Gov. Joe Lombardo called President Biden’s actions on the border a ‘faux border crackdown,” while Nevada Democratic representatives called for more action from Congress.
Politics and Government
The Nye County Commission signaled its concern over mining claims established around the town of Amargosa Valley. It’s not clear yet whether the BLM will act.
The face of the coronavirus task force testified Monday before Congress. Who do you trust?
Another lawsuit filed by multiple Republican groups seek to prohibit the acceptance of mail ballots that aren’t postmarked.
A proposed change to county code could make it easier for liquor stores to open nearer to schools and churches.
The city councils in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas on Wednesday each approved an agreement with the Clark County election department that would allow voters in municipal elections to cast ballots at vote centers.
The water authority will now pay residents and business owners $3 for every square foot of grass they rip out and replace with desert landscaping and eliminate the cap on how much turf can be terminated.
Today begins Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote the importance of open government and freedom of information, and the Review-Journal is publishing several stories about the importance of government transparency.
The Clark County School Board will hear from the public once more before deciding whether instruct the superintendent to draft a new policy and regulation for gender-diverse students.
Recent Clark County School District meetings on a gender-diverse policy drew big crowds, but public discussions of the superintendent search or the recent budget deficit were sparsely attended.
D’Andre Burnett has attended six schools since the sixth grade, and he is not alone. More than one-quarter of students in the school district change schools at some point during the year, posing a difficult challenge for educators.
The training is designed to spell out what the district considers appropriate interactions with students and help cut down the number of district employees arrested on sexual misconduct charges.
Elections that end next month will select the president, vice president and six representatives on the local teacher union’s executive board, as well as six seats representing the local on the Nevada State Education Association board of directors.
State Public Charter Authority approves two new campuses and adjusts a start date for another school, as Nevada’s independent schools remain “one of the fastest-growing sectors in the country.”
Nevada’s largest school district — the fifth biggest in the nation — could become the first major public entity to leave NV Energy under a proposal headed to school board trustees this week.