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Opinion: The fight is far From over: Nevada’s vital role in protecting abortion rights
When it comes to abortion rights in 2024, every win and every loss has an outsized impact felt across the country. With Florida enforcing a near total abortion ban earlier this month, Arizona narrowly missing the enforcement of a pre-Civil War era ban only to be left with a 15-week ban, and two Supreme Court…
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Letter to Editor: Let’s keep making the Silver State green for all Nevadans
Dear Editor, In regards to the article “Rep. Susie Lee scores win as bill expanding access to public lands passes US House” from April 10: As the Nevada Program Manager for Somos Votantes living here in Las Vegas, it is encouraging to see the tremendous progress being made in Nevada to conserve our green spaces…
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Letter to Editor: Let’s keep making the Silver State green for all Nevadans
Dear Editor, In regards to the article “Rep. Susie Lee scores win as bill expanding access to public lands passes US House” from April 10: As the Nevada Program Manager for Somos Votantes living here in Las Vegas, it is encouraging to see the tremendous progress being made in Nevada to conserve our green spaces…
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Hundreds of workers launch 48-hour strike at Virgin Hotels
Lack of compromise for wage increases drives a wedge between Culinary Union and Virgin Hotels, pushing hundreds of workers to strike.
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Biden administration finalizes nursing home, Medicaid reforms to improve care
The rules issued last month establish national minimum staffing requirements for federally-funded nursing homes, enact national appointment wait time standards for Medicaid and CHIP enrollees, and more.
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New affordable housing community for seniors to open in Las Vegas
Hundreds of millions of dollars are being invested and awarded to help address the affordable housing crisis in southern Nevada, but the state still has a shortage of about 78,000 affordable homes.
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Rosa Alicia Contreras es una “Esperanza” magisterial en el CCSD
El Distrito Escolar del Condado Clark celebra la Semana de Agradecimiento a los Maestros.
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Rosen supports bill to study health defects in children of vets exposed to toxins
The bill would establish a multi-agency task force to research diagnoses and treatments sought by the children of former service members who were exposed to toxic substances during their military service Nevada US Sen. Jacky Rosen is endorsing a proposal that would fund a first-of-its-kind study of the potential health defects of descendants of veterans…
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‘It helped us try to recover’: How Nevada schools used American Rescue Plan funds to get through the pandemic
Nevada schools used the COVID-era relief funds to help students recover from learning loss and trauma, invest in classroom supplies, and pay teachers’ salaries and bonuses amid recruitment and retention challenges.
