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Sylvia Lazos on funding, collective bargaining, school choice

Nevada’s next governor needs to preserve categorical funding for education and give school districts the ability to remove ineffective principals. Universal school choice, however, gives money to well-off families that would be better spent in public schools. That’s according to Education Nevada Now policy director Sylvia Lazos.

More ethics complaints filed in Heller-Rosen Senate fight

Republican U.S. Sen. Dean Heller and Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen, filed ethics complaints against one another this week, the latest salvo in Nevada’s contentious Senate race.

Man hacks New York ATMs and steals nearly $250,000

They call it “jackpotting.” A Queens man is accused of stealing nearly a quarter of a million dollars from ATMs by hacking them to dispense cash like winning a slot machine jackpot.

House backs school safety bill in response to Florida shooting

Exactly a month after a Florida mass shooting that claimed the lives of 17 students and adults, the House passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday to fund training and security measures to make schools safer.

Moapa dace population steady in new count of endangered fish

The Moapa dace population was tallied at 1,138 adult fish in the February count at its habitat in the warm springs and streams that form the headwaters of the Muddy River, 60 miles northeast of Las Vegas.

 
Toys R Us to close or sell all US stores

Toys R Us’s management has told its employees that it will sell or close all of its U.S. stores.

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