U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto sent a letter last week to two federal agencies requesting that a two-year foreign residence requirement for Nevada’s cultural exchange educators be waived.
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Although the union qualified sales and gaming tax petitions, officials agreed to withdraw them as part of a deal made in the 2021 Legislature.
The 22-page ruling found no merit constitutional challenges to the requirement that students wear masks at school.
Lisa Cano Burkhead’s appointment by Gov. Steve Sisolak will become official Thursday with events in Las Vegas and Carson City.
Las Vegas police have decided not to pursue criminal charges in the death of a 20-year-old UNLV student at a fraternity-sponsored charity boxing match, but the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s chairman said Tuesday that the panel would investigate “every aspect” of the event.
Pharmacies, clinics and doctor’s offices in Southern Nevada were gearing up Wednesday to give the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to kids as young as 5.
Gov. Steve Sisolak signed an emergency directive Wednesday related to face coverings and other mitigation strategies for K-12 county school district, charter school and private school settings within Nevada.
Gov. Steve Sisolak held a ceremonial bill signing on Monday for a mining tax plan that will funnel millions of dollars into education accounts starting in 2023.
Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton said Wednesday she’s been waiting ‘a damn long time’ to put the more than $500 million into education budgets.
The American Academy of Pediatrics applauded legislation filed by Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada that would create a grant program to hire more nurses for public schools.
Dozens of education-related bills are moving forward in the state Legislature after successfully passing out of committees by last week’s deadline.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and state education leaders discussed the most recent coronavirus stimulus package’s effect on mental health services as schools begin to fully reopen.
Nevada’s education support staff would be eligible for unemployment benefits for the upcoming summer under a new proposal, state officials said Friday.
Democratic state lawmakers will propose using federal pandemic stimulus to bolster summer school programs to help students recover from a year of learning lost to pandemic restrictions.
A state legislative committee Monday formally approved nearly $634 million in additional COVID-19 relief funds for Nevada, with nearly $509 million of it going to public and private schools across the state.
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The 10,000-square-foot Electric Playhouse, which bills itself as “a social gaming destination, opens this weekend at the Forum Shops at Caesars.
The North Las Vegas Police Department provided new information about the fatal police shooting of a man tied to a four-vehicle crash.
Daily highs around 110 and morning lows near 85 are forecast by the Las Vegas office of the National Weather Service from Saturday through Thursday.
A woman who died in a fatal crash on Cheyenne Avenue near the 215 Beltway has been identified.