Daniel Ortega said Nicaragua will “never again” hold elections. Twenty-nine OAS countries answered by invoking the organization’s highest diplomatic mechanism. Managua wasn’t even in the room: it withdrew from the OAS in 2023. The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States voted Wednesday, August 19, to urgently convene a consultative meeting of foreign ministers… Continue reading OAS Summons Foreign Ministers After Ortega Says Nicaragua Will Never Hold Elections Again
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La OEA convoca a cancilleres tras el anuncio de Ortega de suspender las elecciones en Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega dijo que en Nicaragua “no volverán a haber elecciones”. Veintinueve países de la OEA respondieron convocando la reunión de más alto nivel diplomático que existe en el organismo. Managua ni siquiera estaba en la sala: se retiró en 2023. El Consejo Permanente de la Organización de los Estados Americanos aprobó el miércoles 19… Continue reading La OEA convoca a cancilleres tras el anuncio de Ortega de suspender las elecciones en Nicaragua
Two New CCSD Elementary Schools Just Opened. Their Own District Says It Can’t Afford More Like Them.
Clark County School District welcomed students to two brand-new elementary schools this month, funded by a decade-old bond program. The same district says it’s now $11.7 billion short of what it needs to maintain the buildings it already has. Clark County School District opened two new elementary schools this month for the 2026-27 school year:… Continue reading Two New CCSD Elementary Schools Just Opened. Their Own District Says It Can’t Afford More Like Them.
CCSD Needs $15.3 Billion to Fix Its Schools. It Has $3.6 Billion.
Clark County School District’s buildings need $15.3 billion in repairs and replacements. The bond program meant to pay for it covers less than a quarter of that. Clark County School District facilities currently need $15.3 billion for repairs and replacements, while the district’s bond program has only about $3.6 billion available to cover it, according… Continue reading CCSD Needs $15.3 Billion to Fix Its Schools. It Has $3.6 Billion.
The Government Promised Rural America Broadband in 2021. Most of It Still Won’t Have Service Until 2027.
Federal officials allocated $42.45 billion to close the rural broadband gap three years ago. As of this month, most of that money still hasn’t built a single mile of new fiber. All 56 states and territories have submitted final proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program, and 55 have received approval from the… Continue reading The Government Promised Rural America Broadband in 2021. Most of It Still Won’t Have Service Until 2027.
Sovereign Ground: How Tribal Law Actually Works in Las Vegas
A tribal court sits less than a mile from the Fremont Street Experience, running its own criminal code, its own evidence rules, and its own appeals process, entirely outside the jurisdiction of Clark County. The Las Vegas Paiute Tribe operates a Tribal Court that, according to the tribe’s own government, exercises sovereign jurisdiction over criminal,… Continue reading Sovereign Ground: How Tribal Law Actually Works in Las Vegas
America Has 25% Fewer Air Traffic Controllers Than It Did in 1981. Airports Are Now Capping Flights to Cope.
The country’s air traffic control system is running roughly 3,000 controllers short of its own staffing targets, and airports are starting to cap how many flights they’ll allow rather than pretend the shortage isn’t there. The United States has about 25% fewer air traffic controllers today than it did in 1981, even as the number… Continue reading America Has 25% Fewer Air Traffic Controllers Than It Did in 1981. Airports Are Now Capping Flights to Cope.
More Than a Third of Nevada’s Hospitality Workforce Is Foreign-Born. Tourism Runs on Their Labor.
Las Vegas built its economy on tourism. A third of the workers keeping that tourism economy running were born outside the United States. Immigrants make up 34% of Nevada’s leisure and hospitality workforce, according to an analysis by the nonprofit FWD.us — a sector that anchors the state’s tourism-dependent economy through hotels, casinos, restaurants and… Continue reading More Than a Third of Nevada’s Hospitality Workforce Is Foreign-Born. Tourism Runs on Their Labor.
A 70-Year-Old School Still Waits While Las Vegas Builds New Ones
A tribal school on the Nevada-Idaho border has waited three years for the state money it was promised, while officials in Las Vegas break ground on new campuses without a second thought. The Owyhee Combined School sits on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, home to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, along the remote stretch of Elko County… Continue reading A 70-Year-Old School Still Waits While Las Vegas Builds New Ones
40% of Nevada’s Construction Workers Are Immigrants. The State’s Housing Shortage Depends on Them.
Nevada needs tens of thousands more homes built to close its housing gap. Four in 10 of the workers who would build them are immigrants. Immigrants make up 40% of Nevada’s construction workforce, the single largest immigrant labor share of any major industry in the state, according to an analysis by the nonprofit FWD.us. That… Continue reading 40% of Nevada’s Construction Workers Are Immigrants. The State’s Housing Shortage Depends on Them.
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