(AP) — A new report shows white and Asian children in Nevada are far better positioned for success than the state’s black and Latino children, although all groups fare worse than the national average.
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The University of Nevada, Reno is gearing up to go tobacco-free by August 2015.
Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., was named Tuesday to the House committee that handles housing, banking and insurance legislation. Horsford said he applied for the post that forms bills relating to Nevada’s economic recovery — housing and foreclosures, business lending and insurance reform.
Nevada’s Humboldt County should not be confused with the marijuana-loving Humboldt County in Northern California. The county is in the northwestern part of the state, bordered by Idaho and nestled between Elko and Washoe counties and sitting directly atop Pershing County.
The Henderson City Council on Tuesday will consider approval of a $70,000 community-funded grant to evaluate the needs, programming, feasibility and cost of constructing and equipping a new crime lab for the police department.
A court challenge to Nevada’s ban on same-sex marriage is no longer at the top of the queue in efforts nationally to legalize gay unions after a hearing date initially set by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for April 9 was postponed but the Nevada case is still in the mix as more courts around the country continue to weigh in on the controversial issue, a lawyer for Lambda Legal said last week.
The Clark County Republican Party removed language from its platform saying marriage should be defined as “between a man and a woman,” a major change acknowledging a growing gay rights movement, the party’s political director said Monday.
Congress last week neared completion of legislation that would assist Ukraine’s new government and impose sanctions to express U.S. outrage over Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
A 58-year-old man has died after suffering third-degree burns to 90 percent of his body in a Reno apartment fire.
Federal land managers are seeking public comment on a Houston-based oil company’s proposed gas exploration drilling in northeast Nevada with the use of hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking.
Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority officials have decided that if a settlement agreement is not reached with a couple who filed a lawsuit cannot be reached by Friday, they’ll pull the plug on their sponsorship of the spectacular Fourth of July fireworks display at the lake that they say helps pump more than $30 million into the local economy.
Populations in Nevada and Clark County showed growth between July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013, according to information released by the U.S. Census Bureau Thursday.
Unemployment in Las Vegas and Nevada ticked down in February as the state improved on its nation-leading job-growth rate.
A consultant will be hired to perform a national search for the next president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, according to a unanimous decision of the Board of Regent members on the president search committee.
Regulations establishing the rules for opening medical marijuana dispensaries in Nevada were approved by the Legislative Commission without comment Friday.