Michael Lyle

Roughly 4 out of 5 Nevada children are locked out of after-school programs because the programs are too expensive or just not offered in their communities, according to new analysis from national nonprofit Afterschool Alliance. Nevada is 1 of 24 states that doesn’t dedicate funding in its state budget for after-school or summer programs, meaning […]

A private equity watchdog group hopes a recent settlement reached between Nevada and an apartment rental pricing software company marks the start of reining in practices nationally that critics say allows landlords to fix prices on rents. Nevada Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford announced the settlement with RealPage, a real estate software firm, last month. […]

Clark County is looking to extend inflation-adjusted gas taxes through the next decade in an effort to stave off budget shortfalls needed to fund Southern Nevada roadways.  The fuel revenue index (FRI) program, which allows the county to index gas taxes to the rate of inflation, is set to expire at the end of 2026. […]

Tonya Jones was days away from being evicted when she began scouting out bridges and tunnels around Southern Nevada where she and her 3-year-old daughter could potentially sleep if they couldn’t find a place to stay. Jones had been able to work from home since the pandemic. But in the summer of 2022 when she […]

Starting Wednesday landlords will be required to state the total amount of rent a tenant is required to pay up front in the lease, including those hidden fees normally buried deep inside rental agreements. “When you ask how much a unit is, when you see an advertised amount for a unit, that’s what your rent […]

Nevada State University current and former faculty members and students say they have tried to speak out, in vain, against a push from the university’s administration to tear down diversity serving programs. Students see NSU’s curbing of resources for Hispanic and undocumented students as part of the larger push nationwide to rein in diversity, equity […]

Jimmy Kimmel’s indefinite suspension from his late night television job after a Trump administration official publicly urged ABC and its parent company Disney to “take action on Kimmel” prompted warnings of government censorship from several quarters Thursday, including congressional Democrats, former President Barack Obama, and, closer to home, the ACLU of Nevada, and Nevada Democratic […]

The inventory of affordable housing in Southern Nevada fell even further in 2024, according to a recent state report.  The 2024 Annual Housing Progress Report, which was released last month by the state Housing Division and tracks affordable housing inventory across jurisdictions in Washoe and Clark counties, found overall in both counties there was a […]

The City of Reno is moving forward on an ordinance authorizing the building of smaller living units on the same lots as larger residences, a move local governments nationwide have been turning to as a means to create additional housing.  Council members voted unanimously on Tuesday to advance a measure that would allow property owners […]

Nearly 3,000 youth experiencing homelessness in Nevada reached out to various social service providers for help last year, a number that more than likely falls orders of magnitude short of the actual number of youths who lack stable housing. Yet infrastructure and funding to prevent and end homelessness among youth is sorely lacking, a recent […]