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.
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.
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.
Another Democrat is running for Nevada treasurer, setting up a primary this June with former Assemblyman Andrew Martin.
Legislation has been introduced in the Senate to reauthorize the Colorado River System Conservation Program critical to water supplies for Southern Nevada.
