Politics
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Nevada is helping victims of the wildfire in Hawaii
To help the Lāhainā community recover, several organizations in Nevada are providing help in their own way, whether it be by manpower or other needed services.
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Thousands of clean energy jobs going to Nevada’s Latino communities
Nevada’s second congressional district in Northern Nevada—which is 24% Latino—has seen 10,450 new clean energy jobs announced over the past year, the second highest number of new clean energy jobs of any district in the country, according to Climate Power.
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Op-ed: Celebrating Nevada’s gains from the Inflation Reduction Act
Clark County Commissioner William McCurdy II celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act by touting the law’s impacts on Nevada in an op-ed.
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One year in, here’s how the Inflation Reduction Act has helped Nevada
The law ensured that 21,000 Nevadans were able to keep their health insurance, reduced the cost of insulin for nearly 11,000 seniors, and incentivized several manufacturers to invest in the state and create more clean energy jobs.
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What to know about before and after school programs in Clark County
Safekey is a before and after school program offered for students attending school in the Clark County School District.
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Here’s what to know about Trump’s indictment in Georgia
The former president—who swore an oath to protect and defend the US Constitution—has been indicted over his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.
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Nevada’s nursing moms have new rights at work–here’s what to know
The PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act extends the right to pump breast milk to more workers and emphasizes the need for private spaces other than a bathroom to do so.
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Nevada lawmakers approve $360 million in federal funds for broadband
The funds will be split between the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program and the Eastern Nevada Middle Mile Fiber Network, which are both part of the High Speed Nevada Initiative, an effort to establish statewide universal access to modern broadband infrastructure.
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Democrats reject Gov. Lombardo’s funding request for private school vouchers
Lawmakers rejected the governor’s emergency request, and blamed the program’s alleged funding shortfall on one of the nonprofits tasked with administering the private school scholarship program.
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Nevada families face child care crisis as federal funds set to expire
A recent analysis found that unless Congress provides additional funding, an estimated 10,870 children in Nevada are expected to lose their child care beginning Sept. 30, due to the projected closure of 203 child care programs.
