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$60 million to stabilize neighborhoods buys five homes: Friday, Nov. 20, 2009; The Sun recently found that the three local governments receiving most of the money sent to the valley to buy, fix and resell foreclosed houses had been able to close deals on only five houses to date even though the program is nearly halfway into its 18-month time frame.
Librarian’s collection highlights people, events ‘history has left out’: Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009; When Barbara Coleman started the African-American special collection at the West Las Vegas Library in 1999, she wanted to hold on to local history.
Changes in public housing bring fresh start for families: Monday, Nov. 16, 2009; Shea Hampton-Earl’s living room is empty, but her head is full of ideas.
This spring, she will plant a garden with tomatoes and collard greens in the back yard of the house she just moved into. And in a few years, the 36-year-old mother of seven wants to buy the house with its path that leads to a park in the back and a tree-lined street in the front.
Cities, county find buying valley homes isn’t easy: Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009; Eve Barrozo’s street is one of only five in the valley where the county has purchased houses under an 8-month-old program aimed at “stabilizing” neighborhoods.
Day of the Dead festivities bring cultures together: Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009; In the biggest single-day event in the Springs Preserve’s two-year history, thousands of Las Vegas Valley Hispanics and others rubbed shoulders, stood in lines together and otherwise swarmed the site’s 180 acres Nov. 1, drawn by a Mexican tradition known as the Day of the Dead.
The new faces of day labor: U.S. citizens are joining immigrants in store parking lots; Monday, Nov. 2, 2009; In the latest sign of the Las Vegas Valley’s economic free fall, U.S. citizens are starting to show up in the early mornings outside home improvement stores and plant nurseries across the Las Vegas Valley, jostling with illegal immigrants for a shot at a few hours of work.
‘Desperate’ Nevadans flooding help line: It’s another result of a crippling recession: More are needy; Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009; Since the economy tanked, more Nevadans than ever are dialing the number of Nevada 2-1-1 -- a toll-free information service that United Way runs here and in 45 other states -- and they are more eager for help. Since 2007, when the recession began, the average number of monthly calls has increased 22 percent.
More welfare going to parents here illegally: The number of families with citizen children receiving aid has nearly doubled since ’07; Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009; Jose Silva had just obtained an appointment in three weeks to see whether his family would be eligible for monthly welfare benefits. “Now I just have to not eat until then,” he joked, standing with his wife outside the state office on Flamingo Road.
New census query on immigration status would diminish state’s clout: Two GOP senators introduce amendment to keep illegal immigrants out of the count; Friday, Oct. 23, 2009; Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, tacked an amendment onto an appropriations bill this month that, if passed, would greatly affect Nevada because of its relatively large Hispanic population.
Mortgage scammers haven’t felt law’s effect: Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009; Compliance with a new law aimed at regulating mortgage modification and foreclosure prevention, a runaway industry rife with scammers, is off to a slow start, causing concern for those on the front lines.

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ACLU urges Esmeralda County to drop English-only rule: Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
Pressed into service: Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008
Hispanic turnout high, reportedly heavily in Clinton’s favor: Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008
Last minute pitch to Hispanic voters: Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008
Caucus a target for Vegas cliches: Friday, Jan. 18, 2008
Republicans to “whack the donkey”: Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008

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