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Getting better: UNLV law prof explains why Obamacare will be good for the mentally ill
News Comments May 22, 2013 5:52pmMental-health insurance coverage is about to improve nationwide, when the Affordable Care Act goes into effect Jan. 1.The federal law, sometimes referred to as “Obamacare,” will require insurance...
UNLV Now plans for a stadium and a student village on campus. Question is, which to build first?
News Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 2:39pmUNLV Now started as a modest plan to build an on-campus football stadium, student housing and shopping center. Over the past two years, however, it’s morphed into a 60,000-seat “mega events center”...
The shadowy conservative group ALEC has members in Nevada’s Legislature
News Comments May 15, 2013 6:38pmFor years, liberal interest groups have slagged the American Legislative Exchange Council as a front for right-wing legislators and their supporters among the corporate elite. And with good reason....
What does this olive tell us about the state of sex ed?
News Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 6:16pmDespite learning human anatomy in school, 18-year-old Elisha Morgan was astounded to hear a classmate describe the latest pregnancy-prevention method.“She swore up and down that if you pee after you...
Secret desires, bodies, the Internet: In Las Vegas,. you never know what’s behind the door
News Comments May 08, 2013 6:26pmIn our last episode I confessed my addiction to having theories about things — all sorts of things — almost anything. I particularly enjoy all things counterintuitive, which can often first appear to...
May almanac: On these days in our city’s history …
News Comments May 08, 2013 6:21pmMay 1, 1997: The newspaper reports on “the many coming-out parties around the Las Vegas Valley,” as Ellen DeGeneres announces she is a lesbian on her sitcom, Ellen.May 2, 1930: The Pair-O-Dice Casino...
There’s no satisfaction for fans who can’t get tickets to The Rolling Stones
News Comments Updated: May 09, 2013 1:26pmThe first time the Rolling Stones played the West Coast, in 1965, tickets went for $3.50. A few years later, the Stones played the Oakland Coliseum, and then as now, ticket prices were on a sliding...
Five questions about worker safety and Nevada’s OSHA woes
News Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 6:17pmNEVADA AND LAS VEGAS have had a long and not particularly positive history with worker accidents, including death. Last month a worker on a road project in Northwest Las Vegas was crushed and killed...
Thursday night on Las Vegas Boulevard: Scenes from a walk
News Comments May 01, 2013 7:22pmT’S JUST ANOTHER weeknight in Las Vegas, which still makes it crazier than New Year’s Eve in 99 percent of the rest of America. You can watch it swish past from your car windows or you can get slow...
The tragedy of PTSD: It afflicts vets and others, but help is available
News Comments Updated: May 31, 2013 4:34pmTRAUMA CAN COME from so many sources. It can be delivered by a physical or sexual assault; from a relative or a stranger; it can arrive with the shriek and crash of a vehicle collision. It can arrive...
