Las Vegas Sun

May 1, 2024

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Yes, you should tip, but you shouldn’t have to tip
The topic of tipping has generated intense debate lately as an increasing number of restaurants impose “service charges” on top of regular bills ...
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Arizona’s indictment of Trump allies follows a sordid, racist history
I’ve lived and/or worked in 10 states scattered across the country. Arizona was and remains the most complicated. The same state that elected the first openly gay mayor of a large U.S. city is also the state that did not want a federal holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. ...
It’s not the payout, it’s the cover-up
Our nation’s highest court seems poised to offer guidance to the lower courts with a forthcoming ruling that a former president should be shielded from prosecution for official acts executed while in ...
Justices’ conduct is unbecoming
Am I the only one to notice just how rude the current Supreme Court justices are, how condescending, how unresponsive to the issue presented to them by both defense lawyers and ...
Life doesn’t stop for interest rates
Those who lived through the late ’70s and most of the ’80s will recall that during 1981, a 30-year mortgage rate for a new home skyrocketed to over 18% interest. Even people with good credit were ...
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Devils Hole pupfish population reaches a 25-year high in census
A population spurt for the Devils Hole pupfish, a critically endangered fish at Death Valley National Park, is giving scientists cause for optimism, the National Park Service said. Scientists from the park service, the Nevada Department of Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service counted 191 pupfish at Devils Hole over the course of ...
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Biden cuts into Trump’s lead in Nevada, new poll finds
A new poll conducted with 1,000 would-be voters in Nevada found what has been long suspected about November’s presidential race: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are ...
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Clark County School District looks west to recruit new teachers
The Clark County School District is targeting Southern California with its newest educator recruiting campaign, the district announced Tuesday.
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What road woes? Series moves back to Dallas where Golden Knights have dominated
The Golden Knights tonight are looking to continue a trend in their Stanley Cup Playoffs series against the Dallas Stars where the road team has won all four games. The series shifts to Dallas for Game 5 at 4:30 p.m. and will be aired on ESPN. Vegas’ 2-0 series lead quickly became knotted at 2-2 with ...
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Nevada can’t abide a senator who wants state to be nuclear waste dump
The federal government’s cavalier attitude toward the safe disposal of high-level nuclear waste created the current untenable situation in which an estimated 90,000 metric tons of nuclear waste are being stored ...

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