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.
Politics and Government
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 temporary Flamingo Road bridge over Koval Lane will be reduced for this year’s Formula One race to lessen impacts on area businesses, officials said.
The Republican primary race for County Commission District A will see a former nonprofit professional face off against a former North Las Vegas Police officer.
Leaders with the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation are scheduled to provide the update over Zoom at 10 a.m.
The last week of federal unemployment benefits that was supposed to come this week is now expected next week.
A Nevada judge scheduled a hearing Thursday to determine whether the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is following his orders.
Thousands of frustrated Nevadans have reached out for help as they try to reach DETR or figure out what is wrong with their jobless claims.
Tuesday marks the beginning of long-awaited payments for some Nevada independent contractors and self-employed workers.
Former DETR employees told the Review-Journal the state agency could be doing a better job preventing fraud while paying out jobless claims quickly.
Gov. Steve Sisolak chose John Moran Jr., who had been serving as acting chairman, and also selected Las Vegas attorney Ogonna Brown to fill a vacancy on the commission.
Nevada’s agency overseeing unemployment insurance suspects anywhere between 133,748 and 185,484 possibly fraudulent jobless claims have been filed.
The number of laid-off Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week for the first time since the pandemic struck in March, evidence of the deepening economic pain the outbreak is causing.
Workers waiting weeks or months for their pending unemployment benefits will have to sit tight for one more week. But the funds are coming.