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Benefits for 70,000 Nevada employees will be slashed to help make up for an $111 million shortfall, according to the Associated Press tonight. The action was taken today by the state's Public Employees’ Benefit Program board.

By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – Former Nevada governor and state Republican Committeeman Bob List yesterday called on Sen. Harry Reid to stop running a television ad claiming to have saved a school teacher’s job with federal stimulus funds.

CARSON CITY – Thousands of unemployed Nevadans will soon see their jobless benefits restored with final Congressional approval Thursday of a six-month extension of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program.

At least one Carson City School District official is troubled by the outcome of Friday's misdemeanor driving under the influence guilty plea by Carson Middle School Principal Sam Santillo.
School board trustee president Norm Scoggin said he's "amazed" that a misdemeanor charge of possession of less than an ounce of marijuana was dropped by the Washoe County District Attorney's Office.

The Nevada Appeal reported yesterday that a Carson City school principal faces a drunken driving charge after he was arrested on May 28 in Reno. Click here to read the story.

Update: Now there is a story that the principal had an open container of alcohol in the vehicle, along with marijuana.

CARSON CITY – Republican governor candidate Brian Sandoval yesterday released his education plan, calling it a results oriented proposal that would end teacher tenure and the social promotion of students.

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s 17 school districts earned an overall “Dâ€� grade for information they provide to the public on their websites, according to an analysis by Sunshine Review, a pro-transparency group based in Washington, DC.

While support grows for extending the empowerment school program in Nevada, disagreements remain as to what causes the program to be successful, and whether the program would work without the $600 in additional funding per student that empowerment schools have been given in the past.

CARSON CITY – Both Democrat and Republican lawmakers agree the 2011 legislative session will likely see a debate about the future of Nevada’s public employee pension program, but differences remain over whether radical change is needed to protect the state from a multi-billion long-term unfunded liability.

"There oughta be a rock club a little closer to home." There has certainly been a lot of talk about it; now it's time to get a rock club going in the Carson Valley.

We're from all walks of life: rock-hounds, students, teachers, geologists. We plan to do several kinds of fun things, including show and tell, "how to" sessions, swap meets and shows, field trips, exploration, prospecting, crafting, jewelry classes.

Is is idea just old pyrite? Or is this some high-grade ore?

RENO – One Democrat running for lieutenant governor criticized the GOP incumbent for being invisible in the job, and all three Democrat candidates appearing at a debate Wednesday evening took jabs at each other as the June 8 primary election day draws near.

A committee designed to look at outsourcing Carson City School District's food service program has tentatively selected Aramark as a provider, district officials told board members tonight. Under terms of a possible contract, district food workers would not lose their jobs.
A contract between Aramark and the district could be presented to the school board by the end of the month.
Three proposals have been on the table, including food service companies Sodexo and Chartwells. The school district will begin a series of negotiations with Aramark to establish a contract.

CARSON CITY – Gov. Jim Gibbons announced yesterday he is pursuing an initiative petition to subject labor negotiations between unions and local government entities to the open meeting law to give taxpayers access to the discussions.
Some Republican lawmakers welcomed the idea, saying the Democrat-controlled Legislature has been unwilling to consider such a proposal.

(Washington, D.C.) – The Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) launches its latest campaign, Balanced Education for Everyone (BEE) on Monday, April 5. The campaign advocates for parents to take control of their children’s education, especially when it comes to alarmist global warming indoctrination.

Nevada is preparing to compete in round two of the federal Race to the Top grant program. Only two states that applied, Tennessee and Delaware, received funding from the first phase of the competition.

RENO – Democratic candidate for governor Rory Reid took his education reform plan to northern Nevada today, calling for a fundamental change to give principals, teachers and parents a much bigger say in how their schools operate.

CARSON CITY – The need for the state of Nevada to continue and possibly even increase funding to the public employee retirement system could make the budget problems facing the Legislature next yea

CARSON CITY – Gov. Jim Gibbons on Wednesday will sign the “Race to the Top” bill allowing Nevada to compete for federal school improvement funds, a spokesman said today.

As state lawmakers scramble to fill a nearly one billion dollar hole in the state budget, political warfare has escalated between Governor Gibbons and the Legislature.

By Sean Whaley | 3:38 pm February 19th, 2010

CARSON CITY – Gov.

While staring a nearly one billion dollar budget deficit in the face, Governor Gibbons and state lawmakers are already drawing lines in the sand about what they will or won’t consider in closing th

For Immediate Release: February 18, 2010
GOVERNOR UNVEILS EDUCATION GIFT CERTIFICATE

Governor Gibbons has notified state lawmakers they will be ordered back to Carson City on February 23rd to convene a special session of the State Legislature to deal with the state’s nearly $900 mi

By Sean Whaley | Nevada News Bureau

(Updated at 12:04 p.m. on Feb. 16, 2010)

As a recent high school graduate, I am not surprised that kids are unable to transition at the college level. But why should tax payers or anybody have to pick up their slack?

Often times the fault does not lay with the teachers, but rather with the fact that “some kids” are just not ready for learning; everyone develops differently; some are ready for say 10th grade som

Groups of Nevada teachers are holding protest rallies in Reno, Carson City and Las Vegas today to voice their anger at Governor Gibbons’ proposed budget cuts.

(Updated at 10:23 a.m. on Feb. 9, 2010)