Henderson and North Las Vegas soon will be able to sponsor and oversee charter schools, after the Nevada Department of Education gave its blessing this week.
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A political action committee says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ineligible to appear on the November ballot unless he resubmits his petition to comply with Nevada law.
The Department of Interior announced a $700 million investment in water conservation projects in the Lower Colorado River Basin.
Lithium abounds in Nevada’s federal lands and could hold the key to moving away from fossil fuels. But some worry about the environmental impact of lithium mining.
County fair horse races in White Pine and Elko counties are among rural Nevada’s most important tourism events.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak said Friday that he hasn’t forced people to wear a face covering in hopes that more people would end up doing so voluntarily.
The website for gig workers to file unemployment insurance claims will be temporarily shut down starting at 5 p.m. Friday. The Alorica call center will also not be accepting calls.
Technical glitches on the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance website made it difficult for some Nevada gig workers, independent contractors and self-employed workers to file.
The unemployment insurance website is expected to be down from 1 to about 7 p.m. Saturday, the state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation announced.
The system allowing gig workers to file for unemployment insurance benefits is off to a rocky start. Some filers have been unable to even start a claim.
Nevada will begin to emerge from its pandemic-triggered statewide business shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Thursday.
Nevada and other states found it difficult to create a system to pay a small addition on claimants’ paychecks, and experts are now finding not much has changed since 2008.