After long insisting that Education Savings Accounts were “vouchers,” a majority of Democrats in both houses of the Nevada Legislature voted to expand a program of private-school choice that resembles vouchers in many ways. And liberal special interests groups applauded them.
Politics and Government
President Donald Trump was right about this much: As he told NBC’s Lester Holt last month, former FBI chief James Comey, whom Trump had just fired, is a “showboat.”
Nate Mackinnon is unanimously approved as a vice chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education at an annual salary of $175,000.
Draft rules on use of social media and other forms of electronic communication unveiled Wednesday by the Clark County School District are a good start, experts say, but there are other areas left unaddressed in the effort to tackle sexual misconduct between staff and students.
A long-time U.S. Forest Service employee on Mount Charleston has received a national award for his fire prevention outreach efforts over the past two decades.
Surprise donation, announced hours after the Nevada Legislature approved another $25 million in need of matching funds, unleashed speculation about the identity of the deep-pocketed contributor with an aversion to publicity
The Boulder City Council this week voted unanimously to accept the resignation of City Manager J. David Fraser.
Wolfson’s positions on the committee and as a representative of an entity it recommends money for is no exception. At least eight of the committee’s 10 members are tied to grant applicants.
Former FBI Director James Comey told a nationally televised hearing Thursday that President Donald Trump fired him to blunt an investigation into campaign ties to Russian meddling in the presidential election.
President Donald Trump’s cryptic “covfefe” post may be deleted from Twitter, but the message will be enshrined on a set of vanity plates in the Silver State, a Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles spokesman confirmed this week.
I’d like to take credit for writing a killer column on the topic, but the credit for killing one bad bill belongs to Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson.
Las Vegas Municipal Judge Heidi Almase has never met actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. But a picture appeared on her re-election campaign’s Facebook page Tuesday night that showed the two standing shoulder to shoulder.
The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday denied an appeal of their April approval of a long-term exclusive franchise agreement with waste hauler Republic Services.
Data for last five years show an average of slightly more than 2,500 bites were reported to animal control officials in Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas and unincorporated Clark County each year
The Las Vegas City Council approved $325,000 for local agencies that work with homeless people and seniors, in the city budget that takes effect July 1.