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Las Vegas dispatcher weighs in on when you should call 911

“Most people don’t normally have to call the police,” a dispatcher said. “So when they do, it’s an emergency for them, and they’ll call 911 instead of 311.”

 
Irony of ESA defeat: Democrats vote to expand school choice

After long insisting that Education Savings Accounts were “vouchers,” a majority of Democrats in both houses of the Nevada Legislature voted to expand a program of private-school choice that resembles vouchers in many ways. And liberal special interests groups applauded them.

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Seven things to follow as Legislature comes to a close

With just hours until the Legislature reaches its constitutionally mandated deadline to adjourn Monday at midnight, there is more happening than just the battle for education savings accounts. Here are seven things to follow as the session winds down.

The truth has set Kenny Sanchez free to coach

As strange as it may seem, however, the fact that Kenny Sanchez went to trial — he admitted in court acting “poorly” during a verbal altercation with Stewart before arriving Christmas morning — turned out to be the best thing for him, the people of Las Vegas, Bishop Gorman High School, and, in large part, the justice system.

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