Timothy Pratt

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By chance, lost then found: Misplaced wallet draws together two disparate men united by language; Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008; From his bicycle he sees it, lying on the grass in front of the sort of suburban house that will never be his address. It’s a brown leather wallet.
IRS owes 4,000 valley taxpayers: Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008; More than 4,000 people in the Las Vegas Valley have something to be thankful for — and apparently don’t know it. That’s how many taxpayers have yet to collect their economic stimulus or refund checks from the IRS this year.
State agency seeks role of feds in fighting bias: Nevada commission wants right to go to court, fine landlords; Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008; For the second time since 2005, the state agency that deals with discrimination on the job is asking Nevada’s Legislature for the legal power to confront discrimination in housing.
U.S. strikes at landlord bias against children: HUD gets payments to families, message to apartment owners; Monday, Nov. 24, 2008; The federal government recently settled a complaint against the owners of Las Vegas apartments who allegedly discriminated against families, the third such case in the valley in two years.
North Las Vegas Housing Authority chief resigns: Friday, Nov. 21, 2008; North Las Vegas Housing Authority Chief Executive Don England resigned from his post today, North Las Vegas City Councilmen William Robinson and Robert Eliason said.
E-mail reveals hesitancy to move at-risk tenants: Monday, Nov. 17, 2008; The shabby apartments at Casa Rosa in North Las Vegas sit right across the street from North Las Vegas Housing Authority Chief Executive Don England’s office, but they may as well be on another planet.
North Las Vegas eyes foreclosure solution: Federal crisis aid may pay for demolition at cost of moving people into homes; Friday, Nov. 14, 2008; North Las Vegas wants to spend about $7.6 million of foreclosure crisis aid money to buy and demolish a failed apartment complex, the only idea of its kind among the plans for the $54 million allocated to Southern Nevada.
Polls show big Hispanic voter turnout: Univision hails registration effort in state; Monday, Nov. 10, 2008; A few days before early voting began Oct. 18, Univision anchor Luis Felipe Godinez stood next to a giant thermometer like the ones used for fundraising drives. He issued a challenge to his audience.
For 94-year-old, election echoes our turbulent past: She was reminded of the despair of the Great Depression, of the ‘horrible’ fearfulness of the McCarthy era, and of the country’s unequal treatment of blacks. But now she’s filled with hope.; Friday, Nov. 7, 2008; Before Tuesday, there was only one presidential election that had kept Gay Kauffman up until 2 in the morning: Dewey-Truman.
When a recession hits home: Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008; Las Vegas is in a big hurt.