An education reform bill would allow bad teachers to remain too long in classrooms before being fired, Assemblyman Ira Hansen told other members of the Assembly Education Committee on Wednesday. Hansen objected to provisions in an education reform plan that would set up a system of merit pay and create policies to dismiss poor employees.
Strong name recognition has former state legislator Bob Coffin ahead in the Ward 3 Las Vegas City Council race, according to a poll, but more than half of those in the sample still were undecided. Next was Adriana Martinez, former head of the state Democratic Party, with 15 percent support.
Legislators celebrated an important birthday Wednesday that few Nevadans outside of elementary school history classes may have realized was worth noting. It was the 150th anniversary of the signing of legislation by President James Buchanan that created Nevada Territory.
Carlos Hernandez, 18, told the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Wednesday someone stole his Social Security number and his name when he was a child, something he didn’t discover until his application for credit to buy a car was rejected. He asked committee members to approve Assembly Bill 83, whch change the statute of limitations on crimes like identify theft.
By adding $39.5 million to the project’s roughly $700 million budget, the Southern Nevada Water Authority has bought itself some risk-free time to get its troubled third intake project back on track. But one board member worries the massive Lake Mead construction job could see its cost spiral out of control.
A lot of dough was thrown around at the World Pizza Games this week, part of the International Pizza Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The winner in each category claims a $10,000 prize.
Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs declares that doomsday is imminent in a document he claims is a revelation from the Lord. The document promises deadly, catastrophic events if the self-proclaimed prophet is not released from jail in Texas, where he awaits trial.
Two Las Vegas parents convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of their disabled 4-year-old son had $10,000 in jewelry as they were booked into jail after they were convicted Tuesday.
Clark County commissioners approved a use permit Wednesday that clears the way for a developer to build a 500-foot Ferris wheel plus 10-acre amusement park and retail center on property he owns near Mandalay Bay.
The Ferris wheel would be the third-largest in the world and biggest in the Western Hemisphere, developer Howard Bulloch said.
WASHINGTON — Turns out it really does take a rocket scientist to beat Watson, the “Jeopardy”-winning computer. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt of New Jersey – a five-time champion during the trivia show’s original run 35 years ago – topped the IBM computer Monday night in a “Jeopardy”-style match of congressmen vs. machine held at a Washington hotel.
LOS ANGELES — Charlie Sheen’s estranged wife Brooke Mueller obtained a restraining order to keep the actor away from her and their sons because she was afraid of threatening statements Sheen had made. She told the court in a filing that Sheen had also refused to return the boys to her. The order, filed Tuesday, requires Sheen to stay 100 yards away from Mueller and their twin sons, Max and Bob.
NEW YORK — Ever wish your eyes were lasers? A laptop prototype brings that wish closer to reality. It tracks your gaze and figures out where you’re looking on the screen. That means, among other things, that you can play a game where you burn up incoming asteroids with a laser that hits where you look.
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