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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.
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Beneficiarios de DACA podrán recibir seguro médico a bajo costo después de nueva regla de Biden
Más de un tercio de los 530,000 beneficiarios de DACA del país no tienen seguro médico, según el gobierno federal. Nevada es hogar para unos 10,500 Dreamers.
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Opinion: Trump has shown he can’t keep Americans safe. In a second term, that could be disastrous.
From his failed response to COVID-19 to his role in the overturning Roe v. Wade to his new economic agenda that could cause job losses and price hikes, Donald Trump has proven he can’t protect Americans, writes Chris Edelson.
