Gov. Joe Lombardo said in the statement the Tech Hub at UNR and its partnerships will be an essential part in strengthening Nevada’s economy.
Education
Gov. Joe Lombardo announced the “Acing Accountability” initiative during a news conference at Mater Academy Mountain Vista, a public charter school in Las Vegas.
The school district’s trustees are set to consider hiring a former gubernatorial candidate’s law firm as its legal counsel.
The bill allocates $64.5 million for a new school, to replace a decades-old building that sits adjacent to a hydrocarbon plume.
Legislators got their first chance Wednesday to consider two bills proposed by Gov. Joe Lombardo, during more than six hours of testimony.
The Owyhee Combined School was built in the 1950s adjacent to a hydrocarbon plume, and tribal leaders believe it is the cause of more than 100 of its members getting cancer.
The event at Valley High School came the day after Gov. Joe Lombardo testified before the Assembly Committee on Education on a bill that would repeal a restorative justice law.
Gov. Joe Lombardo is calling for a review of Nevada’s public school district’s finances, according to an executive order signed Monday.