A senior member of the House Aviation subcommittee, Rep. Dina Titus backed the FAA Reauthorization Act, which will provide funding for general aviation airports.
Nevada
The Las Vegas Review-Journal owner and majority shareholder of Las Vegas Sands Corp. will be a major backer of the Preserve America super PAC.
Nevada’s 13,000 home care workers could see big increases to minimum wage and reimbursement rates under legislative proposals presented.
Nevada officials, including Gov. Joe Lombardo and Sen. Jacky Rosen, have urged the U.S. Postal Service to reconsider plans to move the mail center to California.
The ACLU of Nevada said seven jails, including several in the Las Vegas Valley, are now complying with a law requiring a process for inmates to vote while in jail.
Nevada’s high school graduation rates slipped for the Class of 2020 after several years of steady gains, according to state data released Thursday.
The Nevada Commission on School Funding this week will begin delving into the question of how much should the state spend on each of its K-12 students and where that money could come from.
The Nevada Department of Education announced $11 million in grants for services related to distance learning funded through the federal CARES Act.
The Clark County School District will again offer free meals to all children after receiving a long-sought waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the program.
The emails obtained by the Review-Journal provide the clearest evidence to date that Superintendent Jesus Jara misrepresented the origins of the proposed Assembly Bill 2.
Both used strong language in criticizing Jesus Jara, saying he that he had misrepresented the district’s role in the legislation in multiple public forums last week.
Proposed cuts to Nevada’s education budget are expected to disproportionately impact the state’s poor and minority students, and advocates and some lawmakers are pushing for the Legislature to find ways to keep those programs whole.
No candidate running for Clark County School District Board of Trustees got more than 50 percent of the vote.
It is not clear if the Clark County School District will speed reopening plans in response to the green light from the governor.
One school planned for the Historic Westside in Las Vegas says it will not open until next year while two others say they are struggling to meet enrollment goals.