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Report by Clark County teachers union proposes local tax

A new report by the Clark County teachers union advocates that state lawmakers allow local school districts to raise extra money on their own to support education.

New deadline set to protect 8 rivers, including Nevada’s Amargosa

Congress designated portions of the Amargosa, which originates in Nevada, and seven other California rivers as wild and scenic in 2009, but the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management never completed management plans.

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Plan to pipe groundwater to Las Vegas Valley nixed by state

But State Engineer Jason King made it clear that his hand was forced by a court order he doesn’t agree with and left the door open for future approval of the project.

Nevada Assembly candidate Dennis Hof sues after county revokes brothel license

Brothel owner Dennis Hof filed a lawsuit against Nye County after the county Liquor and Licensing Board voted 3-2 on Aug. 7 to revoke the Love Ranch brothel license after he failed to file a renewal application and pay county fees on time.

 
Paul Laxalt, former Nevada governor, senator, dies at 96

The son of Basque immigrants who settled in Carson City early in the 1900s, Laxalt served as governor from 1967 to 1971, was a U.S. senator from 1974 to 1986 and supported establishment of Nevada’s first community colleges and its first medical school.