The event helped connect prospective employees with industry leaders in renewable energy fields—while many of the jobs available don’t require a college degree. Several dozen job seekers from across the Las Vegas area convened on Tuesday for a career fair in the...
As the Biden-Harris campaign seeks to court educators, one Las Vegas teacher says she had $60,000 in loans forgiven by the president’s executive action. This time last year, Las Vegas teacher Tillie Torres thought she would never pay off her student loan debt. ...
A Nevada non-profit was one of 60 groups nationwide to receive some of the $7 billion for a Biden administration program to make solar power affordable for low-income Americans. A Nevada-based nonprofit was selected for a $156 million federal grant on Monday to use...
Lawmakers say the bipartisan bill would give the US Army Corps of Engineers tools needed to respond to drought conditions in the West and better manage water resources. A bipartisan group of congressional lawmakers introduced a bill last week that seeks to provide...
The ruling won’t impact a referendum voters could see in November, but it established a legal acknowledgment of reproductive care in Nevada, a reproductive rights advocate says. The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a referendum initiative aiming to...
The legislation would establish a program to cover costs of expunging low-level cannabis offenses in states where marijuana has been legalized.
The Nevada Secretary of State’s Office investigated 146 potential cases of fraud stemming from the 2022 election, which represents 0.0001% of the total ballots cast. A new report from the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office released Monday showed “no evidence of...
“The county supports our most vulnerable populations; our jailed inmates, our foster children, our sex-trafficked youth, and our homeless population. And they are just not getting the mental health care and the behavioral health care that they need," Washoe County Commission chairwoman Alexis Hill told the panel.
Amid wide turnover in the home care and nursing care industries, a new bill seeks to provide workers with increased pay and benefits. A new federal proposal from Nevada US Rep. Steven Horsford seeks to provide funding for states to support nursing home workers in a...
Swaths of public land with little or no value for oil or natural gas leasing can now be reprioritized for wildlife habitat preservation and recreation. The Biden administration on Friday announced new rules that will require oil and gas companies to pay more to...
