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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...

Polling Shows ‘Harris Is In Trouble In Nevada’

September 30, 2024 3:37 pmOctober 1, 2024 11:55 am

The Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) highlighted Nevada in a piece featuring a bipartisan group of election experts from around the country and found that polling and the economy may spell trouble in the swing state for Vice President Kamala Harris. DCNF reports: “There are very few paths to victory...

‘Crooked And Obscene:’ Naked Trump Statue Erected Along 15 Freeway

September 30, 2024 10:52 amSeptember 30, 2024 3:38 pm

Over the weekend, a 43 foot tall, 10 feet wide, 6,000 pound satirical marionette depicting a nude Donald Trump was erected on the side of Interstate 15 connecting Nevada and Utah. The artists behind the installation have entitled it “Crooked and Obscene” and was “intentional – serving as a bold...

Homeless Encampments: A Tale of Two Riverfronts Along The Truckee River

September 29, 2024 2:38 pmSeptember 30, 2024 10:53 am

For years, dozens of illegal and criminal homeless camps have been allowed to line both the Reno and Sparks sides of the Truckee River. On March 26 of this year, time finally ran out on their ability to legally remain there. On that date, the Washoe County passed a public...

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...

After SCOTUS Decision, Clark County Considers Homeless Camping Ban

September 26, 2024 4:23 pmSeptember 27, 2024 1:35 am

Clark County Commission Chair Tick Segerblom has introduced an agenda item to the upcoming October 1 meeting that discusses a potential ordinance for a homeless camping ban that would bar people from sleeping outside in tents or makeshift shelters on public sidewalks or in public spaces. . Earlier this month,...

Scam ‘GOP’ PAC Spotlights ‘Bipartisan’ Democratic Candidate in Nevada Swing District

September 26, 2024 11:18 amSeptember 27, 2024 1:45 pm

Ryan Hampton, a self-proclaimed “fierce bipartisan advocate” endorsed by the Nevada Democratic party for the open seat in Assembly District 4, vows to “end toxic politics” and seeks to find bipartisan solutions to “make real change for Nevada’s hard-working middle class.” Sounds nice, but Hampton’s comments made during a recent...