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Guinn report examines rural school strengths, challenges
In Nevada, one out of every eleven students attends school in a rural school district, and while rural education in the state comes with...
Nevadans pretty good at responding to Census; could be better
Nevada households are responding to the 2020 Census in greater numbers than in previous years, but the state overall still lags behind the national...
Henderson police union endorses Lee in CD3
In a campaign email last week, Nevada Republican congressional candidate Dan Rodimer boasted he "got the endorsement of every single law enforcement organization across...
Nevada joins brief supporting same-sex couples’ right to foster parent
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in an amicus brief Thursday in support of a City of Philadelphia...
MGM backs off after asking workers to ‘voluntarily’ repay thousands in tips
The timing couldn’t have been worse for MGM employees who were notified in July they’d been overpaid a year ago (when times were good)...
“Mr. President, Nevada is not intimidated by you,” Cortez Masto says in Democratic Convention...
The first Latina elected to the U.S. Senate addressed America not from a podium in a crowded convention hall, but from a kitchen, in...
Save democracy, work a poll. Clark County is hiring election workers
Clark County is hiring upwards of 1,500 people to work at polling places this fall.Only 1,600 people have signed up to work for the...
Pendley sacrificed to save vulnerable western GOP senators
The anti-government, anti-public lands extremist tapped by Donald Trump to direct the Bureau of Land Management won’t get the job after all. Trump is...
The government is maiming and killing cats and Titus wants it to stop
The Veterans Administration is doing things to cats that would land an individual in jail, and you're paying for it. “As you know, a landmark...
Health insurance proposed rates rise in part due to COVID-19
The cost of Covid is manifesting in potentially higher health insurance premiums on the individual market, according to the Nevada Division of Insurance. Five health...