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National Unemployment Drops As Jobs Increase
Over the last six months, the national unemployment rate has bounced back and forth between 3.5 percent and 3.7 percent.
Nevada Has a 2023 New Year’s Resolution: Liver Transplants for Those Who Need Them
Nevada has a new year’s resolution for 2023: Perform the state’s first liver transplant and expand other organ transplant services for residents who need them.
More Women are Being Detained as Jail Populations Near Pre-COVID Levels
Jail populations throughout the country have reverted to nearly pre-pandemic levels after seeing big declines in the early months of 2020.
Nevada Charter Schools Continue Their Steady Growth, Make Some Diversity Gains
Nevada charter schools continue to increase their share of K-12 public school students and enrollment declined within the state’s two urban districts, official enrollment data shows.
Clark County Declares Pets Are Not Products, Bans Sale From Pet Stores
The Clark County Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance designed to reduce demand for puppy mills, which force captive dogs to produce multiple litters a year for as long as a decade, often in squalid conditions that jeopardize the health of the mother and her pups.
Lawsuit Against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Rare Fish Species Protection
Last month, the conservationist group Center for Biological Diversity sent a formal notice with the intention to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in regards to the Fish Lake Valley tui chub that resides near the California-Nevada line.
De-Emphasizing SATs Would be a Godsend for Students and Parents | Opinion
1080. That’s what I tallied on the SATs more than 40 years ago while attending my college prep high school in Washington, D.C.
Nevada Economy Booms While Fears of Recession Spike
Nevada has a strong labor market that has vastly recovered from the economic downturn of the pandemic, but record-high inflation and the struggle to find new workers cause people to worry that a recession is around the corner.
Avian Flu Threatens Flocks Throughout Nevada
Clark County officials have detected a highly contagious strain of avian flu in two dead geese at Sunset Park, and say birds at other watering holes throughout the valley are showing symptoms of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), which is primarily found in waterfowl, but is a threat to backyard flocks of poultry and other birds.