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LETTER: Where are all the jobs for teenagers?
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (252+ words) Vocational school a good choice for many. I read your recent article about hiring teens for summer jobs. It seems as if many teens who would like to work are simply not finding jobs. Let's look at jobs I had…...
Annie Potts always ready for ‘one more great adventure’
2+ week, 1+ day ago (960+ words) Honestly, I don't feel like I've changed all that much since I was that young woman in "Pretty in Pink," says the beloved character actor, 73. It's been a minute since she was Pretty in Pink." Forty years to be exact....
New CCSD start times to help high schoolers most, middle schoolers least, experts say
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1236+ words) High school students stand to benefit the most from CCSD's new bell schedule. But researchers say middle school students could be worse off for having classes start earlier. Two months before the Clark County School District announced a new bell…...
Henderson officials break ground on new preschool, learning center
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (412+ words) With about 40 percent of the Henderson 3- or 4-year-olds currently enrolled in a preschool program, the city said it hopes the new facility will expand education access at the most crucial point of a child's development. Henderson officials broke ground Monday…...
Nevada is one of the least healthiest states in the country, study says
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (641+ words) Nevada ranked as the 42nd least healthiest state in the country due to a number of factors including a rise in both drug use and unemployment. Nevada is one of the least healthiest states in the country, according to a new…...
COMMENTARY: Ban kids from social media? Absolutely
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (554+ words) Our children will thank us later. Should the United States follow Australia's lead in banning children under 16 from social media platforms? Absolutely. Australia has set a new global standard by requiring platforms to act in children's best interests. Its new…...
RICH LOWRY: RFK Jr. is right about ‘gender-affirming care’
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (370+ words) The most painstaking research is on his side. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has plenty of unsubstantiated theories, but his latest controversy involves following the science. HHS is pushing back against so-called gender-affirming care for children under…...
New Year’s babies make early debut at Las Vegas hospitals
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (430+ words) At Centennial Hills Hospital, a baby was born 19 seconds into the new year, and Summerlin Hospital's first baby arrived at 12:13 a.m. The first babies of 2026 at two Las Vegas hospitals arrived just after the new year began, hospital officials said. At…...
VICTOR JOECKS: How AI undermines education
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (681+ words) If you want to develop human intelligence, you can't let students rely on artificial intelligence. Generative AI will transform the world, even if no one is quite sure what the end product will look like. These are artificial intelligence programs…...
LETTER: The graduation scam
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (274+ words) Clark County School District numbers mean little. The Review-Journal's Dec. 29 editorial was correct about graduation rates "improving" at the Clark County School District being a total sham. Nevada's public education system ranks 50th out of 51, just ahead of last place Washington,…...