Nevada Politics & News
Nevada news from The Daily Signal, tracking state politics, election integrity debates, tax policy, and the Silver State’s crucial role as a presidential battleground.
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opinion
Nevada Education Accounts … Not Your Father’s School Choice Program
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval made education reform history last week when he signed the nation’s first universal education savings account program into law. The accounts are designed to give every Nevada student who has been enrolled in public school for at least 100 days an opportunity to have an educational experience tailored to their individual needs…. -
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Nevada Becomes Fifth State to Enact Groundbreaking Education Savings Accounts
The Silver State just struck gold. Nevada has just become the fifth state to enact groundbreaking education savings accounts (ESAs), which will enable families to harness the funds that would have been spent on their children in their assigned pubic school to craft a customized education plan. The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice earlier this… -
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Should Transgender Students Be Able to Use the Bathroom of Their Choice? Nevada Debates.
Should transgender students attending public schools be allowed to use the bathroom aligned to their asserted gender? That’s the question Nevada lawmakers are debating this week, as they consider a bill that would ban transgender students from using a bathroom, locker room or shower different from their biological sex. The legislation, Assembly Bill 375, is popularly known… -
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In Nevada, You Need a License to Teach How to Apply Makeup
LAS VEGAS —Two years ago, the Nevada State Board of Cosmetology fined and shut down two makeup instruction businesses owned by Lissette Waugh and Wendy Robin. The reason: Although “the state of Nevada doesn’t require a license to practice as a makeup artist, the teaching of any cosmetic application requires a licensed cosmetology school,” said… -
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Nevada Woman Dies After Suing Over Delayed Obamacare Coverage
A woman with a brain tumor who sued Nevada’s Obamacare exchange contractor for delayed coverage died earlier this week. Linda Rolain was among 150 Nevadans suing the contractor Xerox for lack of coverage. She is the first to die of complications from an illness, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “We are worried that this is…