On Monday, Senate Education Committee chair Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, released a new education funding formula. For years, many Democrat politicians have criticized the current education funding formula, called the Nevada Plan. They claim it’s old and outdated. Their biggest beef is that it doesn’t allocate more money for students who are English Language Learners or live in poverty. The theory is that it’s harder to educate those students and so they need additional services, which costs additional money.
A new “3-for-$149” program has begun, results in Macao have soared and prediction market Polymarket is banned from writing Super Bowl contracts in Nevada.
The month started out wet but the clouds parted after the first week and the valley got stuck in an extended warm-and-dry pattern.
NASA says it is targeting a new launch date for its new moon rocket after encountering fuel leaks during a crucial test.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating an officer-involved shooting in the south valley.
Here’s today’s local and national sports schedule, including television and radio listings.
Check out the scores and top performances from Monday’s high school basketball and flag football action.
The top-ranked Liberty boys basketball team, behind Dante Steward and Tyus Thomas, defeated No. 2 Coronado 63-59.
Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.
Texas legislative race should trigger alarm bells.
Seattle Seahawks OC Klint Kubiak neither confirmed nor denied an agreement with the Raiders days before the Super Bowl, but his current team sees him as a “great mentor.”
Six Republican defendants are accused of plotting to give Donald Trump Nevada’s electoral votes in 2020, even though Joe Biden won the state.
UNLV has lost three straight entering Tuesday’s Mountain West basketball game at Fresno State. The Rebels defeated the Bulldogs in December in their conference opener.
Direct investments into mining companies have come without needed congressional oversight, three lawmakers say.
Notre Dame, Ohio State, Indiana and Texas are the betting favorites at Las Vegas sportsbooks to win the 2027 College Football Playoff title game at Allegiant Stadium.
Vaughn Griffith, a former Alexander Dawson School student, faces one felony charge in connection with an April 2025 attack involving classmates, records show.
The Seattle Seahawks are consensus 4½-point favorites over the New England Patriots, and the consensus total is 45½ for Super Bowl 60 on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium.
A 71-year-old moped operator struck by a vehicle in the south Las Vegas Valley has died.