Over mold even after the district says its safe for kids to return to school. Issues have been plaguing schools in Monroe Township all week. Good evening, im jessica dean. Im nicole brewer. Ukee washington has the night off. Alicia nieves is live where parents came together to talk about the issue. Alicia. Reporter parents after they learned that students can soon return to school in Monroe Township gathered here at the high school mostly because theyre still concerned about mold testing results and the plan for next week. Concerns over toxic mold in Monroe Township forced all district schools to abruptly close earlier. That was roughly 6,000 students who have been out of class. Ive been trying to find daycare for him all week, scrambling here there and late for work. Reporter parents say its been a nightmare. One that hasnt gotten better even though the district announced late today, that students can return to school on tuesday. Of im not happy or thinking safe going back to any scho
Been there. And he is a legend in his own time. Bill murrays films have entertained us for decades, but now hes taking his talents to the world with his band in a tour. Right here in studio 57. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Its a fight against time, a fight against Mother Nature as they assault the fires from the ground and from the air. Firefighters are spanned out across the region, many of them charged with putting out hotspots to make sure the flames dont reegg night. Newly released footage captures the fran taj efforts to save homes. Importantly iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal. President trump is threatening to quit the iran nuclear deal. If the United States were to pull out, no one knows exactly what iran would do. The president also added 7 billion in subsidies for the Affordable Care act. We just took care of a big chunk and knew well take care of the other chunk. House Speaker Paul Ryan led a group to puerto rico t
Hire more officers. lt. Dan mcgrath Metro Homicide Division 21. 15 we want to prevent them before they occur . 17 , and i think having more cops in uniform out on the street can prevent them before they occur. 21. 23 Patrick Walker weve been down this road fore. L the largest recruiting class in the departments history will start at the academy this month. The Department Hopes to see that continue. As they look to hire several hundred new officers in the near future. Christianne Klein the former Animal Shelter chief in boulder city has cases. 24. 05 Patrick Walker Lieutenant Dan mcgraths detectives are busy. As murders in las vegas are up more than 25 percent over last year. And april saw the most homicides ever 26 people were killed. This comes as Sheriff Joe Lombardo is pleading with lawmakers to approve a point 1 percent sales tax increase to hire more officers. lt. Dan mcgrath Metro Homicide Division 21. 15 we want to prevent them before they occur . 17 , and i think having more co
On midday today. Lawmakers are meeting right now to decide the fate of las vegass nfl dreams senators are kicking off the discussion this morning about the proposed 1. 9 billion dollar stadium. Most eyes are on the senate chambers, because they were were handed the biggest bill. That includes the stadium financing plan, as well as the 1. 4 billion dollar Convention Center expansion and renovation. The two projects combined would need a nearly one point four percent increase to the room tax. When it comes to the stadium. That would generate about 750 million of the total cost. With Sheldon Adelson and the raiders kicking in the remaining total cost. With Sheldon Adelson and the raiders kicking in the remaining funds. Leaders of the stadium bid will go before lawmakers later this afternoon, but say they like corp i think what we are looking for is jobs, is an increase in construction, an increase in tourism. That is what this bill is intended to do, and i think it accomplishes that. I th
A busy day here in carson city. But not a lot of discussion about the Convention Center expansion. Its the more expensive half of Senate Bill One that has lawmakers debating. To build or not to build . The most contentious part of the special session. After day one. Is the debate in the state senate. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle showing concern over the stadium provision of senate bill 1 monday. st. Sen. Patricia farley r las vegas i want to make sure that again, theyre good jobs, its got a good wage, and that its diversifying our economy, so that r again. St. Sen. Aaron ford d las vegas i mean at the end of the day we have to ask a lot of questions and be able to get some answers, theres a deep divide, a deep split on these issues. St. Sen. Ruben kihuen D North Las Vegas we have students who are sitting on the ground, students who are in portables, why dont we invest this money in our education system, why dont we build new schools . Thats going to put people back to work. P