Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s ultra-conservative blueprint for the next Republican president, envisions an Ozzie and Harriet-style society where children are raised by married heterosexual parents, unburdened by the prospect of same-sex neighbors or drag queen story hours at the local library.  The cornerstone of Project 2025’s “Conservative promise” is to “restore the family as […] The post Family values, LGBTQ+ rights would backslide with Project 2025 appeared first on Nevada Current ..read more

A month into summer 2024, the vast majority of the U.S. population had already experienced at least one extreme heat wave, and millions of people were under heat alerts, with forecasts warning of more ahead. Death Valley hit 125 degrees Fahrenheit (51.7 Celsius) or higher for nine consecutive days in early July. Las Vegas broke […] The post Why this isn’t ‘just summer,’ and what climate change has to do with it appeared first on Nevada Current ..read more

Clark County School District expects to have a new superintendent picked by the end of October, according to a timeline approved earlier this month and discussed by trustees again Thursday. Hazard Young Attea Associates (HYA) — the search firm hired by the district — plans to begin advertising nationally for the position in August, with […] The post Clark County School Board plans to select new superintendent in October appeared first on Nevada Current ..read more

Vice President Kamala Harris — the likely 2024 Democratic presidential nominee — outlined on Thursday some of her “vision of the future” while touting the administration’s education record in her keynote address to the American Federation of Teachers national convention in Houston. Harris has quickly drawn the support of major unions like the AFT in […] The post VP Harris tells teachers union she’s ‘fighting for the future,’ blasts Project 2025  appeared first on Nevada Current ..read more

Nevada Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown was scheduled to speak in Elko Saturday, part of his campaign’s “Rural Tour.” But the “Rural Tour” campaign stop was canceled due to, as the Elko County Republican Party put it on social media, “unintended circumstances.” The unintended circumstances, it turns out, is a cryptocurrency conference in Tennessee. […] The post Sam Brown cancels campaign visit to Elko for Bitcoin conference in Nashville appeared first on Nevada Current ..read more

Ethan Cohen recalls learning about the Holocaust in “fifth or fourth grade, briefly” and “then in middle school more in depth.” But his experience isn’t the standard in Nevada. “I attended a Jewish day school for most of my life,” said the high schooler, who serves on the Nevada Youth Legislature. “I had that with […] The post Group calls for courses on genocide, Holocaust in Nevada classrooms appeared first on Nevada Current ..read more

Vice President Kamala Harris, who has gained the support of enough delegates to win the Democratic presidential nomination, speaks to the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Grand Boule at the Indiana Convention Center on July 24, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Yesterday Harris spoke to potential voters during a stop in Wisconsin and tomorrow is scheduled to attend an event in Texas. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Policy, politics and progressive commentary WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee will move forward with a virtual nomination vote for its presidential candidate as soon as Aug. 1 ..read more

The leading Democrat on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday highlighted the spending cuts proposed by House Republicans in fiscal 2025 appropriations bills. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) Policy, politics and progressive commentary The cuts to labor, health care and education proposed in a U.S. House Republican bill this week are previews of what would happen to federal agencies under a second Trump term, a key House Democrat said Tuesday. Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, told reporters Tuesday that the major ..read more

(Photo: Ronda Churchill/Nevada Current) Policy, politics and progressive commentary Nevada counties have mailed notices to nearly 157,000 people warning them their voter registration is scheduled to be set to inactive unless they take action, the secretary of state’s office announced Tuesday. The effort is part of routine voter roll maintenance, the process of which is set in Nevada Revised Statute and federal law through the National Voter Registration Act. A total of 156,996 NVRA notices were sent by Nevada’s 17 counties, according to the secretary of state’s office. That’s equivalent to ar ..read more

(Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Policy, politics and progressive commentary Vice President Kamala Harris has won enough endorsements from Democratic delegates to make her the party’s presidential nominee, according to unofficial delegate trackers. A delegate tracker from The Associated Press counted 2,688 delegates who had said by Tuesday morning they would vote for Harris on the first ballot of the party’s nominating vote. A candidate needs 1,976 delegates on the first ballot to secure the Democratic nomination. If the delegates who have endorsed her follow through, Harris will officia ..read more