Print edition for January 31, 2007

Rogers sees no problem with Research Foundation's costly move: University system Chancellor Jim Rogers on Tuesday defended the UNLV Research Foundation's six-figure move to a new office, as regents continued to wait for legal guidance on whether they should have been informed about the move.

Tailoring a new blueprint for growth: By Emily Richmond; With debate over funding full-day kindergarten looming in the Legislature, the Clark County School District is drafting blueprints for its next generation of schools to accommodate the additional classrooms the program would require.

Editorial: A sickening trend: But as we noted in an editorial on Sunday, it isn't easy for individuals to obtain health coverage directly from insurance companies. While people enrolled in employer-provided group plans cannot be refused coverage, insurers often look for excuses to reject those seeking coverage privately as individuals or families.

Atkinson Gates' bid, vote raise questions: Tony Cook and Marshall Allen; Clark County Commissioner Yvonne Atkinson Gates bid in September to have her home construction company build a house for a prominent Las Vegas cardiologist. Three months later, while her bid was still pending, Atkinson Gates cast one of the four votes needed for the county to award a lucrative contract to the doctor's cardiology group.

Editorial: Stopping the slave trade: That is largely because governments have not made human trafficking - the sanitized term for modern-day slavery - the priority it should be.

Letter: Rightward political tilt in U.S. can't be denied: The comparison of political differences here with those in Iraq is a stretch. As for compromise, politics in this country for decades has moved right while the Democrats have moved to the middle. The compromise has been one-sided and not to the advantage of the majority of the American people. Today, if you read what Republican President Dwight Eisenhower had said, he sounds like a left-winger.

Letter: Criticism is not trampling rights: Apparently, in the view of the Sun's editorial, while legislators expressing opposition to the administration represents the strength of our democracy, members of the administration responding with criticism of their own is an affront to democracy. This is another example of what has become a common, yet quite mistaken, theme on the political left in the last few years: that adherence to our principles requires that those who criticize the administration must not be criticized themselves.

Earlier filing for judges proposed: Sam Skolnik; At least one small piece of judicial campaign reform appears headed for smooth sailing in the Legislature.

When it comes to Miss America, Oklahoma comes out on top: Oklahoma now leads the nation in the number of Miss America titlists, at least based on population density.

On a collision course: A group of auto body shop operators, tired of their grease monkey image, is pushing for changes to Nevada law that it says will identify the best shops, improve service and help hold down repair and insurance costs.

Jeff Haney analyzes the shady subject of whether or not sunglasses should be allowed in major poker tournaments: Last year's National Heads-Up Poker Championship finale, a riveting match between top pros Ted Forrest and Chris Ferguson at Caesars Palace, carried a compelling subplot as well.

Jon Ralston on how clueless Gibbons is regarding traffic: And the new chief executive also has a message for a transportation task force that met for months and produced what Gibbons (in his State of the State speech) called a "particularly useful" report on how to finance a $3.8 billion transportation infrastructure deficit: By particularly useful, I meant totally worthless.

FOR LOVE OF THE GAME: Sam Morris, Las Vegas Sun; Under banners proclaiming Durango High School athletic team prowess, senior Geoff Green raises his baritone to launch into another rendition of Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll (Part 2)" with the rest of the Durango pep band.

Editorial: Farewell to a champion: The 4-year-old thoroughbred prevailed in the Kentucky Derby by 6 1/2 lengths last May and quickly attracted comparisons to Seattle Slew and Secretariat. By all accounts, Barbaro's owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson had a Triple Crown winner in the making. But just two weeks later, people across the country were horrified as Barbaro pulled up lame just seconds after starting the Preakness Stakes, with a right rear leg fractured and dangling.