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 of the initiative petition that would require citizens to present photo identification to vote.
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.
The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority’s board voted to invite five candidates to be interviewed during a public meeting Oct. 13.
Some public charter schools in the Las Vegas Valley are using additional state money to increase pay for their employees by as much as 20 percent.
The Nevada Legislature approved $7 million for public charter school transportation, and Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office will start taking applications Friday.
The Owyhee Combined School was built in the 1950s adjacent to a hydrocarbon plume, and tribal leaders believe it is the cause of more than 100 of its members getting cancer.
Legislative leaders made the announcement in the wake of Gov. Lombardo’s State of the State speech in which he pledged to increase per-pupil spending in Nevada.
Fourteen undergraduate college students participated in a 16-week paid internship program this fall at Desert Research Institute, part of the Nevada System of Higher Education.
The Nevada System of Higher Education reported a 92 percent compliance rate with the mandate, but said termination notices have already been sent to most who didn’t.
Pharmacies, clinics and doctor’s offices in Southern Nevada were gearing up Wednesday to give the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to kids as young as 5.
Vice Chair Patrick Carter’s departure from the search committee seeking a new chief of staff and special counsel came after an applicant alleged he was unlawfully rejected.
Democratic state lawmakers will propose using federal pandemic stimulus to bolster summer school programs to help students recover from a year of learning lost to pandemic restrictions.