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TIM BURKE: Road trip during pandemic was eye-opening ordeal

Pahrump citizens have an opportunity to participate in a survey that will help the Regional Planning Commission shape the region’s Master Plan.

STEVE SEBELIUS: Left, right hate the mail-in primary

Democrats and the right-leaning group True the Vote have sued the state of Nevada over the rules governing the June 9 mail-in primary election, but for very different reasons.

THOMAS KNAPP: Concern Troll is Concerned, Elbe Day Edition

U.S. president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin issued a joint statement commemorating the 75th anniversary of “Elbe Day” — the day, presaging the end of World War II in Europe, when Russian and U.S. troops met near the German towns of Strehla and Torgau.

TIM BURKE: Road trip during pandemic was eye-opening ordeal

The COVID-19 pandemic and the governor’s order to self-quarantine change almost everything about our normal daily decision-making process.

Whither the Precautionary Principle?

The precautionary principle, per Wikipedia, is “a strategy for approaching issues of potential harm when extensive scientific knowledge on the matter is lacking. It emphasizes caution, pausing and review before leaping into new innovations that may prove disastrous.”

STEVE SEBELIUS: Stay home now, but plan for tomorrow

Gov. Steve Sisolak has good reasons for his stay-home orders, but we should also plan for a day when the coronavirus danger has passed.

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