The vivid dancer damselfly, nominated by fourth-graders at Beatty Elementary School in southeast Las Vegas, has been selected as the official insect of Nevada, state Sen. Joyce Woodhouse, D-Henderson, announced today.
The damselfly was selected from a field of 74 different bugs, all nominated by Nevada schoolchildren.
Woodhouse and Assemblyman Lynn Stewart, R-Henderson, are drawing up a bill to designate the state insect.
The decision to raise fees and tuition for non-resident students by up to 12 percent over the next three years is aimed at addressing a budget shortfall.
The order comes a day after President Donald Trump ordered border czar Tom Homan to take over his administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
Investors are looking for safer places to park their money amid threats of tariffs, still-high inflation and mountains of debt for governments worldwide.
The former Raiders coach sued the league in 2021, arguing that leaked emails written by him had pushed the Raiders to fire him.
Southwest Airlines passengers made their final boarding-time scrambles for seats on Monday as the carrier prepared to end the open-seating system that distinguished it from other airlines for more than a half‑century.
Marlon Page was thrown into the road by the first driver and hit again by a van delivering doughnuts, according to the suit.
Leaders of law enforcement organizations expressed alarm Sunday over the latest deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis while use-of-force experts criticized the Trump administration’s justification of the killing, saying bystander footage contradicted its narrative of what prompted it.
Criticism increased around senior Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino in the last few days after his public defense of the Alex Pretti shooting and disputed claims about the confrontation that led to his death.
The return of all remaining hostages, living or dead, has been a key part of the Gaza ceasefire’s first phase.
Starting next month, travelers who want to board a domestic flight without a Real ID will have to pay a fee to have their identity verified through the TSA’s new security screening program.
