Las Vegas City Council to debate tougher measures to combat homelessness

A new city ordinance to be introduced at Wednesday’s Las Vegas City Council meeting would ban people from sitting, lying down or camping on public ...     [LAS VEGAS CITY COUNCIL TO DEBATE TOUGHER MEASURES TO COMBAT HOMELESSNESS]( [A new city ordinance to be introduced at Wednesday’s Las Vegas City Council meeting would ban people from sitting, lying down or camping on public streets, alleys, trails or highways. But some local advocates believe the move is simply “a Band-Aid solution” that might just make situations worse for Southern Nevada’s homeless population.]( [CONTENT CREATED AND PRESENTED BY DEEP ROOTS HARVEST]( [CAN CANNABIS HELP YOUR ACHES AND PAINS?]( Cannabis has been utilized worldwide for thousands of years, according to a study published in the Pharmacy and Therapeutics journal—as patent medicine during the 19th and 20th centuries and first described in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia in 1850. The data collection on cannabis’s health benefits is ongoing, but there is a growing body of research that suggests it may be a meaningful replacement for many common medications. [ADVOCATES CELEBRATE AS NEVADA CUTS PRISON COMMISSARY MARKUPS]( [Advocates for prisoners in Nevada are celebrating the “historic” passage of a new state regulation that decreases prison commissary sale markups on items from a maximum of 66% to 35%. Before the reduction, Nevada’s prisons had some of the highest commissary markups of any prison system in the United States, according to the Fines and Fees Justice Center.]( [LEN JESSUP: HOW A ‘ONE NEVADA’ MINDSET HOLDS BACK THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNLV]( []( when I was considering leaving my job as dean of the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona to come to Las Vegas to take the helm as president at UNLV, I was attracted by the clear, exciting future that both UNLV and Las Vegas were steadily heading into together. I could see, even back then, that exciting things lay ahead.]( [HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PICKS: WEEK 6]( [The most interesting high school football game Friday night won’t be the battle between Henderson neighbors Liberty and Coronado. And it won’t be other league openers in Class 5A, Division I like Foothill taking on Desert Pines or Arbor View hosting Basic. The best game is arguably in the Class 3A, where perennial power Moapa Valley travels into Las Vegas to take on Slam Nevada.](   MOST READ: [Wife of Democratic VP candidate Tim Walz headed to Las Vegas](  [Control of the Murdoch media empire could be at stake in hearing in Nevada]( [New Jersey internet gambling sets new record at $198M in revenue, but land casinos lag]( [AAC ramps up interest in adding Air Force, source says]( [Suspect in apparent assassination attempt on Trump was near golf course for 12 hours, records show](   [Facebook](  [X](     Greenspun Media Group | 2275 Corporate Circle Suite 300 | Henderson, NV 89074 US [Unsubscribe]( | [Update Profile]( | [Our Privacy Policy]( | [Constant Contact Data Notice](