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DMV upgrade could cost Nevada extra $300M amid rollout woes

The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles’ modernization of its computer system could take longer than anticipated and cost the state more than $300 million in additional funding.

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Before Charles Krauthammer became a political columnist capable of simultaneously endearing and enraging all comers, left and right, he studied medicine at Harvard, practiced psychiatry at Massachusetts General, and directed psychiatric research planning in the Carter administration.

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Myers: Intruders in state politics

With the Nevada primary election now past and the possibility of another Sharron Angle candidacy for the U.S. Senate no longer (to Republicans) threatening, it’s a good time to reflect on some comments made by national Republican operatives shortly after she got into the race in March.

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The question the gun grabbers keep asking in response to the Orlando nightclub massacre by a wacko ISIS sympathizer is why anyone needs an “assault rifle.” The simple and obvious answer, of course, is…

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