Washoe County Archives - Page 9 of 29

OPINON: With My Reforms, We Can Turn WCSD Around

May 24, 2024 6:21 pm

Hello. I am Oscar Williams, running for Washoe School Board District E. I’m a thirty-year resident of Reno and a super dad. My son attended Westergard and Billinghurst in District E as a special needs student due to his dyslexia. To the parents of children with dyslexia, there is hope—lots...

Nevada Homeowners, Realtors Warn of ‘Insurance Crisis’ As Insurance Companies Drop Coverage

May 23, 2024 9:23 pmJune 1, 2024 7:30 pm

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a comment from Assemblywoman Heidi Kasama During a joint interim legislative committee hearing of Commerce and Labor this morning, homeowners in Incline Village highlighted a growing crisis related to insurance companies, namely American Family Insurance and Farmers Insurance, dropping or reducing coverage...

OPINION: The True Power and Responsibility of a WCSD Trustee

May 21, 2024 1:10 pmMay 21, 2024 2:18 pm

“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.” George Orwell, 1984 Washoe County School District has immense power; the power to shape the minds of 60,000 students each day. It has a huge responsibility to do so in...

Reps Horsford And Lee Sign Letter Urging Biden To ‘Restore Order At the Border’

May 8, 2024 2:06 pmMay 9, 2024 2:48 pm

Nevada’s Congressional Representatives Steven Horsford (CD-4) and Susie Lee (CD-3) joined thirteen of their Democratic colleagues in a letter to Joe Biden requesting his administration “immediately take further action” to secure the border between the United States and Mexico. In the letter first obtained by CBS News, the Democratic legislators...

DNC Seeks Dismissal of RNC ‘Junk’ Lawsuit, Claims RNC is ‘Sowing Distrust in Elections’

May 6, 2024 5:21 pmMay 7, 2024 1:43 pm

The Globe first reported that the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Republican National Committee and the Nevada GOP filed a lawsuit alleging five Nevada counties are violating the National Voting Rights Act (NVRA) by not maintaining clean and accurate voter rolls. The counties named are Carson City, Clark, Douglas,...

Opinion: Bridging the Gap in Washoe County’s Education System

May 2, 2024 10:48 am

In reflecting on the state of education in Washoe County, it’s hard not to draw parallels to the repetitive cycle depicted in the comedy classic, Groundhog Day. Year after year, we awaken to the disheartening reality of stagnant school rankings and declining scores. Despite our best efforts, progress seems elusive,...

RSLC Targets Down-Ballot ‘Biden Allies’ With ‘Republican Roadmap’ Campaign

April 30, 2024 2:53 pmApril 30, 2024 3:02 pm

The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) and its affiliated PACs has released its ‘Republican Roadmap’ ad campaign throughout the swingy Silver State highlighting how “state Republicans serve as the last line of defense for their constituents” in a pivotal 2024 election year. In Nevada, Democrats have a supermajority in the...