March 14, 2025 The Clark County School Board unanimously selected Jhone Ebert, Nevada’s superintendent of public instruction, to be the Clark County School District’s next leader. The additional pay for teachers working in special education and Title I schools is coming to an end before the conclusion of the school year, according to an email […]
March 7, 2025 In what could be a headlining topic of the 2025 Legislature, lawmakers heard a bill that would dramatically increase tax credits for film industries to lure a film studio and the jobs that come with it to Southern Nevada, creating a mini-Hollywood in Las Vegans’ backyard. Deportations ordered by President Donald Trump […]
February 28, 2024 Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo and Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford gave a potential preview of the 2026 gubernatorial election, sparring over Ford’s recommendations for how agencies deal with immigration enforcement issues. The film tax bill is making headlines, two film industry giants, along with one of Las Vegas’s most prolific developers, are […]
February 21, 2025 The Legislative session is well under way with 574 bills introduced as of today. Supporters of a bill taking aim at “ghost kitchens” on food delivery apps contend it will address phony delivery-only restaurant operations through penalties against the app or platform. Assembly Bill 116 requires food delivery apps only work with […]
February 14, 2025 Happy Valentine’s Day! Ready or not, the 2026 race for the Nevada governor’s seat is beginning next week. This week, Gov. Joe Lombardo pushed legislators to issue a resolution urging the federal government to release land for housing development in Nevada, though the leaders of the Democratic-majority Legislature have plans of their […]
January 31, 2025 Nevada State Budgets hang in the balance with the possible Federal funding freeze. A federal judge stepped in and temporarily blocked the president’s order, but that didn’t stop the chaos and confusion that followed across the country and right here in Nevada. This all comes as several agencies were in front of […]
January 24, 2025 President Donald Trump plans to visit Las Vegas at the end of a trip that starts Friday, when he visits disaster areas in North Carolina and Los Angeles. And with a stroke of his pen, President Donald Trump, commuted the sentences or ordered the dismissal of the cases of more than 1,500 […]
January 17, 2025 Governor Joe Lombardo raised more than $3.2 million in 2024 and has more than $5.5 million in cash on hand as the Republican governor gears up for his second legislative session and a high-profile re-election campaign. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto reintroduced legislation aiming to combat and prevent wildfires Tuesday as a series […]
January 10, 2025 In the wake of the devastating California wildfires, Nevada Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto plans to reintroduce a proposal in Congress to better fund fire departments, interagency coordination and recovery efforts. In a landmark decision for property rights, a Washoe County judge has ruled that Nevada law enforcement cannot exploit a federal […]
January 3, 2025 Happy New Year!! As Nevadans ring in the new year with fireworks and festivities, new laws passed by the Legislature a year and a half prior will take effect, from a diaper tax exemption to a wage requirement for employees with disabilities. And well before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a […]