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President Johnson previously held the record for pardons, with about 7,000. Joe Biden broke that record with over 8,000 pardons.

EDITORIAL: Regulatory thicket will dog victims of California fires

If Gov. Newsom wants to facilitate reconstruction, he might also request technical help from those running states and municipalities who actually know how to encourage development rather than relying on those expert in killing it.

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I am proud of the role RPEN – Retired Public Employees of Nevada – had to congressional bill H.R. 82

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Solutions without problems are revealing

Eleven years ago at the Nevada Legislature, Assemblymember Bob Beers introduced legislation to start converting public records in Nevada to digital formats. His Assembly Bill 260 provided for “a medium for the storage of records electronically that requires a machine to access the information contained within the medium [including] without limitation, magnetic and optical media.”

LBJ’s bifurcated ‘Great Society’ legacy

Standing on his presidential limousine, Lyndon Johnson, campaigning in Providence, R.I., in September 1964, bellowed through a bullhorn: “We’re in favor of a lot of things and we’re against mighty few.” This was a synopsis of what he had said four months earlier.

In Arkansas, a military record is no magic bullet

Sen. Mark Pryor, the embattled Democratic incumbent in Arkansas, made a serious gaffe in March when he questioned Republican opponent Tom Cotton’s reliance on military service as a campaign theme.

COMMUNITY VIEWPOINT: Our civic duty is more than casting a vote

Until a few short years ago, I watched the news once in awhile, complained about this thing or that, and believed I was doing my duty by registering and voting.

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President Johnson previously held the record for pardons, with about 7,000. Joe Biden broke that record with over 8,000 pardons.