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Nevada billionaire megadonor gives $2 million to Sam Brown super PAC
David Duffield over the past three months donated $2 million to Duty First Nevada, a super PAC founded by Brown, according to campaign finance reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission.
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Southwest Gas seeks record general rate hike request
The company is seeking to raise rates by $61 million or 6.6% in Southern Nevada, where the average residential bill is slated to increase $8.14 a month, and $4.50 a month for apartments and condos.
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Ratepayers to NV Energy: ‘Give us a break’
NV Energy is asking regulators to increase power bills in Southern Nevada by an average of about 3%.
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35,300 Nevadans enrolled in new student loan repayment program
The new income-driven repayment plan calculates payments based on a borrower’s income and family size and forgives balances after a set number of years. The Department of Education has estimated that most borrowers will save about $1,000 per year under the new plan.
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Governor confirms ‘conversations’ between his office, CCSD, teachers union
The first-term Republican’s intervention was invoked Saturday by Clark County Education Association Executive Director John Vellardita during a union meeting.
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Wage theft alleged against company contracted to clean Strip resorts
A company that performs deep cleaning for Las Vegas Strip resorts has engaged in wage theft for at least two decades, according to the company’s former manager as well as former employees whose complaints are being investigated by the US Department of Labor.
