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PoliticsTime runs out on Nevada lawmakers, key bills
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Lombardo's crime bill wasn't the only casualty of the time crunch.
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PoliticsIt's over: Nevada legislative session ends; film studio bills die
Monday, June 2, 2025 Two proposals aimed at expanding film tax credits to attract movie studios to Las Vegas failed to advance before the close of the 83rd Nevada Legislature early this morning.
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ImmigrationDHS adds 'Las Vegas City' to sanctuary cities list; officials say it's a mistake
Thursday, May 29, 2025 The Department of Homeland Security today listed “Las Vegas City” as a sanctuary jurisdiction for immigration enforcement, writing in a press release that the hundreds of jurisdictions included ...
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PoliticsNevada Democrats briefly mentioned in book detailing Biden’s decline
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 U.S. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev. are briefly referenced in the book. Rosen’s name emerges ...
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NewsHouse Republicans advance budget package with Medicaid changes
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 This issue has been a flashpoint of contention between Democrats and Republicans for months, with the GOP-controlled Congress insisting they would only eliminate “waste, fraud and abuse” from the Medicaid program.
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NewsHouse Republicans target clean energy rollbacks, threatening Nevada programs
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 “This is such an important issue for Nevada,” Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., said. “Because the clean energy projects and the work that we have done over the years to bring resources into Nevada for these projects has created jobs.”
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PoliticsAmodei’s public land sale amendment sparks backlash from Nevada Democrats and tribal advocates
Thursday, May 8, 2025 Native Voters Alliance of Nevada Government Relations Director Mathilda Guerrero Miller said the amendment goes beyond just Nevada and Utah — insinuating that if the land sales assured by this act are successful, Congress will look to make it a reality in other states.
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Breaking NewsSandoval confronts Federalist, calls online magazine’s narrative on diversity at UNR false
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 UNR President Brian Sandoval is taking a conservative publication to task for accusing the school of defying President Donald Trump’s executive order to end diversity efforts in public institutions …
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Breaking NewsEducation, economy take center stage early as Nevada’s gubernatorial race for 2026 unfolds
Sunday, May 4, 2025 Nevada’s 2026 governor’s race is already heating up, with candidates from both parties staking early claims on economic recovery and education reform.
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NewsHundreds turn out against Trump's policies during May Day rally on Las Vegas Strip
Thursday, May 1, 2025 A crimson tide swept across the Las Vegas Strip Thursday evening as demonstrators in red shirts hoisted signs and filled the air with the distinctive drone of vuvuzelas.
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BusinessTrump hits Nevadans hard in first 100 days
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office have followed a continual pattern: a flood of executive orders, denouncement from a subdued Democratic Party, multistate lawsuits in federal courts.
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EducationChris Heavey gets promotion to UNLV interim president
Thursday, April 24, 2025 UNLV executive vice president and provost Chris Heavey will serve as the school’s interim president, The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents announced ...
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PoliticsRep. Titus warns Nevada Legislature of 'tsunami' of challenges from Trump policies
Thursday, April 24, 2025 She echoed warnings from her Democratic colleagues about the disruption the Trump administration is creating.
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Breaking NewsNevada Senate approves bill to double trucking liability insurance coverage by 2030
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Senate Bill 180 would increase coverage requirements from $750,000 to $1.5 million by 2030 for carriers exceeding 26,000 pounds, changing a federal standard untouched for four decades …
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Breaking NewsNevada donors aided Trump’s $239M inauguration haul
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Notable contributions included $1 million from GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson and $250,000 from Sam Brown’s U.S. Senate campaign. Marty O’Donnell, who unsuccessfully ran for a U.S. House seat in the 3rd Congressional District, gave …
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NewsNevada Sen. Rosen vows to fight Trump policies; seeks bipartisan cooperation
Friday, April 18, 2025 U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., who often touts her motto to “agree where you can and fight where you must,” asked state lawmakers for support in Carson City Thursday evening ....
