By Elizabeth Shogren, High Country News As the West girds itself for what looks likely to be a fierce wildfire season, a bipartisan group of Western senators is pushing a bill to rethink the way the federal government pays to fight catastrophic fires. The idea is that the largest wildfires would be treated like natural […]
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By Robert Morse, U.S. News & World Report To produce the 2015 Best High Schools rankings, U.S. News & World Report teamed with North Carolina-based RTI International, a global nonprofit social science research firm. Whittell and South Tahoe high schools made U.S. News & World Report’s list of top high schools. Whittell has a national ranking […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — The cost of complying with an Environmental Protection Agency audit that found failures by the Nevada Transportation Department in addressing storm water runoff issues is coming due at $10 million for 42 new agency positions, equipment and travel. Another $3 million will be spent on storm […]
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By Neal Morton, Las Vegas Review-Journal Bucking a national trend of states increasing their investment for pre-kindergarten programs, Nevada continued to lose ground in its percentage of children enrolled and per-child spending in early childhood education. A new study from the National Institute for Early Education Research found Nevada fell one position to 37th among […]
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By Jack Healy, New York Times DENVER — Money was pouring into Bruce Nassau’s five Colorado marijuana shops when his accountant called with the bad news: The 2014 tax season was approaching, and Mr. Nassau could not rely on the galaxy of deductions that other businesses use to reduce their tax bills. He was going to […]
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By Associated Press Lawmakers expect Gov. Jerry Brown to suggest spending more tax dollars on public schools and community colleges while asking for more money to be set aside for a rainy day when he releases his updated budget this week. But with a growing $3 billion surplus, Democrats who control the Legislature will jockey […]
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By Ian Whitaker, Las Vegas Sun The debut of computerized Common Core tests in Nevada has been a disaster. State and school district officials watched helplessly for more than a week as problems with the testing company’s servers prevented thousands of students from logging on to take the Smarter Balanced Assessment. In Clark County, efforts […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – There is no one to do maintenance, mow the lawn or book events at Tahoe Paradise Park. This is because the board fired Steve Dunn, the park manager. “It was a personnel issue,” Sue Novasel, Tahoe Paradise Resort Improvement District chairwoman, told Lake Tahoe News. She would not go into […]
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By Nicholas Weiler, San Jose Mercury News It’s hard to imagine a California summer without long days lounging by the pool. But as unprecedented drought sears the state, the backyard swimming pool has become a target for cities desperate to save water. As cities and water districts put the squeeze on water users, even pool […]
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By Janene Scully, Noozhawk A fundraiser and memorial are being planned for a former employee at Skydive Santa Barbara at the Lompoc Airport after she died in a plane crash last week in Mexico. Robin Ballachey, 33, was one of two women reportedly killed when a Cessna 180 plane crashed off the coast of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Ballachey, […]
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