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 on Tuesday approved Resolution 48, which adds a ballot question asking residents whether they want to fund Fire Department improvements and maintenance.
The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation released a new report Thursday showing the state’s unemployment rate is decreasing and jobs are returning.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board’s esports advisory committee tapped Ubisoft’s senior director of esports and industry veteran, Che Chou, as its eighth member.
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that Southwest Gas must prove expenses are justified if it wants to recover costs. The ruling affirmed a lower court ruling and a Public Utilities Commission decision.
The Office of Small Business Advocacy, housed within the office of Lt. Gov. Lisa Cano Burkhead, launched last week and will be fully up and running in the next couple of weeks.
Facilities management company ABM will conduct on-the-spot hiring for three kinds of positions at the North Las Vegas Nevada JobConnect office.
More than 250 people left JobFest 2021 on Tuesday with jobs, the governor’s office announced Friday. The state-sponsored job fair drew 2,100 job seekers and 182 employers.
State officials are set to hold massive job fair Tuesday at the Las Vegas Convention Center where about 180 employers will be seeking to fill some 16,000 positions.
State officials are hosting a job fair early next month that’s expected to draw more than 110 employers hiring for more than 10,000 open positions.
The unemployment rate in the Silver State inched downward from August to September, state officials announced Thursday.
Las Vegas Valley residents, visitors and business owners woke up to a new face mask requiremen Friday, and most appeared to be abiding by the edict.