Originally posted on Desert Beacon:
We’re all happy to see housing prices increase in Nevada, especially in the hard hit Las Vegas metropolitan area. Before putting on the party hats and dancing to the old ’45s there’s a reason for the increase which might initiate a few nagging doubts in the back of the cranium. …
Today the HERVotes Coalition is hosting a blog carnival (follow posts from across the country on twitter via the #HERVotes hashtag) about women and the economy, and in particular unemployment insurance. I know, I know. Unemployment insurance. Glamorous stuff. But that’s just the thing. Unemployment insurance, like so many aspects of the down economy —…
When news broke on Thursday that the Las Vegas Review Journal was — at that very moment — handing people their final checks and escorting them to the door as part of cost-cutting layoffs, it sent a little chill up my spine. As most regular SCS readers know, I’m a former journalist. But this news…
