Environmentalists and the Western Shoshone Defense project say the agency violated federal laws meant to protect endangered species and public lands.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance will each make campaign stops in Las Vegas on Saturday, just days before the Tuesday election.
The Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act is funding improvements to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and Mountain’s Edge Regional Park.
The Nevada Attorney General’s Office says a complaint brought by a former Gaming Control Board department head is baseless and should be tossed.
Cari-Ann Burgess said she was forced out of her job after she refused to go along with personnel changes. The county says she requested medical leave.
“At least five” regents requested a special meeting Thursday to reconsider the requirement, but Gov. Steve Sisolak is encouraging the board to keep the mandate intact.
Founding Executive Director Nancy Brune, who has led the research and policy center since 2013, will depart her post “for a new professional opportunity,” according to the University of Nevada, Reno.
Attorneys representing nine parents appeared Monday in an appeal case alleging an underfunded public education system violates the state’s Constitution.
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.
The initiatives aim to show it’s possible to add more educators to the pool by subtracting obstacles that may otherwise prevent them from pursuing careers in the classroom.
Since NSHE Chancellor Melody Rose complained that leaders of the Board of Regents had created a hostile workplace environment, the system has continued to operate with no outward signs of the strife taking place behind closed doors.
James Dean Leavitt, who served on NSHE’s Board of Regents for 12 years, applied over the summer for the board’s chief of staff and special counsel position.
Board of Regents Chair Cathy McAdoo, Vice Chair Patrick Carter, both at the center of Chancellor Melody Rose’s hostile workplace accusations, jointly announce the investigation.
Lisa Levine, who was told by a male staffer during a 2020 meeting to stop with her “child speak,” said it felt like déjà vu when she read Melody Rose’s hostile work environment complaint.
Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Melody Rose alleges “persistent and unrelenting” abuse by board Chairwoman Cathy McAdoo and Vice Chairman Patrick Carter.