Monday, 27 February 2023

Dilapidated schools send rural Nevada officials to Legislature in search of $60 million

DILAPIDATED SCHOOLS SEND RURAL NEVADA OFFICIALS TO LEGISLATURE IN SEARCH OF $60 MILLION

The sole elementary and middle schools in Ely are filled with children of whom White Pine County School District Superintendent Adam Young is deeply proud. Young raves about the roughly 600 schoolchildren in the town of about 4,000 residents about 240 miles outside of Las Vegas in central eastern Nevada. His passion for the children, he says, keeps him up at night because the facilities where they attend school are painfully outdated.

STATE TREASURER’S PLAN AIMS TO HELP BREAK LONG-TERM CYCLE OF POVERTY IN NEVADA

New legislation being proposed by Nevada Treasurer Zach Conine aims to close the wealth gap for the state’s poorest residents by throwing a lifeline to those in need of it most. Assembly Bill 28 calls for $3,200 bonds to be issued to Nevadans whose birth was covered by Medicaid.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS LIKELY FINISHED WITH DEADLINE MOVES AFTER ACQUIRING BARBASHEV

It doesn't look like the Golden Knights are going to make a big splash at the trade deadline. Following the acquisition of forward Ivan Barbashev from the St. Louis Blues on Sunday morning for 2021 first-round pick Zach Dean, Vegas appears to have made its significant deal before the deadline at noon Friday.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS OWNER JIM IRSAY BRINGS HIS CONCERT AND COLLECTION TO LAS VEGAS

Before sports became his life’s work, Jim Irsay was a musician. Born in Chicago’s North Shore suburb of Lincolnwood, he was an eight-year-old concert violinist at the music academy at Northwestern University in nearby Evanston, Illinois.

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