By Carole Feldman and Jennifer C. Kerr, AP WASHINGTON — The latest government snapshot of school crime paints a picture of safer schools with declines in violent crime, bullying and harassment because of sexual orientation. Still, about 3 percent of students ages 12 to 18 said they were victims of crimes at school in 2014. […]
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By Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times WASHINGTON — After years of debate about the health risks of electronic cigarettes, the federal government on Thursday made it final: They need to be regulated and kept out of the hands of children. The Food and Drug Administration issued sweeping new rules that for the first time extend […]
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By Seth A. Richardson, Reno Gazette-Journal Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., on Wednesday left a possible run for governor in 2018 on the table. Heller made the comments on political talk show “Nevada Newsmakers”. Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval will be term-limited in 2018. “I always keep my options open,” Heller said. “Frankly, most of those involved […]
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By AFP MINDEN — Airbus on May 7 completed a test flight of a glider set to eventually travel to the edge ofspace, in a pioneering step into the stratosphere. The Perlan 2’s flight, from an airstrip in Minden, took place two hours after the planned 1:45pm start time due to heavy rain. “It was […]
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By Chris Kudialis, Las Vegas Sun What’s billed as a marijuana education conference this week at UNR is more like a state-sponsored, government-funded propaganda rally against legalization of the drug, say supporters of the state’s marijuana industry. And they think that if UNR is allowed to put on the event, they deserve equal time. The conference, […]
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By Kathryn Reed To build or not to build? If only it were that simple. What is allowed to be constructed and where depends on a slew of criteria. And once those rules are met, local, state and federal mandates come into play. Then when it’s all done, the work must be inspected. That was […]
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By Lindzi Wessel, San Jose Mercury News The ferocious wildfires incinerating parts of Western Canada this week feel eerily familiar for Californians whose wildfire season has become a yearlong affair in many parts of the parched state. But after the rainiest winter in five years, the Golden State is greener than gold this May, and the […]
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By Tyler Kingkade, Huffington Post BOSTON — Education Secretary John King Jr. called for so-called bathroom laws to be repealed on Monday, hinting that his department won’t sit on its hands if schools ignore federal law protecting the rights of LGBT students. “They’re hateful laws and should be repealed,” King said at a conference for education reporters. […]
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By Amy Graff, San Francisco Chronicle A determined beetle the size of a rice grain is drilling into California’s trees, turning the lush forest blanketing the Golden State into a sea of dead wood that’s highly flammable. The most recent data from 2015 estimates bark beetles have killed over 29 million trees, and Cal Fire […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun NV Energy does not expect to build a new fossil fuel power plant in the next decade, making it unlikely that it will go forward with a controversial $1 billion natural gas plant that the utility had proposed last fall. The utility, instead, signed an agreement early last month […]
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