Nevada Democrats worry about future of unused COVID-19 stimulus funding
The state has used just over half of its $2.7 billion of pandemic-era federal stimulus funds. Democratic lawmakers said the remaining money’s future is “clear as mud.” ...
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U.S. Students’ Reading Scores Continue To Decline, Widening Achievement Gaps
The Nation’s Report Card for 2024, released today, revealed continued declines in reading scores among U.S. students, exacerbating a trend that began even ...
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RU OK? CDM Caregiving Services relaunches ‘friendly caller’ program in Clark County
The relaunch of a “friendly caller” program that began in the 1980s and experienced a resurgence during the height of the ...
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CCSD graduation rates don’t align with students’ proficiency in English, math
The Clark County School District had a graduation rate of 81.5% last year, but less than half of its most recent alumni ...
CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab, but agency has low confidence in its own finding
The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a laboratory, according to an ...
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Women at ‘significantly higher risk’ of developing long COVID, study finds. What to know
As the shock and fear of COVID-19 wanes, health officials are turning their attention to long COVID and the threat it poses to the U.S. health care system.