In addition to the meetings announced Thursday by the School Board, the district plans to launch an online community survey to gather feedback on the district’s search for a successor to Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky.
Politics and Government
Car-summoning watches, voice-responsive computers, artificial intelligence and robo-deliveries were pipe dreams when people like Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval were growing up watching television shows like “Knight Rider,” “The Jetsons.”
Families can now use 529 plans to pay for private K-12 tuition, but changes in the financing of bonds and the increase in the standard deduction could cost school districts.
Republican State Sen. Becky Harris will become the first woman to chair the state Gaming Control Board after her appointment to the post Friday by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
After reports that Trump referred to ‘s—-hole’ African nations in meeting, he tweets ‘this was not the language used’ .
Africans woke up on Friday to find President Donald Trump had finally taken an interest in their continent. It wasn’t what people had hoped for.
If you think, Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ is the one to blame for federal marijuana policy, you must be smoking something.
On Thursday, officials announced the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles had become the first in the nation to partner with the Department of Homeland Security’s Blue Campaign to combat human trafficking.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman threaded a theme of rebuilding through her annual State of the City address — from recovery after the Oct. 1 shooting to rebounding from the global recession and downtown redevelopment.
The contamination was found in three kitchen sinks, not drinking supplies, at Dondero, Stanford and Indian Springs elementary schools. Spot testing at other schools is contining.
A U.S. military contractor made headlines this week after posting a “help wanted” ad for a flight attendant job on Janet Air, which flies between McCarran airport and certain, ahem, undisclosed locations in Nevada and elsewhere.
As Washington held its breath to see if Republicans and Democrats could pass a spending and immigration bill to avert a government shutdown, President Donald Trump’s potty mouth entered the stage.
Vice President Mike Pence visited Las Vegas Thursday for the grand opening of AFwerX, a new “innovation hub” poised to address the needs of the Air Force.
The office will be located in the baggage claim area in Terminal 1. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Board members cruised through a lengthy agenda, but had little to show for it in the end, except that everything still appears to be on track for completion of a final stadium development agreement in February.
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