Nevada to divest from some firearms manufacturers
Nevada Treasurer Zach Conine on Thursday said his office will divest the state’s more than $49 billion investment portfolio from companies that manufacture or sell...
Preserving rich history of Nevada Latinos new goal of transportation department
Latino communities’ longstanding ties to Nevada date back centuries to the Old Spanish Trail, and the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) wants to trace that history...
First lady touts federal aid money in visit to Northern Nevada college
Flanked by state, local and federal officials, first lady Jill Biden stressed community colleges’ role in workforce development during a visit to Truckee Meadows Community...
Sisolak: Nevada to spend big on housing, broadband via federal funds
Gov. Steve Sisolak on February 23, 2022, laid out plans for how Nevada will spend nearly $2 billion in federal pandemic relief money to confront some of...
Governor lifts Nevada mask mandate effective immediately, points to case drops
Nevadans can shed their face masks today, as the state lifts its mandate days ahead of an expected busy Super Bowl weekend in Las Vegas....
New PAC aims to bring back voucher-style education program through ballot initiatives
A recently created political action committee has set its sights on reviving education savings accounts — a politically divisive concept that would allow parents to use...
Families of inmates frustrated over sudden suspension in visits
Heidi M. flew from London to Nevada last week to go to Lovelock Correctional Center and visit a loved one whom she had only seen...
State orders half million at-home COVID-19 test kits amid Omicron surge
Gov. Steve Sisolak announced during a state press call this afternoon that 588,216 FlowFlex antigen home test kits, covered by federal COVID-19 relief funds, will arrive in...
From voting to car seat rule changes, new Nevada laws take effect Jan. 1
With the new year comes, yet again, another new set of laws on the books. More than 55 bills enacted by the Legislature in 2021 take...
He Tore Down Motels Where Poor Residents Lived During a Housing Crisis. City Leaders Did Nothing.
For most of his life, Ernest Block has managed to stay one step ahead of homelessness. When he was 9, his parents scrambled to find...