Public Lands Protections Could Move Ahead In Congress This Year

Democrats in Congress have a rare opportunity to advance an ambitious public lands agenda—if they can keep their tenuous majorities in line.

Data Firm’s Conclusion On Class-Size Reduction: Nevada Should Actually Try It

Findings presented to state board make case for more investment in K-12.

Lawmakers, Prisons Silent On Alleged Assaults Of Inmates

Prisoners allegedly shackled to wheelchairs and beaten.

Nationally Dems Fight For $15 Wage. Meanwhile, Nevada Looks Stuck On $12.

Passage of the federal wage legislation is uncertain at best.

Groups Want Biden To End ICE’s For-Profit Detention Contracts

President Biden is phasing out federal contracts for private prisons but neglect to include the Department of Homeland Security.

Growth Not Paying For Growth In Southern Nevada

Builders’ taxes and fees stagnant for decades as home sales soar.

Small Businesses During Big Crisis: How Owners Think The State Can Help

Nevada’s mom and pop shops have a few ideas on how the state could better help them through the pandemic.

NV Conservationists Welcome Biden’s Pause On Oil & Gas Leases

President Joe Biden signed a host of executive orders on climate and set goals of conserving nearly a third of the nation’s land and water.

Sisolak Rejects 80 Percent Seizure From Inmate Accounts In Favor Of Half

Advocates decry prisons’ COVID response.

Housing Coalition Eyes Bills Tackling Renter Discrimination, Affordability

Nevada has consistently ranked poorly in the number of affordable housing units.

New Immigration Initiatives Always Bring Out The Scammers, Coalition Warns

Immigration advocates are anticipating a fight against scams and unethical lawyers.

Biden Immigration Overhaul Would Open A Door To Citizenship

The immigration reform bill would lay out a path for nearly 11 million undocumented people.

‘Sitting Back Waiting To Die’

Rare use of compassionate release policies leaves medically vulnerable inmates locked up.

Las Vegas Charter School Sued For Curriculum Covering Race, Identity

A Black mom is accusing a Las Vegas charter school of creating a hostile learning environment for her white-passing son.

County Holds Memorial Ceremony For COVID Victims

As of Tuesday, 2,873 people in Clark County have died from COVID.

Bottom Of Another List: Nevada Gets Least TANF Funding Per Child In U.S.

President- elect Joe Biden has called for an additional $1 billion in funding for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.

Is Now Any Time To Raise The Property Tax?

Lawmakers expected to take up popular caps.

Biden Rolls Out Massive ‘Rescue Plan’

An additional $1,400, states get money, and lots of help for other things.

Vaccine Distribution Fraught With Uncertainty

‘We don’t know what we’re going to get for the vaccine the next week’

Marijuana Is Legal In Nevada, But Illegal Market Is Still Huge, Officials Say

Southern Nevada law enforcement announced in April that they’d made their largest indoor marijuana grow operation bust ever.

‘Food Pod’ Proposal May Be Derailed By LV City Council

Downtown businesses oppose plan for vacant lot.

Latino Business Owners Hope For Better Results From New PPP Round

Businesses are getting another round of financial help with the latest spending bill passed by Congress.

Councilwoman Hopes To Make Pandemic ‘Microschool’ Program Permanent

In August, the City of North Las Vegas launched the Southern Nevada Urban Micro Academy.

City Pushing Property Owner To Oust Homeless Residents

After LV, NLV and DOT razed one encampment, those displaced relocated to new area.

Shot In The Arm? 1 In 4 COVID Vaccines Administered In Nevada

Nevada has received 142,525 doses and recorded 34,549 inoculations, or just under 25 percent.

Capitol Chaos As Pro-Trump Mob Turns Lawless

A mob derailed the typically routine process of Congress certifying the presidential election results on Wednesday.

UNLV Lauded For Outreach To Students From Under-Resourced Backgrounds

‘Social mobility’ index says school doing an urban university’s key mission right.

Demand For Food Assistance Strains State Agency

Food insecurity in Nevada has grown, as has the number of people applying for food assistance programs.

6 In 10 Nevadans With Student Loans Can’t Make Payments, Survey Says

Congressional failure to act in relief bill leaves borrowers in the lurch.

A Wretched Year: The Nevada Current’s Staff Looks Back On 2020

Each writer on the Nevada Current staff was asked to highlight some of their work from this atrocious year.

Prelude To A Disaster: From ‘No Confirmed Cases’ To Unprecedented Shutdown

The discussion focused on balancing individual rights with communal protections.

Prelude To A Disaster: How Nevada Prepared As COVID Descended

It was supposed to be a banner year for Nevada, especially Las Vegas, where the biggest problem was what to do with too much of a good thing

Nevada Charter Schools Got Millions In PPP Loans

They’re ‘public schools when it is convenient and something else when it’s not,’ NSEA says.

Unpaid Utility Bills Are Stacking Up, Assistance Programs Will Likely Fall Short

According to NV Energy spokeswoman Jennifer Schuricht, the company isn’t disconnecting services for nonpayment.

Congress Passes ‘First Step’ In Pandemic Relief With $900B Package

Widely labeled inadequate before it was even passed, Congress cleared the first major COVID-19 relief measure since the spring.

DETR Paints Itself As Overburdened But Adapting To ‘Beyond A Tsunami’ Of Claims

The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation has made significant strides in addressing its backlog of unemployment claims.

As Covid Cases Surge And Push For Compassionate Release Intensifies, Prisons Turn To Foggers

Many were serving time for nonviolent crimes, within six months of their sentencing ending, and didn’t want to die inside as COVID spreads.

Congress Close To Relief Deal Including Direct Payments, Added Unemployment Benefits

Top congressional leaders met late into the night Tuesday.

Haaland Would Be Nation’s First Native American Cabinet Secretary

Biden expected to pick New Mexico congresswoman to lead Interior.

New Eviction Moratorium Isn’t Automatic, Requires Tenant Action

Gov. Steve Sisolak has issued a new directive preventing most residential evictions, but the order isn’t automatic.