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In Nevada, Proficiency Rates Are NOT Used to Determine Graduation Rates

October 1, 2024 11:54 amOctober 4, 2024 7:55 am

Last month, The Globe reported that only 20 percent of high school students are proficient in math. Overall, less than 50 percent of Nevada students are proficient in math and English. Yet, the state reports over 80 percent graduation rates. How is this possible? We asked the Nevada Department of...

Governor Lombardo Requests Legislative Commission Audit into Clark County School District Budget

September 27, 2024 1:31 pmOctober 2, 2024 4:11 pm

Last night, Governor Joe Lombardo wrote to Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro to request that the Legislative Commission amends its audit of Clark County School District (CCSD) to include an investigation of its budget shortfalls. During the week of September 16, CCSD sent numerous warnings to principals around the district...

Bay Area Activists Canvass Nevada To Flip State to A Progressive Majority, Elect Harris-Walz

September 24, 2024 2:46 pmSeptember 27, 2024 1:48 pm

A recent report from CBS News reveals that a “progressive nonprofit” out of the Bay Area sent their communist-sympathizing activists to Nevada to canvass on behalf of Nevada Democrats and the Harris-Walz campaign. According to CBS: Dozens of volunteers from the Bay Area just returned from a canvassing trip to...

Election Integrity Nonprofit Files Lawsuits Against Two Nevada Counties to Remove Ineligible Voters

September 23, 2024 12:38 pmSeptember 26, 2024 4:30 pm

On Friday, Citizen Outreach Foundation (COF), sponsor of the Pigpen Project to clean up the voter rolls in Nevada, filed a lawsuit (see below) against the clerk’s offices in two Nevada counties asking the court to instruct them to process challenges of suspected ineligible voters who have moved from the...

Reno Councilman Devon Reese Slapped With Two New Ethics Complaints

September 20, 2024 2:18 pmSeptember 25, 2024 11:55 am

The Nevada Commission on Ethics is investigating Reno City Council member Devon Reese after an ethics panel found credible evidence that Reese violated two Nevada ethics laws. As the Globe reported in September 2022, following multiple ethics complaints, Reese was found to not have disclosed his business relationships with employee...

Report: Less Than 20 Percent of High School Students in Nevada Are Proficient in Math

September 17, 2024 11:37 amSeptember 19, 2024 2:16 pm

In a recent study by Scholaroo, Nevada ranks 46th in the nation in education and the latest report card provided by the Nevada Department of Education (NVDOE) supports their findings. The report provides data on student performance, absenteeism, graduation and state-wide school quality. Overall, less than 50 percent of all...

Election Integrity Foundation Accuses NV SOS Of Impeding And Discouraging Voter Roll Challenges

September 13, 2024 3:05 pmSeptember 18, 2024 4:32 pm

The Citizen Outreach Foundation (COF), led by president Chuck Muth, is challenging a memo received by county election officials from the Nevada Secretary of State’s office advising them to reject certain voter roll challenges. The foundation, through its Pigpen Project, has been working with election officials to identify ineligible voters...