CCSD behind controversial budget proposal – Video
 
CCSD behind controversial budget proposal – Video

CCSD Superintendent Jesus Jara denied Monday that a funding proposal originated with the district. But emails show the district asked for it to be included in the Nevada Legislature’s special session.

Former Nevada Senate leader Kelvin Atkinson sentenced to prison
 
Former Nevada Senate leader Kelvin Atkinson sentenced to prison

Former Nevada Senate Majority Leader Kelvin Atkinson, who pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds, was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Thursday, July 18, 2019. (Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Governor Sandoval: “We fought hard” for ESA legislation
 
Governor Sandoval: “We fought hard” for ESA legislation

Education Savings Accounts died in the final days of the 2017 legislative session. Governor Brian Sandoval comments on why he thinks the Opportunity Scholarship legislation is the right compromise. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Las Vegas morning update for Monday, June 5th
 
Las Vegas morning update for Monday, June 5th

A man died Sunday night after a rollover crash in Summerlin. Police responded to calls around 5 p.m. yesterday that a car had crashed into a landscape median at a high speed near Lake Mead and Ridgemoor Street before it began to turn over into westbound lanes. The man was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the car, dying at the scene.
A man died and another was rescued at Lake Mead Sunday. Police say two men were struggling to swim near Boulder Beach at around 3:30 p.m. yesterday. A bystander was able to save one man but the other went missing. His body was found about an hour later. Neither man was wearing a lifejacket.
And after failing to come to a consensus on critical state budget matters late last week, the Nevada State Senate reached a deal overnight to approve some of the final bills of the legislative session. The deal included reintroducing a recreational marijuana tax, a capital improvement project and adding $20 million in tax credits to the Opportunity Scholarship fund. Senate Republicans opposed the pot tax and the projects bill in protest of a lack of funding for education savings accounts. The money toward the Opportunity Scholarships is seen as a compromise on that matter.
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