Nevada law created an entire state office to build STEM education into the workforce pipeline. The Nevada STEM Framework never mentions the arts by name, and schools are folding them in anyway. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math, an expansion of the older STEM acronym that adds creative and design disciplines… Continue reading Nevada Built a State Office Just to Grow STEM Schools — Here’s Where the Arts Fit In
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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
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
Reservation, Colony, Territory: What Nevada’s Tribal Land Categories Actually Mean
Las Vegas is not on a reservation. The distinction between reservation, colony, and tribal territory determines who holds legal authority over land just miles from the Strip, and most residents cannot explain the difference. Nevada has 20 federally recognized tribes with land inside its borders, according to the Nevada Department of Native American Affairs. The… Continue reading Reservation, Colony, Territory: What Nevada’s Tribal Land Categories Actually Mean
From Slot Machines to Solar Panels: How Nevada Tribal Economies Rebuilt Themselves
Fifty miles from the Strip, a Paiute tribe generates enough electricity to power more than 100,000 homes. Two miles from Fremont Street, another Paiute tribe runs the country’s largest marijuana dispensary. Neither business existed twenty years ago. Congress passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in 1988, creating the legal foundation for tribes nationwide to operate… Continue reading From Slot Machines to Solar Panels: How Nevada Tribal Economies Rebuilt Themselves
CCSD Lost 44,000 Students. The Poorest Schools Lost the Most — and the Most Programs.
Clark County School District’s enrollment decline isn’t spread evenly across the valley. The steepest losses are concentrated in East Las Vegas’s poorest neighborhoods — exactly where families have the least access to music, arts and sports programs outside of school. Nine of the 10 Clark County elementary schools with the largest enrollment losses are located… Continue reading CCSD Lost 44,000 Students. The Poorest Schools Lost the Most — and the Most Programs.
THE FIRM THAT WANTS TO OWN EVERY SPORT IN LAS VEGAS
In the span of five days, KKR launched a commercial vehicle to bring professional soccer to new American markets, a Las Vegas group submitted a bid to relocate an MLS franchise here, and a $10 billion NBA expansion process targeting Las Vegas entered its formal phase. None of these events are unrelated. KKR has minority… Continue reading THE FIRM THAT WANTS TO OWN EVERY SPORT IN LAS VEGAS
CAN ANYONE CHECK THE PRESIDENT ON IMMIGRATION
The Supreme Court heard nearly two hours of argument on April 29 over whether courts can review the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for 330,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians. The administration’s answer was no. If the Court agrees, the same logic applies to 1.3 million TPS holders from 17 countries, including thousands in… Continue reading CAN ANYONE CHECK THE PRESIDENT ON IMMIGRATION
WHO WRITES YOUR FOOD ADVICE
Reporting by More Perfect Union found that industry money saturates nutrition research, lobbyists have spent decades scrubbing the words ‘eat less’ from federal guidelines, and the Trump administration’s new dietary rules were shaped by a panel where seven of nine members had financial ties to meat, dairy, or supplement industries. Beneath all of it, the… Continue reading WHO WRITES YOUR FOOD ADVICE
THE COURT FINISHES THE JOB
In 2013, the Supreme Court disabled the Voting Rights Act’s preclearance requirement and promised Section 2 would remain as a backstop. On April 29, 2026, a 6-3 majority finished the demolition. Louisiana v. Callais rewrites the rules for challenging racially discriminatory maps, adds burdens Congress never wrote into the law, and arrives four days before… Continue reading THE COURT FINISHES THE JOB
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