The Department of Interior announced a $700 million investment in water conservation projects in the Lower Colorado River Basin.
Politics and Government
The state Supreme Court erred in upholding a ruling to award $48 million to the owner of the defunct Badlands golf course, attorneys for Clark County argue.
It’s an ordinance some Las Vegas City Council members acknowledged would be nearly impossible to enforce.
An appeals court has halted the case against Donald Trump and others while it reviews a lower court judge’s ruling allowing Fani Willis to remain on the case.
Lithium abounds in Nevada’s federal lands and could hold the key to moving away from fossil fuels. But some worry about the environmental impact of lithium mining.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack toured the school garden at Wynn Elementary School and highlighted child nutrition initiatives.
Students at nearly a dozen Clark County School District campuses — primarily, in North Las Vegas and Henderson — will see changes to attendance boundaries next school year.
RoAnn Triana — currently region one superintendent for the Clark County School District — will be the chief of human resources.
Communities In Schools of Nevada said it will receive a five-year federal grant to expand services at six Nevada schools, two of them in Clark County.
The Clark County School District won’t pay for a number of programs, including Care Solace, next school year after federal COVID-19 relief money dries up.
Superintendent Jesus Jara, who has been at the helm of the nation’s fifth-largest school district since 2018, has had a tumultuous tenure.
Lisa Guzman, who has been on the board since January 2021, plans to step down after her four-year term concludes at the end of this year.
The Clark County School District has agreed to turn over public records related to Superintendent Jesus Jara’s social media accounts by Feb. 5 in response to a lawsuit by the teachers union.
The Clark County Education Association said it’s beginning an effort to gather 102,362 signatures in order to put the proposal on the ballot for a 2026 election.
District Court Judge Richard Boulware administered the oath of office Tuesday at the Las Vegas City Council Chambers to Dane Watson, Lisa Satory, Adam Johnson and Ramona Esparza-Stoffregan.