Clark County education officials could pull the plug on several low-performing, district-sponsored charter schools by revoking or terminating their contracts. That’s one of the options under consideration by Superintendent Jesus Jara and the Clark County School Board of Trustees following the recent release of school performance information.

The complex plan is meant to defer more severe shortage conditions on the river as negotiators in the seven-state Colorado River Basin work out an even more complex long-term framework for a century-old system challenged by higher temperatures and changes in precipitation.

Research has shown that breastfeeding reduces the risk of a range of chronic diseases in infants, and the surgeon general estimates that families who breastfeed save $1,200 to $1,500 in formula costs in the first year of a baby’s life. Both Congress and the Nevada Legislature have taken steps to better meet the needs of breastfeeding mothers, although gaps persist.

The longer stays, coupled with a 6 percent increase in overall admissions, are contributing to a prison population that’s 7 percent higher than a decade ago and growing while nationwide state prison rates are dropping.

A building supplies company in an industrial park north of Las Vegas has become the latest Nevada business hoping to exit NV Energy. Georgia-Pacific Gypsum, a gypsum wallboard and plastic manufacturing plant 20 miles north of Las Vegas at the Apex Industrial Park, filed an amended application with state energy regulators on Tuesday to leave NV Energy as a power customer.

Whether Question 3 would be a net benefit for the average Nevadan remains a sharp point of contention among the well-funded supporters and opponents of the ballot question, and one voters are still grappling with a month before Election Day. If approved, the proposed constitutional amendment would require the state to set up a competitive retail market by 2023.

As Gov. Brian Sandoval enters his final months in office, he shared the stage one more time with Tesla CEO Elon Musk to highlight his record helping Nevada recover from the recession. The summit included a panel with the CEO and owner of Blockchains, LLC, a little-known startup that has purchased more than 67,000 acres in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center.

The Senate could vote as soon as today on a Democratic resolution designed to target Sen. Dean Heller and other vulnerable Republicans that would repeal a Trump administration rule which expands the ability of insurers to sell short-term plans not subject to Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage requirements.  

While Laxalt’s platform referred to the “disastrous” effects of the Affordable Care Act, Sisolak’s agenda praises it as successful, citing more people covered through Medicaid and a drop in the uninsured rate. He also argues that Laxalt was opposed to Medicaid expansion and “sat on his hands and did absolutely nothing” to oppose the Trump administration's rollback of Obamacare.