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WEBSep 14, 2024 · Survey warns Latino voter outreach could fall short. BY: Michael Lyle - September 13, 2024. More than half of Nevada registered Latino voters surveyed in a recent poll said they had not been contacted by any political party or campaign as of the end of August, according to a new report from UnidosUS. UnidosUS released results Thursday from its ...
Career prosecutor, public defender vie for Henderson Justice Court ...
WEB1 day ago · By: Dana Gentry - September 23, 2024 5:00 am. Sandy DiGiacomo and Marla Renteria. Henderson Assistant City Attorney Sandy DiGiacomo, who won 33% of votes in the primary election, and Clark County public defender Marla Renteria, who won just under 22%, are squaring off in the general election for a seat on the Henderson Justice Court.
Homeless report shows 20% spike from previous year, highlights …
WEBSep 9, 2024 · A 13-year-high in the number of unhoused individuals counted. A growing number of families with children. An increase among people experiencing homelessness chronically. Black individuals over-represented among the unhoused population. Results of Clark County’s annual homeless census released last week showed an overall 20% increase from the 2023 census and revealed alarming trends about who
NV Energy transmission line approval reflects fed race to develop …
WEBSep 10, 2024 · The Libra Project — the largest energy storage and solar project in Nevada history — was reviewed for environmental impacts and approved within a year of being proposed. “We are seeing incredible progress on Libra solar,” said Chris Brooks, the Senior Vice President of External Relations for Arevia. “This time next year, we should ...
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WEBABOUT US. Nevada Current is a nonprofit online source of political and policy news and commentary. We seek to: Explore what it might take to fix them. The Current is an affiliate of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization, supported by grants and donations. The Current retains full editorial independence.
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WEBBY: Thom Reilly - July 9, 2024. Over the course of Nevada history, no one party has dominated the state’s politics, and its electorate has remained surprisingly balanced in its political leanings. Since becoming a state in 1864, Nevada has had equal representation with its federal delegation: 14 U.S. senators from each of the major parties ...
New group targets Nevada with election reform initiative
WEBNov 29, 2021 · A proposed initiative petition was filed with the Secretary of State’s office on Nov. 12 by a newly formed political action committee called Nevada Voters First. The proposal would reform how congressional, statewide and state legislative races are decided. The backers and early adopters of the proposal believe it’s …
Time to turn the corner on Nevada’s mental health crisis
WEBMay 18, 2022 · The national average is 45.4 clinical professional counselors per 100,000 residents. Nevada has 10.3 per 100,000.”. The data reveal an even more troubling story for the youth mental health landscape. A second report from Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute found that Nevada has just one school psychologist available for every ...
Told need 'has not peaked,' lawmakers allocate more ARPA funds …
WEBAug 24, 2022 · On the same day lawmakers approved millions of dollars to go toward children’s mental health, county officials and legal service providers explained how additional rental relief funding could help alleviate pressure on the child welfare system.. Rental assistance and eviction prevention programs prevented a feared tsunami of evictions in the first year of the pandemic, but Clark County ...