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CommunityLas Vegas Pride pushes on as corporate support of DEI causes wanes nationally
Friday, April 18, 2025 Amid a national trend of major sponsors withdrawing from LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations due to diversity, equity and inclusion rollbacks, Las Vegas Pride is forging new relationships and expanding preexisting ones …
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Breaking NewsLas Vegas businesswomen say import tariffs are squeezing profits
Thursday, April 17, 2025 Mothership Coffee CEO Juanny Romero described countless sleepless nights “hemming and hawing” with difficult decisions as she watched the growth of her Southern Nevada business evaporate after January
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PoliticsLas Vegas postal workers rally to save USPS amid Trump's proposed cuts
Sunday, March 23, 2025 President Donald Trump touts that his administration can “implement positive changes while maintaining similar operations,” of the postal service.
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PoliticsNevada senators split on support for funding bill to avert shutdown
Friday, March 14, 2025 Nevada U.S. Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto both voted against a GOP-constructed spending measure to avoid a government shutdown, though ...
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HealthPolarizing responses to COVID still resonate 5 years later in US, Nevada
Sunday, March 9, 2025 Five years after becoming Nevada’s first diagnosed COVID-19 patient, Ronald Pipkins reflects on the lasting division the pandemic carved into America’s social fabric — a fracture that still echoes today as public trust ...
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TourismLake Mead layoffs highlight strain on workers and the National Park Service
Sunday, March 2, 2025 Riley Rackliffe stared at the ceiling of his home and weighed the pros and cons of the federal government’s severance package offer. The government offered ...
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PoliticsSen. Rosen of Nevada calls on Trump officials to lower egg costs
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025 U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., is calling on U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to spend the initial weeks in her new role exhausting efforts to lower record-high costs of eggs ...
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Real EstateLawmakers: Act will speed up federal land transactions in Nevada
Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 U.S. Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., and U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., stood on a gravel-filled vacant lot in northwest Las Vegas Friday morning with a promise: In a few years this once federally owned land will host around 3,000 homes.
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EducationTrump's cuts to USAID threaten UNR’s global partnerships and research
Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 UNR says it received an order to stop work on three projects meant for developing global partnerships and scientific research because around $30 million ...
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Breaking NewsBipartisanship pledged on Nevada Legislature’s 1st day
Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 Nevada state lawmakers pledged Monday to spend the next 120 days leaving behind disagreements from the campaign trail to focus on solutions for constituents as the 83rd Nevada Legislature convened ...
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Breaking NewsNevada Latino Legislative Caucus opens session with plans to focus on family protections, economy
Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 Before members of the Nevada Latino Legislative Caucus outlined the bills they’re prioritizing in the newly convened session of the Nevada Legislature, the group’s new chair ...
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PoliticsNevadans split on outlook for next four years as Trump gets to work unraveling Biden’s legacy
Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 Donald Trump was sworn into office as the 47th president, saying he would sign more than 100 executive orders to “begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense.”
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PoliticsWeather sidelines Las Vegas Police Protective Association from Trump inauguration parade
Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 The last minute changes sent people who had flown, in some instances thousands of miles, to Washington into a scramble for new ways to celebrate the new administration.
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NewsNevada Gov. Lombardo prioritizes health care, housing and education reforms in State of the State
Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 Gov. Joe Lombardo laid out his agenda for the upcoming legislative session Wednesday in his State of the State address and called on lawmakers of both parties to be responsive ...
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PoliticsCortez Masto presses energy secretary nominee on future of Yucca Mountain
Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., asked President-elect Donald Trump’s energy secretary nominee, Chris Wright, to acknowledge the “failed Yucca Mountain project is ...
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PoliticsNevada lawmakers have hand in proposal for bipartisan border security
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 U.S. Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., is proposing a bill that calls for structural changes to how the Department of Homeland Security conducts southern border operations, her office said today.
