The unemployment rate edged up to a still-low 4%, from 3.9%, ending a 27-month streak of unemployment below 4%, the Labor Department said Friday.
Politics and Government
The Henderson City Council on Tuesday approved giving a 3.5 percent bonus to City Manager Richard Derrick.
Henderson and North Las Vegas soon will be able to sponsor and oversee charter schools, after the Nevada Department of Education gave its blessing this week.
A political action committee says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ineligible to appear on the November ballot unless he resubmits his petition to comply with Nevada law.
The Henderson City Council approved a ballot question asking residents whether to fund Henderson Fire Department improvements with bonds and a property tax hike.
As the sun broke through the gloomy overcast sky above Nevada’s Capitol building on Monday, legislators and lobbyists trudged through slush to kick off the 80th session of the Nevada Legislature before the governor shut down work for the day.
Monday marked a historic day in Nevada as the first female-majority Legislature in the history of the U.S. was sworn into office to kick of the 80th meeting of the Legislature.
Republicans enter the 2019 Nevada legislative session at a distinct advantage against Democrats, focused as much on steps needed to rebuild their numbers and make the case for a return to strength while not raising a white flag of surrender for the session entirely.
With a near-supermajority in Legislature and control of the governor’s office, Democrats hold nearly all the cards as the 2019 Legislative session begins Monday.