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...
Pandemic ‘survival mode’ complicates students’ pathways to graduation
Flowers and balloons decorated a makeshift stage on Virginia City High School’s football field, where cap and gown-clad students collected their diplomas last May. The...
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...
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...
Advocates fear thousands are unaware of child tax credit eligibility
For Frankie Perez, an Air Force veteran and foster parent to five of his nieces and nephews, the recently expanded federal child tax credit allowed him to...
Latino Nevadans keep Día de los Muertos celebrations alive in their communities
Flowers were blooming on a recent Saturday inside Winchester Dondero Cultural Center as sisters Ana Martinez and Joyce Mayorquin snipped and folded colorful pieces of...
Effort to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day advances in one rural county, stalls in another
For the first time, Mineral County today is celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a significant move for a county in rural Nevada, where Native communities still...
Nevada officials encourage immigrants to apply for public health insurance following rollback of public charge rule
State officials said this week that eligible immigrants should apply to Medicaid now that a rule penalizing people for using public assistance has been rolled...