Five-year projections, which the Bureau of Reclamation releases three times a year, are showing that snowpack may have boosted Lake Mead.
Politics and Government
Police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, cast Donald Trump as a threat to democracy and threw their support behind Pres. Joe Biden during an event in Las Vegas Wednesday.
Environmentalists have filed an application with the federal government to list the Amargosa toad, found only in the Oasis Valley northwest of Las Vegas, as an endangered species.
The jury of seven men and five women was sent to a private room just before 11:30 a.m. to begin weighing a verdict in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.
District Judge Joanna Kishner ordered Meta to provide more information to the state of Nevada on its policies regarding children on its platforms.
The departure of state Superintendent of Public Instruction Steve Canavero paves the way for newly elected Gov. Steve Sisolak to appoint a new leader of the department to champion his education initiatives.
Hundreds of people marched and rallied in Nevada’s capital Tuesday to kick off a week promoting school choice.
The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents passed a resolution Friday that will defer tuition and registration fees for the spring semester for students who are financially impacted by the partial government shutdown.
The State Public Charter School Authority decided Friday to interview six applicants for its vacant executive director position after narrowing the list from 24.
While pledging no new taxes in his state of the state address Wednesday night, the Democrat is proposing retention of two taxes that were scheduled to be reduced or phased out. Keeping them will bring about $138 million.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s proposals for more education funding drew support even from Republican lawmakers following his first state of the state address Wednesday, but that welcome from across the political aisle didn’t extend to the Democratic’s proposals for labor, housing and business.
Gov. Steve Sisolak proposed significant increases in funding for health care and education in Nevada, including a 3 percent pay raise for teachers, and expressed his desire to increase minimum wage in his first State of the State address to lawmakers Wednesday night.
Temporary financial relief may be coming for Nevada college students impacted by the federal government shutdown.
The controversial school voucher-like program that created chaos at the end of the 2017 legislative session likely won’t see the light of day this year, with Democrats in control of both legislative chambers and Gov. Steve Sisolak opposed.
Thousands of Nevadans who attended or took classes from for-profit Career Education Corporations’ colleges like Le Cordon Bleu will receive nearly $12.6 million in debt relief after a multi-state settlement with the company.
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