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Women workers could bear economic brunt as federal child care funding ends

BY: - September 29, 2023

A huge chunk of pandemic relief funding that kept child care programs afloat for the past few years is set to run out Saturday, and policy advocates say the economic impact will be profound, with the ripple effect hurting labor force participation and consumer spending at a time when the country is still trying to […]

State plans for presidential primary, says GOP’s caucus is GOP’s business

BY: - September 29, 2023

Nevada’s top election officials on Thursday expressed confidence in their ability to dutifully administer a presidential primary in early February, but they largely sidestepped discussing the obvious potential for mass voter confusion that may arise from a competing party-run presidential caucus scheduled for the same week. Democrats in the Nevada Legislature attempted to move the […]

Las Vegas, Henderson join cities asking U.S. Supreme Court for power to clear homeless camps

BY: - September 29, 2023

Even though the cities of Las Vegas and Henderson have passed ordinances restricting camping and sleeping in public, some as recently as this summer, they joined other cities this week in asking the United States Supreme Court to make it even easier to enforce laws that crack down on homelessness encampments.  Several Western cities filed […]

Lombardo appoints former AT&T lobbyist to PUC 

BY: - September 28, 2023

Gov. Joe Lombardo announced Wednesday he’s appointing Randy Brown, who served as Regulatory and Legislative Affairs Director for AT&T as recently as this year, to fill a vacancy on the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.  Brown is a certified public accountant who lives in Reno.  “Randy is a trusted and respected industry leader, and he […]

Government shutdown won’t affect health care or most benefits for veterans, VA says

BY: - September 28, 2023

WASHINGTON — Veterans who rely on government health care and other assistance can continue to see their doctors and receive education and pension benefits despite a possible, and likely imminent, partial shutdown that will temporarily cease many federal operations. The Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday released guidance on what functions will continue and not […]

Confronting climate change impacts, tribes prepare and persist

BY: - September 28, 2023

This story is the last in a series. Read part one on infrastructure issues here, and part two on environmental consequences here. It can take up to a century for a piñon pine to produce the soft sweet seeds that birds, squirrels and other small mammals rely on for food. The Walker River Paiute Tribe has […]

Clark County school board to take up new school start time proposals

BY: - September 28, 2023

Changing school start times within Clark County School District would result in “a significant impact to the CCSD community and families,” according to materials published online in advance of a presentation scheduled for Thursday night’s Clark County School Board meeting. The board is not scheduled to vote on changing start times. “The draft of the language […]

Fentanyl sentencing, prison reforms among 106 laws taking effect Oct. 1

BY: - September 27, 2023

Legislation enacting harsher penalties for fentanyl possession, requiring unlimited feminine hygiene products for women who are incarcerated, and establishing parameters for prosecutors who use jailhouse informants are among the bills scheduled to go into effect Oct. 1. Of the 106 bills passed in the 2023 Legislative session that take effect next week, several  measures make […]

U.S. Senate moves on short-term spending bill in struggle to avoid shutdown days away

BY: - September 27, 2023

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is on track to clear a short-term government funding bill in the days ahead, but it wasn’t clear Tuesday if that would happen before the Saturday midnight deadline to avert a shutdown, or if House GOP leaders would put the bill up for a vote in that chamber. U.S. House […]

Active-duty military would work without pay in shutdown, White House warns

BY: - September 26, 2023

WASHINGTON — The White House is warning that a partial government shutdown would mean 1.3 million active-duty armed services members must keep working without receiving paychecks and hundreds of thousands of Pentagon employees would face furloughs. The Biden administration on Tuesday blasted what it’s now calling an “Extreme Republican Shutdown,” saying it would undermine national […]

Nevada among states joining FTC in anti-trust suit against Amazon

BY: - September 26, 2023

Nevada joined 16 states and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging that the online retail and tech company is a monopoly that maintained its influence through anticompetitive and unfair practices.  “Amazon is a mammoth corporation and like most of my constituents, I am also an Amazon customer. There is nothing […]

Rosen joins senators calling for Menendez to resign

BY: - September 26, 2023

Update: As of Tuesday afternoon the number of senators calling for Menendez’s resignation had climbed to 18, all of whom are Democrats. Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen became the seventh U.S. Senator to call for fellow Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez to resign after the New Jersey senator’s indictment last week. “The well-documented political corruption charges […]