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Donnelly: County jail decision is irresponsible

October 2, 2022, 6:01am Columns

On Sept. 20, the Clark County Council and county manager, with minimal notice to the public or stakeholders, abruptly removed management of its troubled jail from the sheriff’s office. Less than a week later, county staff, without a competitive and transparent hiring process, installed former sheriff candidate David Shook as manager… Read story

McManus: Biden has time to correct gaffe

October 2, 2022, 6:01am Columns

‘The pandemic is over,” President Joe Biden declared last month as he toured the Detroit Auto Show. “We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over.” Read story

Westneat: What century is it in Idaho?

October 2, 2022, 6:01am Columns

What century are we living in? Read story

Harrop: Don’t place all the burden on single moms

October 1, 2022, 6:01am Columns

We regularly encounter stories of Americans struggling to stay financially afloat, buffeted by the day’s economic challenges. Many focus on a woman who is identified a quarter of the way in as a “single mother.” She’s often portrayed facing impossible demands of holding a paying job while caring for the… Read story

Pitts: When it comes to women, we’re a lot like Iran

September 30, 2022, 6:01am Columns

We are different from them. Read story

Allen: Cellphone ban helps kids learn

September 29, 2022, 6:01am Columns

There’s something noticeably different at Nolan Catholic High School in Fort Worth this year. Read story

Westneat: New model for police is elusive

September 29, 2022, 6:01am Columns

Seattle has been struggling for more than two years now to re-imagine the police: To come up with something softer, a team that can show up to some calls without the badges and the guns. Read story

Harrop: Are you looked down upon? Do you care?

September 27, 2022, 6:01am Columns

It’s a commonplace gripe in Trump world and aligned planets that “elites look down on me.” The elites are usually described as college-educated liberals living in big cities. Read story

Pitts: In politics, ignorance is in fact not bliss

September 26, 2022, 6:01am Columns

“When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.” Read story

Other Papers Say: Biden wrong; pandemic not over

September 26, 2022, 6:01am Columns

President Joe Biden is flat-out wrong if he thinks the pandemic is over. Although the trendlines are pointing downward, the United States still registers around 360 deaths per day from the coronavirus and a seven-day average of 55,000 new infections, with 13,700 people currently hospitalized. Those numbers are a far… Read story