The loan will be used to form a fund for charter school operators to expand existing facilities and build new schools in the state.
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The vice president’s stop in Southern Nevada is part of a “Fight for Our Freedoms” College Tour and includes a moderated conversation at the College of Southern Nevada.
Nevada’s largest state employee union is suing Gov. Joe Lombardo for vetoing a bill that would have funded a cost of living pay increase approved by state officials.
Army veteran Sam Brown officially threw his hat into the ring for U.S. Senate during an event in Sparks.
A bill to provide $380 million in public funding for a new baseball stadium in Las Vegas that will play host to the Oakland A’s was approved by the Nevada Legislature.
The Nevada Senate Tuesday voted 13-8 to approve $380 million in public financing for a baseball stadium in Las Vegas that’s planned to house the relocated Oakland A’s.
The Legislature has adjourned until Monday, after the Senate on Thursday failed to take action on the Oakland A’s stadium proposal that is the subject of the current special session.
State senators peppered supporters of the Oakland A’s stadium project with questions during a hearing in a special session. A vote could come Thursday.
Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed a trio of firearms bills on Wednesday, his first vetoes of the 2023 session.
Nevada has been awarded $151 million in an opioid related settlement with CVS Pharmacy, Attorney General Aaron Ford announced Tuesday.
A contentious bill that would end a COVID-19 era requirement for daily room cleanings is headed to the Assembly floor after being approved through committee Friday afternoon.
Nevada may join an interstate compact that would award Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate winning the most votes nationwide.
Local governments may be barred from operating a charter school under a sweeping education focused bill heard by lawmakers Monday.
Teachers may be required to cut down on time spent preparing and administering certain standardized tests under a bill considered by lawmakers Thursday.
A bill sponsored by state Sen. Melanie Scheible would give people experiencing homelessness a way to get a temporary mailing address.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. In the city, you get The Strip (along with the Sphere); on the outside, you get the vast Mojave Desert with its nostalgic attractions. In the past, people visiting Las Vegas would do so with the phrase in mind: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” […]
The official airport measuring station showed a 106 reading at 2:05 p.m. Wednesday, with a projected high of 108.
A man who was sent to Nevada’s death row nearly eight years ago for the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl inside her Las Vegas home has died.
A proposed change to county code could make it easier for liquor stores to open nearer to schools and churches.
Giovanni Ruiz had faced the death penalty and was set to go to trial later this month in the 2019 killing of 19-year-old Paula Davis.