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By Ken Ritter Associated Press LAS VEGAS — An advocacy group is going to court to force the state to put more money into classrooms, filing a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Nevada education officials of chronically under-funding overcrowded and low-performing public schools. The suit filed in state court with backing from Educate Nevada Now asks a […]
Lawsuit Aims to Force Nevada to Boost Public School Funding
US Judge Cancels Oil and Gas Leases on some Sage Grouse Land
A federal judge has cancelled more than $125 million in oil and gas leases on public lands that are home to the declining bird species greater sage grouse, in a ruling that said the Trump administration illegally curtailed public comment. The ruling doesn’t prevent the administration from selling the leases at a later date. But […]
Around the State
Reno Dismantles Homeless Camp Along Tracks in Downtown Area RENO — Reno is making over 100 homeless people leave an encampment along railroad tracks near a shelter in the downtown area. The city provided a week’s notice before police and other city workers began enforcing the order on Wednesday, the Reno Gazette Journal reported. Those […]
Could a Socialist be the Democratic Nominee for President?
To their eternal ignominy Nevada Democratic caucus voters have helped jump start the presidential candidacy of self-identified democratic-socialist Bernie Sanders, a man who could not have voted for himself if he lived here because he is not a registered Democrat. The Vermont independent senator won 47 percent of the state’s equivalent delegates, picking up strong […]
Federal Bill would Negate Right-to-Work Laws
A month ago the U.S. House passed on a near party line vote of 224-194 a bill dubbed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act. Among other things the bill would nullify state right-to-work laws, such as Nevada’s 66-year-old right-to-work law and those of 26 other states. Workers would be forced to pay […]
Is This You? Birthdays
No it’s not my birthday. I still have several days, weeks and months before the curtain slips a little further across my stage of life. Celebrations of life are called birthdays because each one that comes along is like giving birth to your life again and again and again. That’s why it is foreign to […]
Tech boom, suburban growth drive Nevada’s Democratic shift
By Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO — Twenty years ago, long before Nevada was part of the early presidential selection process, the phone typically rang unanswered at Washoe County Democratic Party headquarters in Reno during mid-term elections. “We had a small conference room and a tiny reception area, but no staff at all,” recalls Chris […]
The Carson City Mint coin die discovery
The Carson City Mint operated from 1870 until it stopped producing coins in 1893, and was finally closed entirely in 1933. The historic building remained unoccupied until 1941, when it was selected to be the site for the Nevada State Museum. In 1955, the famed coin press No.1 was salvaged for $225 and returned to […]
‘A world of hurt’: 39 states to investigate Juul’s marketing
By Dave Collins and Matthew Perrone Associated Press A coalition of 39 states will look into the marketing and sales of vaping products by Juul Labs, including whether the company targeted youths and made misleading claims about nicotine content in its devices, officials announced Tuesday. Attorneys general from Connecticut, Florida, Nevada, Oregon and Texas said […]
Coyote Springs’ general improvement district to be dissolved
At the recommendation of Coyote Springs Investments’ legal counsel Emilia Cargill, the Lincoln County Board of County Commissioners will be moving forward to dissolve the consolidated general improvement district between the county and Coyote Springs. Action was taken by unanimous vote at the commission meeting Feb. 19. Cargill said she believed it is in the […]