U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said Wednesday she will oppose President-elect Donald Trump’s designee to head the Department of Education because of a lack of experience.
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The number of House Democrats who’ve said they will boycott the inauguration approached 60 Wednesday afternoon. More than one in four of House Democrats plans to skip the event.
Free community college might be on the horizon for Nevada students as Sen. Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, plans to submit a bill draft request patterned after the Tennessee Promise Program.
An audit of Nevada’s more than $160 million a year class size reduction program in public schools showed the funds were used appropriately to reach targeted pupil-teacher ratios.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, in his Tuesday night State of the State address, referred to the $115 million in new investment for the Nevada System of Higher Education as “strategic.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday outlined a final proposed two-year budget that has something for just about everyone, from $60 million for the controversial education savings accounts to $26 million in new money for UNLV’s fledgling medical school.
The Education Savings Account program got a $60 million commitment from Gov. Brian Sandoval, and more than 11,000 students could be covered under the program if all that money goes toward the vouchers.
Gov. Brian Sandoval heralded the “Nevada family” in his State of the State address Tuesday night and praised the cooperative efforts that set the state on a course toward prosperity from the depths recession.
Gov. Brian Sandoval’s final State of the State speech gave lawmakers plenty of places for common ground, from more education funding to a new veterans home in Northern Nevada. Nevertheless, battle lines are forming.
Gov. Brian Sandoval’s fourth and final State of the State address was decidedly happier than his previous speeches. Ho, ho, ho.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller was named chairman of the Senate Banking subcommittee on securities Tuesday, which will also include U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, both of Nevada.
Clark County Commission chairman Steve Sisolak raked in $319,000 in campaign donations, according to the campaign finance report filed with the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office on Tuesday.
Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Interior Department, told a Senate hearing Tuesday he would review a recent controversial presidential declaration to create national monuments in Nevada and Utah.
Session at VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas on Wednesday is latest in series of public forums held by agency officials.
Gov. Brian Sandoval will unveil his executive budget proposal and outline the administration’s priorities for the last two years of his term when he delivers his final State of the State speech Tuesday night.
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