7+ hour, 58+ min ago   (634+ words) At Republicans’ recent midterm convention, Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, began his remarks with his own version of a land acknowledgment. “I’d like to acknowledge that we stand here today in the great state of Texas and the United States of…...

13+ hour, 14+ min ago   (628+ words) Schools will face $29.1 million in budget cuts this year, while the district’s central office will reduce its budget by $22.5 million, according to the district. Enrollment decline and improved employee retention will cause the Clark County School District to reduce its…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (142+ words) Economic malaise and a war? The Iran war is now more than six months old. I also hear that our president doesn’t care if 99 percent of us are feeling an economic pinch. So much for Donald Trump’s campaign promises and…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (695+ words) Each week, the Review-Journal will project which teams will make the CFP semifinals and have a chance to meet at Allegiant Stadium to determine the national champion. Editor’s note: Each Sunday the Las Vegas Review-Journal will select the four teams…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (590+ words) Falling test scores raise interesting questions. Is it the end of the Flynn effect? Decades ago, the researcher James Flynn recognized a secular increase in IQ scores around the world that amounted to humanity getting smarter all the time. Now,…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (618+ words) Bad things can happen when racial disparities are taken as de facto proof of systemic racism. If the Clark County School District doesn’t reject this flawed premise, students may find that out the hard way — again. The district recently released…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (746+ words) Darren Baker, the son of legendary manager Dusty Baker, is playing with the Sacramento River Cats in Triple-A. It’s as close to a full-circle moment as it can get for Darren Baker, now playing for the organization where his dad…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (646+ words) Twenty-five years after 9/11, Henderson service day honors first responders through unity, remembrance and community service. Twenty-five years ago, Paul Block was a newly ordained pastor riding the subway from the Bronx to Manhattan to attend an interfaith meeting as terrorists…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (549+ words) Q: We came home recently to find a gushing water leak in a neighbor’s yard. We tried to contact the neighbor. The front door has a gate with no doorbell. The windows have solar screens. There was a light on in…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (294+ words) A motorcyclist died in a crash in the northwest valley early Saturday morning, police said. The crash happened at 12:13 a.m. in the westbound lanes of Craig Road at U.S. 95, the Nevada Highway Patrol said in a statement. The crash involved two vehicles…...