Imagine a young child, trapped like I was, waiting months to be found — if ever found at all. In trafficking cases, where every second counts, this delay could mean the difference between life and death.

Learning social skills at school — the most structured social learning environment — is difficult for any child with autism ' ... so having their therapist with them in school where they are trying to learn these behaviors would greatly assist children ... .'”

As a woman and lifelong Democrat, she had hoped to propose a toast to the outcome of the 2024 presidential campaign and rest easy knowing that she had lived long enough to see the first woman elected to the highest office in the land. That didn’t happen.

According to his supporters, “We already know what kind of president he will be because he already served.” Surely he won’t do anything differently this time around than he did last time around. Certainly his allies won’t. Certainly.

Nonetheless, even while discounting the howls of online trolls and purveyors of election fraud myths, there’s something inherently wrong about an election process that takes days on end to announce official results.

I’ve spent my entire life working in outdoor recreation, and I fear that without meaningful climate action my generation will be the last to experience the joy of a fresh powder day and the thrill of a downhill run.

I didn’t believe the numbers would hold as much given the knowledge I have and past performances of The Reid Machine to turn them around. After all, they had a four presidential cycle winning streak.

Elections, as always, are about a lot of things, but when distilled, they are about math. And the math this year is confounding.

After decades of differing legal opinions and multiple lawsuits, the Nevada Supreme Court has finally addressed the prickly issue of whether government employees can constitutionally serve in the state Legislature. 

It’s evident that Trump is just marking time while his allies plan what comes next following their filing of dozens of lawsuits – many already dismissed -- claiming a variety ballot flaws and offenses. We should anticipate more of the same in the wake of Election Night.

If otherwise-eligible people are told they cannot vote unless they show a photo ID, it will make casting a ballot much harder by complicating the voting process and restricting access to the ballot box for many Nevadans who lack access to a government-issued photo ID. 

But having to fight every day and wait on court decision after court decision is not a life. This chaotic dichotomy of a path forward with the persistent threat of losing everything by the courts is the life of all DACA recipients.

Like the Sisolak-Lombardo debate two years before it, that debate illustrates that marked disagreement and civility do not have to be an either-or proposition. And, facts matter. We, the people, deserve something far better than what we have been getting.

Charter schools are not just an alternative option in Nevada’s educational landscape; they are a vital component of our public education ecosystem. They offer diverse, flexible and innovative approaches to meet the unique needs of students across the state.

It is also in the best interests of all residents of “this area … of the world,” friends and enemies within alike, for sufficient resources to be deployed following each wildfire to ensure future fires are less likely to occur.

But some people who took an oath to defend the Constitution do care. They are among the 750 military veterans and noncommissioned officers of the National Security Leaders for America who are speaking out about the dangers of a second Trump presidency.

For pundits, campaigns and strategists, this year’s relentlessly abnormal political environment is making Nevada an even harder state to really understand — as if it wasn’t already difficult enough ... Nevada has long flummoxed pollsters and professional political consultants.

So it’s good to ask, will the new plan help protect our health, our wallets, our vulnerable populations, our children and our limited water resources? Will it help us mitigate the effects of climate change that can be seen and felt in every corner of Nevada? 

This proposed constitutional amendment, ostensibly aimed at protecting abortion rights, actually threatens to dismantle a carefully crafted compromise that has served our state well for more than three decades.

As part of the sacred patient-doctor relation, private medical decisions, including decisions about abortion, should remain between a patient and their trusted doctor, free from political interference.