Democratic legislative leaders called Wednesday for expanding the number of public schools with full-day kindergarten, limiting class sizes and increasing preschool learning opportunities for 3- and 4-year-olds.
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In a Nevada Supreme Court case closely watched by North Las Vegas officials, justices questioned Tuesday whether the city of Fernley waited too long to sue the state for dramatically shortchanging its residents in state taxes returned to their community.
Gene Segerblom, a former high school teacher, Boulder City Council member and four-term assemblywoman, died at Boulder City Hospital on Friday night. She was 94.
Fourteen Republican women leaders from across Nevada have blasted state Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson for not reappointing Sen. Barbara Cegavske to serve on the upper house’s Finance Committee.
Without mentioning their reasons, members of the Legislative Commission voted unanimously Thursday for a regulation that frees cities and counties from having to post on their websites the salaries and benefits of individual employees.
County commissioners voted 5-2 Tuesday to support raising the sales tax an additional quarter-cent to pay for more police officers.
Henderson attorney Lesley Cohen on Tuesday became Nevada’s newest assemblywoman, appointed by the Clark County Commission to replace April Mastroluca.
State agencies in Nevada have requested $1.2 billion million in additional funds to cover their needs during the 2013-15 budget period, according to information posted on the state budget website.
Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval said his decision Tuesday to expand Medicaid benefits to another 78,000 Nevadans didn’t involve political calculation. But because the decision was a direct result of the controversial Affordable Care Act, there’s no doubt it will have political ramifications.
In a possible sign that they intend to closely watch spending, even if that spending involves federal funds, members of the Legislature’s newly reconstructed Interim Finance Committee rejected spending $73,124 Tuesday to create a website to offer Nevadans information about health matters.
Nevada might get it. Utah’s got it. New Mexico has a version of it but desperately wants to get rid of it. Nebraska, Mississippi, Arizona – they all want nothing to do with it.
The Nevada State Education Association jumped the first of two big hurdles Friday in its race to force the state Legislature to consider adopting an $800 million-a-year tax increase for public schools.
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Here is some important information for Clark County voters to know about the upcoming primary election, including early voting sites and mail ballot drop-off locations.
All eyes will be on Nevada’s Senate race in the fall, but first a large field of Republican candidates will battle it out in the primary on June 11.
The nonrelocation agreement, presented to the stadium authority board Thursday afternoon, is the third of four major agreements that must be approved by the authority.
