EcoMadres — a subdivision of Moms Clean Air Force, a nonprofit that tries to raise awareness of the impact of heat and pollution on communities — held a summit on the topic Saturday at the offices of progressive advocacy group Make the Road Nevada.

In one of the steepest setbacks in the country, Clark County girls lost nearly a grade level, while boys fell at half that rate. Schools are trying to make up ground.

The state helped college students work around the financial barriers of lacking legal status, but students are feeling the limits of schools’ ability to support them.

The needs of the institution and students must be met before administration is unnecessarily expanded or given raises. The administration's funding choices are punishing students financially and academically.

There are millions of Americans who have the right to vote, but who do not have the means to go out and vote, whether that be because of transportation, work, not knowing enough about the issues or any combination of the three.

UNR's leadership has added nearly $30 million in new annual costs that do not directly support its core educational mission. To address the shortfall, as many as 108 positions will remain vacant or be eliminated.

Chronic absenteeism rates ticked down slightly in the 2022-2023 school year but remain much higher than before the pandemic. Officials said the pandemic fostered a decrease in student engagement.

The schools plan to use the funds to hire additional faculty, but officials cautioned that key factors of the nursing shortage — such as faculty pay and burnout — remain unaddressed.

During her State of Education address, Washoe County schools Superintendent Susan Enfield outlined challenges the district is facing, and plans to address them.

State and local officials across Nevada signed agreements with Northshore Clinical Labs, a COVID testing laboratory run by men with local political connections. There was only one problem: Its tests didn’t work.

The leaders of a UNR-based program that sets middle schoolers on a path toward college wants to use new federal funding to help similar organizations across the state.

UNR President Brian Sandoval met with Nevada Native leaders last week to discuss repatriation efforts.

Now, five years since students called on UNR to protect its immigrant population, Mazariego’s position is vacant as she seeks to pursue the same goal she had to support the immigrant community — this time as a licensed therapist. She said that while it may take years of effort and work to change state or federal policy, she realized there’s an opportunity to facilitate change through therapy.

Tribal leaders pointed to this history earlier this week during a legislative hearing in the Assembly Committee on Education as they testified in support of AB262, which would waive tuition and fees at Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) institutions, including two-year and four-year schools, for citizens of the state’s 27 tribes. It also would provide in-state tuition for citizens of federally recognized tribes outside of Nevada.

The Clark County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a name change from McCarran International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport.

Rossy Mueller Rosales, a longtime Reno resident originally from Nicaragua, said she fondly remembers the last time she saw her older brother — the smell of carne asada and the sound of music filled her Reno backyard as they barbecued and he played the guitar on a warm and sunny May day in 2019.

Some issues they likely will have to deal with — ranging from changes that may come with the outcome of Ballot Question 1, which will determine whether the elected board is put under the oversight of the Legislature per Assembly Joint Resolution No. 5 to unknown consequences from the continuing pandemic — are yet to be seen.

Incumbents Donald Abbott in Ward 1 and Paul Anderson in Ward 3 have had a considerable lead in cash on hand since the cycle started and point to their primary wins as a sign of support from voters. Meanwhile, challengers Wendy Stolyarov in Ward 1 and Quentin Smith in Ward 3 have characterized the incumbents as disconnected from their respective wards and argue that they would be better representatives on the council.

Such a threshold wouldn't be "prudent," Dick said in a press call on Wednesday, because of the individual situations of each school and the uncertainty of the virus. The Washoe County School District has reported 17 cases across 14 schools as of Wednesday, and the health district plans to use incoming data to evaluate the safety of in-person schooling day by day.

The issues have motivated 10 candidates to seek three open seats on the five-person Sparks City Council — a job that comes with a salary of about $55,000. Each race features an incumbent with a considerably larger purse than newcomer opponents.