“At least five” regents requested a special meeting Thursday to reconsider the requirement, but Gov. Steve Sisolak is encouraging the board to keep the mandate intact.
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Following a Legislative Commission decision Tuesday not to approve a permanent COVID-19 vaccination mandate, schools began removing holds on student registrations.
Founding Executive Director Nancy Brune, who has led the research and policy center since 2013, will depart her post “for a new professional opportunity,” according to the University of Nevada, Reno.
A nonprofit organization paid off the mortgage for the family of late Nevada Trooper Micah May, who was killed on the job.
Clark County on Monday reported 1,379 new cases of COVID-19 and 22 deaths during the preceding three days as three of its four key metrics for the disease increased.
The turf ban would apply to all new development, except for schools, parks and cemeteries. Existing regulations prohibit grass in front yards and limit it to 50 percent of a backyard’s area.
The Clark County School District currently has about 850 licensed employee vacancies — more than at the start of the school year — and hundreds more support staff openings.
The Nevada Attorney General’s Office has concluded that no violation occurred in the run-up to a School Board vote in May to extend Superintendent Jesus Jara’s contract.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority has aggressively pursued the removal of grass in Southern Nevada for decades. It wants to make turf regulations even more restrictive.
The federal lawsuit filed this week argues that both the vaccination mandate and a requirement that unvaccinated workers be tested for COVID-19 are unconstitutional.