Lorraine Longhi is a reporter for The Nevadan and native of the southwest. A graduate of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication, she spent eight years reporting in Arizona, including at The Arizona Republic and The Copper Courier, where she covered education, health care and state politics. She returned to Las Vegas, her hometown, last year as an education reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where she was later promoted to assistant city editor
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Record number of Asian-American candidates file to run for Nevada legislature
Locals share the power of feeling represented in positions of power after seven Asian-American candidates filed to run for state office.
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What’s next for Clark County schools in the wake of Superintendent Jara’s departure?
Superintendent Jesus Jara resigned from the superintendent position of the Clark County School District. Here’s what’s next for Clark County schools.
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Groups formally launch campaign to enshrine abortion protections in Nevada constitution
State law allows for any person in Nevada who is pregnant to have an abortion in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. The proposed amendment to the constitution would further enshrine abortion protections by cementing those rights in the state constitution.
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Nevada Democratic lawmakers back federal bill protecting IVF
“Anti-choice extremists made it clear that overturning Roe v. Wade was just the beginning, and last week they took it a step further when the Alabama Supreme Court tried to block women’s access to IVF,” Sen. Jacky Rosen said in a statement Tuesday.
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El superintendente del Distrito Escolar renunció y se lleva un “paracaídas dorado” de $250 mil
El superintendente del Distrito Escolar del Condado Clark (CCSD, por sus siglas en inglés), Jesús F. Jara, renunciará a partir del viernes 23 de febrero de 2024, después de más de cinco polémicos años al frente del sistema escolar.
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Clark County schools’ superintendent to depart the district with $250k
Embattled Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara will resign effective Friday, after more than five contentious years leading the school system.
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El superintendente del Distrito Escolar del Condado Clark seguirá en el cargo, por ahora
El controvertido mandato de Jesús F. Jara, superintendente del Distrito Escolar del Condado Clark (CCSD, por sus siglas en inglés), alcanzó un punto álgido el miércoles por la noche, cuando la junta -finalmente- votó por NO aprobar su renuncia, ni pagar el resto de su contrato luego de la protesta pública.
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Trump wins Republican caucuses in Nevada
Trump’s win was a foregone conclusion, after the state Republican Party set up its own caucus as the only race that would count for the purposes of determining the party’s nominee for president.
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Clark County schools’ superintendent will remain after board rejects his resignation–for now
The controversial tenure of Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara reached a fever pitch Wednesday night, as the board ultimately voted to not approve his resignation or pay out the remainder of his contract following public outcry. Jara, who came on to lead the district in 2018 and has been fired and rehired in…
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Nevada Dems urge Supreme Court to protect access to abortion pills
Nevada’s Democratic congressional lawmakers are urging the Supreme Court to protect access to a popular medication abortion pill. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, a Texas case filed by anti-abortion advocates, challenged the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, a drug used to end pregnancy via medication abortion. Medication abortion, which is approved…
