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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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Last week I attended an NAACP meeting in Reno, along with a lot of others. Most of those attending were white. I know from attending earlier NAACP meetings that this was not normal.

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The last time a major American political party fell completely apart, it did so over the expansion of slavery.

Government opting for secrecy over scrutiny

A federal judge last Friday slammed the door on accountability, ruling the federal government could conceal from the public a wide range of evidence in the Cliven Bundy case.

Yucca Mountain is about national security, not state’s rights

On July 7, I had the privilege to represent the Board of County Commissioners at the sub-committee hearing on Energy and Commerce in Washington, D.C. You can view the hearing on YouTube at http://bit.ly/29yvvPc.

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Myers: If climate change is not stopped

In about 1971 when I was an Army police officer in Germany, I read in Stars and Stripes that a German town was being abandoned because it was polluted beyond saving as a result of the activities of a local business. The inhabitants were being relocated to a new town.

Knapp: Hillary Clinton: More equal under the law than others

In his July 5 press briefing, FBI director James Comey spoke 2,341 words explaining his decision not to recommend criminal charges over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server to transmit, receive and store classified information during her tenure as U.S. Secretary of State. He could have named that tune in four words:

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