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OPINION: There’s a dental hygienist shortage. Here’s one change that could ease the crunch.

AB334 offers a commonsense solution to the dental hygienist shortage crisis by allowing expanded function dental assistants, licensed dental providers who work alongside dentists and hygienists, to assist with routine teeth cleanings.

The Inflation Reduction Act may transform Nevada. Will voters care?

In interviews, more than a dozen industry players, lawmakers and environmental advocates touted the law’s transformational potential and existing impact in Nevada. But the bureaucratic and corporate timelines of the IRA’s funding provisions move much slower than the election cycle. 

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Students successful in petition to cash-strapped UNR to continue funding coordinator position key to supporting immigrant students

Now, five years since students called on UNR to protect its immigrant population, Mazariego’s position is vacant as she seeks to pursue the same goal she had to support the immigrant community — this time as a licensed therapist. She said that while it may take years of effort and work to change state or federal policy, she realized there’s an opportunity to facilitate change through therapy.

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