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No reason to oppose ban on anti-gay therapy

What’s the holdup with Senate Bill 353, anyway? That bill, sponsored by state Sen. David Parks, D-Las Vegas, would ban what’s called “conversion” or “reparative” therapy for people younger than 18, basically a psychological assault intended to turn a gay person into a straight one.

Clinton backs path to citizenship in Vegas town hall

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, seeking the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, outlined and clear and aggressive stance on immigration during a town hall event at Rancho High School in Las Vegas Tuesday afternoon.

Hey, remember that one ruling…?

The Legislature is all about bills to make sure candidates for state office live in the districts they want to represent. But a 2009 court ruling might make those laws moot.

The death of journalism?

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid says journalism is evaporating.

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Still work to be done on primary election bills

Whoa, Nevada Legislature! Slow your roll! It seems that a coalition is building to switch from Nevada’s chaotic-but-traditional caucus system for picking delegates to the national conventions to a primary election system instead.

One controversial Tweet!

A Tweet regarding an amendment brought by U.S. Sen. Dean Heller brought a heap of criticism from all quarters today. Here’s the story, in fuller context.

Five things we learned at the Republican Jewish Coalition meeting

The spring meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition — sometimes called the “Sheldon Adelson Primary,” because it’s held at his hotel on the Strip and features Republican candidates addressing his No. 1 issue, Israel — was packed this weekend.

Iran rising, with assist from U.S.

In December, President Barack Obama said that he wished to see Iran ultimately become a “very successful regional power.”

She didn’t say ‘please’!

“Sit your ass down!” — Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, R-Las Vegas

Will 4th District be Latino battleground?

If 2016 is going to be the year of the Latino, then the Democratic primary in Congressional District 4 just became ground zero.

Laxalt serious about residency issue

Attorney General Adam Laxalt is pursuing perjury charges against a Democratic candidate whom a judge ruled didn’t actually live in the district she wanted to represent in the Assembly.

Senate shows inevitable progress on tax issue

The Nevada state Senate, on what Majority Leader Michael Roberson, R-Henderson, called “an historic day,” passed Gov. Brian Sandoval’s business license fee plan to better fund education in the Silver State.

It’s the spending, stupid!

Panelists at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books take on the wealth gap, and argue for a government response that will help us all.

Damn liberal media!

A Los Angeles Times Washington bureau chief invokes hisses (yes, old-school hisses) after he embraces one of the worst decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court ever, Bush v. Gore.

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