March 28, 2024

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CCSD’s request for promised Nevada funding to be heard next month

CCSD’s request for promised Nevada funding to be heard next month

Posted 2:00 a.m.

The Clark County School District is asking Nevada lawmakers next month for its full $173.8 million allotment under a special state fund for educator salaries ...

Ivan Delgado, a small business owner, uses a iBill reader to identify banknotes at a Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) office on West Charleston Boulevard Friday, March 22, 2024. The device reads aloud the denomination of a bill so that blind people can identify them.

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Ivan Delgado, a small business owner, uses a iBill reader to identify banknotes at a Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) office on West Charleston Boulevard Friday, March 22, 2024. The device reads aloud the denomination of a bill so that blind people ...

A clearer vision: Nevada’s partnership provides free currency readers to the blind

Posted 2:00 a.m.

Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) is aspiring to empower Nevada’s blind population to participate in the economy with more independence by distributing the iBill Currency Reader to blind or visually impaired residents at no charge ...

Why the Raiders spared no expense in signing defender Christian Wilkins

Why the Raiders spared no expense in signing defender Christian Wilkins

Posted 2:00 a.m.

Christian Wilkins had excelled with relative ease through every stop of his football career when he was younger, both from an individual and team perspective. The defensive tackle dominated in high school at Suffield Academy ...

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It’s a bittersweet Easter for chocolate lovers and African cocoa farmers but big brands see profits

Niaz Mardan wraps a luxury handmade Belgian chocolate rabbit at Sandrine a chocolate shop in south west London, Thursday, March 21, 2024.

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Niaz Mardan wraps a luxury handmade Belgian chocolate rabbit at Sandrine a chocolate shop in south west London, Thursday, March 21, 2024.

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Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year. Chocolate eggs and bunnies are more expensive than ever as changing climate patterns eat into global cocoa supplies and the earnings of farmers in West Africa. About three-quarters of the world’s cocoa — the main ingredient in chocolate ...

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