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In Nevada, poor eighth-grade math scores come with asterisk

Classmates who take high school-level math course while still in middle school aren’t included in state’s results, making a bad statistic look even worse.

GOP health-care bill will cut funding to 34 states, analysis finds

A Republican bill to repeal Obamacare and redistribute federal funds in block grants would take money from 34 states — including Nevada — over the first seven years, according to an analysis released Wednesday.

Monumental silence from Trump administration on Zinke’s review

Interior Department, White House remain mum on what actions the secretary recommended after his review of 22 national monuments created since Jan. 1, 1996, including Gold Butte and Basin and Range in Nevada.

Zinke says he recommended no national monuments be eliminated

But Interior secretary says he will urge changes in the boundaries of a handful of the monuments he reviewed, while declining to provide specifics of his report to President Donald Trump.

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Thursday is deadline day for national monuments review

Thursday is the due date for the Trump Administration’s national monument review, but it’s unclear when the public will get to see Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s full slate of recommendations.

Donald Trump to make Reno visit

Trump will speak at the American Legion’s national convention in Reno, said a Republican source familiar with his plans. The event will be Trump’s first trip to Nevada as president.

Forum participants back Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and American citizens with immigrant family members from across the West Coast are stationed at the Stratosphere over the next two days to learn how they could use their stories to shift opinions in DACA’s favor.

 
Stakeholders fume over Zinke’s shortened Nevada monuments visit

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s cancellation of planned meetings with tribal leaders and Rep. Dina Titus prompted an angry news conference Monday at which they accused him of not wanting to hear “the whole story.”

Review of Nevada’s national monuments chills legislator

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is expected in Nevada soon to review two national monuments here, but the Democratic congressman who represents the area said he feels left out of the process.

Congressional Republicans want Nevada monuments cut back

In a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, members of the all-GOP Congressional Western Caucus, including Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei, urge the reduction or repeal of 19 of the 22 national monuments currently under review.