Let’s get two things clear right out of the gate. First, the former member of UNLV’s Turning Point USA chapter that was videotaped shouting “white power” is a reprehensible human being. Second, hate speech is not protected speech.

Anyone who has ever had to read through a complex bit of statute in an area of their own expertise has without a doubt said at some point, “What in the [redacted] were they thinking when they passed this [redacted] law?” And because this Legislature didn’t take its own deadlines – or the very good reasons they exist – seriously, it’s going to be worse than usual in the next two years.

To start, a confession: I think I’ve been taking the dustups, blowups and outright screw-ups at Las Vegas City Hall too seriously.

If earned paid sick days had already existed before the Senate passed SB312 this week, my mother, Tomasita, might still be alive.

Nevada has one of the country’s most restrictive laws barring U.S. citizens from voting because of a past criminal conviction. This needs to change.

Between the Las Vegas professional sports scene quickly rising, our plethora of nationally renowned entertainment offerings and a state law that permits ticket resales, Nevada is good for fans.

The honeymoon is about to be over for our newly married governor.

I have spent a lot of time in this space in the last year criticizing various criminal justice system reform measures, from the merely philosophical to sloppy data presentations to counterproductive lawsuits aimed at spurring reforms to misplaced priorities to good ideas gone too far. But here’s the good news – I’ve had something to criticize.

It’s unclear just how much Richard Elloyan knows about the marijuana business, but he sure plays a fine acoustic guitar. Sings a dandy country song, too.

That’s the big question in Nevada. Is $5,897 per pupil — what the state currently spends, not including county contributions — adequate?

According to the latest report by the Administration for Children and Families, there were 442,995 children in foster care nationally in 2017. Of that total, more than half were children of color, and a third had ongoing health related issues ranging from developmental delays to serious mental and physical disabilities.

SB201, a significant consumer protection measure to curtail abusive predatory payday and title loan lending, will be heard in Assembly Commerce & Labor Committee today. How does the measure help consumers? To understand the bill and how it affects the existing statutory scheme, let’s walk down memory lane.

Senate Bill 366 is an important bill designed to address the oral health crisis in our state. Staggering rates of tooth decay, gum disease, oral cancer and dental related emergency room visits are prevalent in our state. Nearly the entire state of Nevada has been classified as a dental healthcare professional shortage area by the US Federal Government (HRSA), as well as the state of Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health.

SB366 is moving through the legislative process and as a dentist and a father, I want to make sure our community knows how this could affect us. In short, a newly created Dental Therapist would be allowed to perform extractions and even administer nitrous oxide.

Litigation filed against the Nevada Department of Taxation raises the specter of potential scandal in the state’s issuing of new marijuana licenses, but I’ll go it one better. The scandal’s already here, and it’s not a close call.

The latest legal challenge to Nevada’s death penalty really doesn’t have much of anything to do with the death penalty. Because of that, it could wind up being one of the most constitutionally consequential cases in Nevada’s legal history.

Should the government have the right to implant microchips in people? Should Amazon have the right to implant microchips in their employees? To get to the bottom of this question, lawmakers have heard from brothel ministers, transhumanists, public defenders, a magician, the ACLU and the Eagle Forum.

As a family that survived the events of 1 October, we respectfully disagree with Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui (D-Las Vegas) that more gun laws — including giving cities and counties the ability to make their own firearms laws — would have stopped the October 1 shooting or another such tragedy.