Stacy J. Willis

Photo of Stacy J. Willis Stacy J. Willis has worked as a writer and editor for the Weekly for four years. Prior to that, she worked for the Las Vegas Sun and the Arizona Daily Star. When not on the clock, she builds hot rods from scratch in her suburban garage.

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History, betrayal, progress and Dennis McBride
The political and the personal come together in the life of the local historian
Thursday, April 29, 2010
The Boulder City historian has struggled with identity and betrayal on the way to today.

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Is Nevada playing it safe?
Somewhere along the way, risk-taking Nevada lost its edge
Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010
If a girl wants to smoke a little weed and hook up with a tax-paying brothel professional before marrying her lesbian lover, shouldn't she be able to do that in Nevada?

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A sorta-super Sunday
Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010
The Saints have this never-been-to-the-Bowl, post-Katrina rally thing going, and the Colts are rocking a should’ve-been-undefeated season. Lucky for us, Vegas has home-team bars for both.

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Despite 12 years of service, gay state senator David Parks still faces many hurdles in Nevada
Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010
The state’s first openly gay lawmaker, State Sen. David Parks, is an even-keeled, buttoned-up legislator who’s now changing his focus to the Clark County Commission.

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Learn something liberating
Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010
Find out what's really wrong with America?

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The State of Economic Diversification: Money talks—which is why it’s so quiet
Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010
Things suck, economically. But that's not all.

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And on your left, polygamy
A tour of the nearby fundamentalist stronghold was perhaps inevitable. So we took it.
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
Tours of the nearby fundamentalist stronghold were perhaps inevitable. So we took it.

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10 days, eight murders
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
By the time the photo of murder victim Contance Wiesner popped up on reporters’ screens—noon on January 11—eight people had been murdered in Vegas this year.

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Heated discussion on nuclear history
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010
We are this close to Armageddon!

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Family fun—and guns
Scene from the new county gun park
Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009
It’s something to behold: a bunch of your fellow citizens triggering away for sport and trusting one another not to screw up.

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A night of civil rights history? Not for gay Americans
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008
On an otherwise glorious election night: California, Arizona and Florida passed constitutional amendments against gay marriage. How's that for a night of civil rights history?

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A few hours left
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008
The sun is setting and the doorbell rings. "We voted," I say. No time for chitchat, there's only a couple of hours left.

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Just what the doctor ordered: The end of the election
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008
What else is America, if not ballot casting and media overkill? That sums it up. And it's a nutshell kind of day. By the end of it, we should have the future of the American experiment worked out.

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Save the world, eat an apricot
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

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