Early voting for the June 11 primary begins Saturday and ends June 7. Here’s what your ballot might look like if you’re a nonpartisan voter.
Nevada
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled in favor Friday of the initiative petition that would require voters to present an ID.
Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board has an exemption that most other law enforcement does not. That, experts say, prevents transparency and accountability in overseeing the state’s top industry.
The Property and Environment Research Center released a report finding annual adoptions of wild horses and burros have more than doubled since the adoption incentive program began five years ago.
Sheila Moulton, a Las Vegas resident who served on the district board for 12 years, will help oversee the state’s public charter schools.
A civil court judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that accused state Sen. Heidi Gansert of violating Nevada’s separation of powers clause by working for a university and serving as a state legislator.
New laws passed by the Nevada Legislature are providing a fuller picture of applicants but are slowing the hiring of those who pass muster, the Clark County School District’s top HR official says.
Changes to the state’s ranking system for public schools will result in many more low ratings, damaging morale among educators and confusing parents, Nevada’s two largest school districts say.
Education spending in Nevada keeps going up, but the Clark County School District keeps complaining it doesn’t get enough.
A $1.2 million allocation from the attorney general’s office to the University of Nevada, Reno Medical School should soon begin producing more baby doctors for the state.
University is saying nothing about how it will replace founding Dean Barbara Atkinson in the near term as she recovers from an intestinal rupture.
Nevada’s public records law calls on state government entities to turn over information that isn’t exempted. With requests involving the Clark County School District, that’s often not how it works.
Nevada’s biggest school district will get $34.2 million this year to help poor students or those learning English stay on track academically — all but $1.8 million of the funding allocated by the Legislature.
You can’t be a teacher in Nevada if you’ve been convicted of a felony or a “crime of moral turpitude,” but state law doesn’t define the term. State education officials are trying to remedy that omission, but it’s not easy.