Deputy City Attorney Rebecca Wolfson was leading two other attorneys and in a position to possibly win the race outright to serve as a judge on the Las Vegas Municipal Court.
Politics and Government
Races for Clark County School Board will likely advance to the general election, preliminary election results show.
Preliminary primary election results showed Republican candidate April Becker and Democrat Shannon Bilbray-Alexrod ahead in their respective primaries.
Mark Robertson, Drew Johnson and John Lee were leading in their respective Republican primary races to face Democratic incumbents in November.
Two of three races for seats on the Las Vegas City Council may have been resolved in Tuesday’s primary election, according to early results.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara began his annual State of the Schools speech on Friday by focusing on the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures have had on the mental health of students and staff.
While some Clark County educators received their first doses of the vaccine last week, many others met with disappointment during a confusing rollout.
The Clark County School Board took two steps toward reopening school buildings, giving principals the ability to bring small groups of students back to campuses on a voluntary basis as well as approving an agreement with its teachers union aimed at a broader future reopening.
The board is expected to decide Thursday whether to allow small groups of students to return to the classroom after 10 months of distance learning.
Clark County School District students received more failing grades during the fall semester of distance learning than in previous school years, according to district data.
Policy requiring schools to maintain effective libraries has the potential to improve lagging literacy rates, but critics say it runs afoul of the 2017 reorganization of the district.
Teachers trying to help students understand the import of the D.C. insurrection used historic events and current issues to put the event in perspective.
Nevada schools are set to receive about $477 million in federal relief from the next COVID-19 aid package — more than four times the total provided by the CARES Act.
The organizers of an initiative to improve Nevada students’ access to distance learning said Tuesday that all state students now have access to a computer and internet at home.
Three new Clark County School Board members and one returning trustee took their oaths of office on Monday ahead of their four-year terms governing the fifth-largest school district in the nation.