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NewsFederal money coming to Nevada for water infrastructure
Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 Nevada will receive millions for expanding water infrastructure operations in the fight against the ongoing drought ...
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NewsPolice: Matthew Livelsberger used AI to plan Cybertruck explosion at Trump hotel in Las Vegas
Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 Livelsberger used ChatGPT for instructions on how to calculate the amount of explosions needed for the blast and how he could buy a phone without providing his personal information, McMahill said ...
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News1 dead after a Cybertruck explodes outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 One person was dead and at least seven people were injured after a Tesla Cybertruck exploded and caught fire outside the Trump International Hotel near the Las Vegas Strip ...
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PoliticsTop 2024 stories in Nevada politics
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 President-elect Donald Trump appeared in a Las Vegas restaurant with a “NEVADA IS TRUMP COUNTRY” graphic displayed to his left during a campaign rally in August. At the time, it was tough to ...
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LaborNew Nevada law that takes effect today aims for fair wages for workers with disabilities
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 A Nevada law going into effect today that phases out subminimum wage payments to employees with disabilities is being celebrated by advocates. The change is the result of Assembly Bill 259, which prohibits ...
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Las VegasNorth Las Vegas judge has forged legacy of professionalism, commitment to community
Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024 Natalie Tyrrell promised she wouldn’t become overcome with emotion. But as she stood in a party to honor her ...
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PoliticsNevada Attorney General Ford refiles charges on ‘fake electors’
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024 Attorney General Aaron Ford filed charges Thursday in Carson City against Republicans who were accused of submitting “fake elector” ballots in a scheme to swing the 2020 presidential election ...
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NewsReversing course on early and mail voting messaging helped propel Trump to victory in Nevada
Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 Republicans—who traditionally preferred to vote on Election Day and have distrusted mail voting—established a ground game that ultimately led to victory in six battleground states.
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PoliticsVoter ID question in Nevada had broad support, but campaign to prevent it hasn’t yet begun
Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024 You already need to show identification when registering to vote; signatures are verified when casting a ballot.
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PoliticsElection tracker: Trump leading Harris in Nevada
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 The Nevada secretary of state when polls close at 7 p.m. will start releasing results from the election.
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PoliticsRepublicans turned out in higher numbers in Nevada early voting
Monday, Nov. 4, 2024 U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the presidential running mate of Republican nominee former President Donald Trump, urged supporters in Las Vegas last month to vote early in the race ...
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FeaturesNevada officials brace for legal contests in the wake of Election Day
Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024 Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar says an outbreak of lawsuits equates to an attempt at sowing disinformation.
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PoliticsNevada U.S. Senate debate: Sam Brown, Jacky Rosen detail contrasting visions
Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 Rosen told reporters after the debate that she prioritized discussing issues over exchanging personal attacks. She’s leading the polling by nearly 8 points.
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PoliticsQuestion 3: Empowering voters or creating chaos?
Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024 A ballot initiative that would transform the way Nevada elections are conducted could enhance voter accessibility, supporters of the initiative say. Opponents of the measure ...
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PoliticsTrump eyes support of Latinos during North Las Vegas visit
Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told a North Las Vegas crowd, composed of primarily Latino people, that he wanted to share a generalization about their community ...
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PoliticsNevada officials on alert as federal agencies warn of election-related threats
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 Federal agencies issued a warning late last week to state elections officials about domestic threats from extremists with “election-related grievances” targeting election workers, political candidates and lawmakers in the ...
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PoliticsKamala Harris to Las Vegas crowd: 'When we fight, we win'
Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024 Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris held a rally Sunday night in downtown Las Vegas at the same venue her November opponent spoke two weeks early.
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UNLVHarris in Las Vegas: ‘With your help, this November, we will win’
Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024 Harris said she is fighting for a future with affordable health care, child care, paid leave, and an economy where every American can own a home, start a business and build wealth.
