Former President Donald Trump tossed his support behind John Lee ahead of the June 11 primary.
Nevada
A senior member of the House Aviation subcommittee, Rep. Dina Titus backed the FAA Reauthorization Act, which will provide funding for general aviation airports.
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 negotiated agreement, approved by an arbitrator, came after a long period of negotiations and disputes between the teachers union and the school district.
Nevada Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro called Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara’s administration a “failure”
Speaker Steve Yeager said now is the time for new leadership in the Clark County School District, which said Jesus Jara will remain in his position.
The Clark County School District plans to use the funding to implement a literacy and language skills program.
The Nevada State Board of Education approved draft language for a new regulation that would eventually require high school classes to begin no earlier than 8 a.m.
Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro said school districts have the ability to access new education funding authorized by the Legislature to pay teachers and staff “what they’re owed.”
Teachers told Nevada legislators a law has hindered their ability to immediately deal with disruptive and violent students.