At her first campaign event in Nevada, Anne Holton, the former Secretary of Education for Virginia and wife of Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Kaine, emphasized the importance of reinvesting in public education and making higher education accessible for everyone.
A long-awaited vote on a bill that would increase hotel room taxes to fund a domed stadium and improvements to the Las Vegas Convention Center failed to materialize early Friday morning after a 17-hour Assembly session.
Gov. Brian Sandoval abruptly abandoned plans Thursday to seek an even larger tax increase in an upcoming special session of the Legislature to plug a projected budget hole as conservative Republicans dug in their heels for a school choice program.
