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UNLV failure to remove pro-Palestine protestors from lecture violates policy, groups say
Faculty, student, and Jewish organizations are calling on UNLV President Keith Whitfield to investigate whether three pro-Palestinian protesters who disrupted a lecture last week and the failure of campus police to remove them from the event was in violation of the school’s free speech policies. The protesters interrupted guest lecturer Asaf Peer, a physics professor […]
F1 exec Fretwell ‘odd choice’ to chair Vegas Chamber, say some business owners
When Las Vegas Grand Prix chief operating officer Betsy Fretwell took the reins this week of the Vegas Chamber Board of Trustees, she pledged to work to maximize the economic impact of big sporting events for small businesses, according to news reports. But business owners who blame the race for a months-long disruption to their […]
Dirty air calls for cars powered by clean energy, say advocates
Clean air and clean energy advocates are calling on the Biden administration and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enact the strongest standards possible to reduce emissions from vehicles beginning with 2027 models in an effort to improve health and combat climate change. Last year the EPA announced proposed standards to be phased in on […]
NV Energy proposes monthly service charge jump of $28 in Northern Nevada
The basic service charge of $16.50 paid monthly by NV Energy customers in Northern Nevada could increase to $44.40 if the utility has its way. The utility says the move is a means of reducing a $7.8 million subsidy paid by ratepayers who buy electricity from the utility, to the benefit of solar rooftop customers, […]
Electricity, natural gas bills expected to fall in April
An extended economic hangover caused by high electric and natural gas bills for Nevada ratepayers will begin to subside in April, as the exorbitant cost of natural gas in 2022 and early 2023, coupled with higher usage resulting from frigid temperatures that winter, fall off the 12-month rolling average used by NV Energy and Southwest […]
Medical director of Nevada prisons not licensed as a physician in the state
The medical director of the Nevada Department of Corrections, Dr. Kenneth Williams, has no medical license in Nevada, the state’s Board of Medical Examiners confirmed Friday. The board’s investigator did not respond to requests for comment. “Dr. Williams is currently licensed in Tennessee,” NDOC assistant director William Quenga said Friday in an interview. “He is […]
Clark County attempts to put the brakes on F1 speculation
A cryptic statement issued Wednesday by Clark County confirming the Las Vegas Grand Prix will return, was the result of “media outlets asking if the race was not going to occur because of recent comments in the news,” according to county spokeswoman Jennifer Cooper. Commission Chairman Tick Segerblom acknowledged last month during an interview that […]
Nevada spent $15 million to help 350 people find jobs
Job development agencies in Nevada spent $44,769 per person — the highest of all 50 states and 20 times the national average — to provide career services to 350 newly unemployed workers in fiscal year 2022, according to data from the U.S. Department of Labor. The effort cost taxpayers $15 million, about 40% of the […]
Cat lovers implore Henderson to stop killing ferals
As Sisyphean tasks go, putting a lid on the wanton breeding of cats, who can give birth to 20 or more kittens a year, is in a league of its own. In an effort to stem the supply, a small but dedicated band of volunteers while away the hours in the dead of winter and […]
Ex-con schools law enforcement on approach
Michael DiVicino grew up despising law enforcement. “When I was roughly the age of five or six, I woke up to a commotion in my household. I’m scared. I’m confused. I see the door kicked in, and I see my father being dragged out of the house in handcuffs,” DiVicino said Wednesday to a class […]
PUC: NV Energy customers, not shareholders, on the hook for employee bonuses
If Southern Nevadans expect better customer service from NV Energy, they’ll have to pay for it. That’s the message from Public Utilities Commissioner Randy Brown, who led the charge to have ratepayers, rather than shareholders, foot the bill for the utility’s employee bonuses. Brown, the only new member of the PUC appointed by Gov. Joe […]
Lombardo appointee doubles down on ratepayer-funded bonuses for NV Energy employees
The Nevada Public Utilities Commission is scheduled Tuesday to reconsider its decision in December to stick ratepayers with a $5.75 million bill for bonuses NV Energy paid its Southern Nevada employees last year. Commissioner Randy Brown, appointed by Gov. Joe Lombardo to the PUC in September last year, is standing firm on his order requiring […]