators read when put to the test?
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CES leader: SB 395 slams the brakes on Nevada's future
Friday, May 30, 2025
guest column:
SB 395 would require a licensed human driver in every autonomous commercial truck. This legislation should concern anyone who believes in the power and promise of innovation ...
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Guest column: Film bill essential for Nevada's economic future
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
SB 220 provides Nevadans with a sound economic diversification and implementation plan backed by a $17.5 million investment overseen by a nonprofit board comprising Nevada’s most visionary industrialists and entrepreneurs.
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US needs smart people in the room where it happens
Sunday, May 25, 2025
WHERE I STAND:
This past Wednesday started out very hopeful, turned stupid, got even worse, and finished horrifically. And America is far worse off as a result ...
Economic uncertainty is the time to ‘prepare for the best’
Monday, May 5, 2025
GUEST COLUMN:
On April 5, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) Economic Policy Uncertainty Index, which provides a daily uncertainty index based on news, forecasting and tax codes for the United States, reported its highest score (992.75) in the past 12 months.
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Michele Fiore unfit for return to judicial post in Nye County
Sunday, April 27, 2025
EDITORIAL:
We cannot undo a presidential pardon, but the integrity of Nevada’s judiciary and the public’s faith in that system depend on how we respond to it using the tools we do have.
4 tips to make saving money a habit for National Financial Literacy Month
Monday, April 21, 2025
GUEST COLUMN:
April is National Financial Literacy Month and a good time to revisit some valuable financial literacy skills.
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By passing REPAIR Act, Congress can stand with fixers and farmers
Monday, April 14, 2025
EDITORIAL:
At a time when American families are struggling under the weight of stubbornly high grocery prices and economic turmoil and uncertainty, our lawmakers have a clear and commonsense way to offer at least some relief ...
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Elected Republicans must pay the price for Trump’s economic vandalism
Sunday, April 6, 2025
EDITORIAL:
President Donald Trump promised to make America great again. But his sweeping and reckless imposition of tariffs is already dragging the country toward disaster.