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An age-battered laboratory station sits unused inside a science classroom in White Pine Middle School on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent)

OPINION: A tale of two Nevadas and the urban-rural funding gap

Nevada students live in two different worlds: one where students have the opportunity to apply to attend one of 19 high-end magnet high schools, and the other where they are forced to go to class in their centuries-old school with asbestos.

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OPINION: Nevadans deserve options at the end of their lives

The patient is in charge from the initial request to self-ingestion. They can choose to use it, just not take it or return it. Knowing they have access to this medication gives a sense of peace to people slowly dying from a terminal illness and to their families.

OPINION: Wynn must lose

Like all rights, the right to speak or write about someone has never been absolute. If you make something up out of whole cloth about someone, the person you’re lying about has the right to sue you for defamation. 

OPINION: Red light cameras will not help public safety

Cameras are used to monitor dangerous intersections. And what they have uncovered throughout the years is a disturbing level of noncompliance. However, claims that they will lower the number of traffic accidents aren’t as airtight as advocates claim.

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