All three of Nevada’s incumbent congressional representatives have drawn challengers this year.
Edward Goldman, an associate superintendent for the Clark County School District, and Deanna Wright, a former PTA president, are competing to represent District A on the Clark County School Board.
Deputy city attorney Chris Davis is using a political spoof to capture the attention of an Internet audience in his attempt to unseat 29-year veteran judge Donald Mosley.
The race for Clark County School Board District B might be described as a choice between a fighter and a conciliator.
Incumbent Judge Cynthia “Dianne” Steel will face first-time candidate Amy M. Mastin, an attorney with her own family law practice, in the race for Family Court’s Department G judgeship.
It’s seldom voiced explicitly, maybe because it sounds so selfish, but one of the benefits of having children is the possibility that, someday, those kids can take care of Mom and Dad when they get old.
The upcoming legislative session is going to be brutal, and the contenders for Assembly District 34 are well aware of it.
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In his bid to unseat five-term incumbent Kathy McClain, Republican candidate Dale Snyder will focus on education reforms and prioritizing budget cuts to keep the state afloat during the economic turndown.
Three-term incumbent Peggy Pierce faces two opponents in her re-election bid for the Assembly District 3 seat: Republican Eric Morelli and Libertarian Kristie Turley.
The race to be the District Court judge for Department 22 has pitted incumbent District Judge Susan Johnson against former Deputy District Attorney Donn Ianuzi.
If there’s one thing wrong with TV — other than the fact that there’s still not a Tina Fey Channel — it’s this: My attention span has been obliterated. Seriously, sometimes I’ll just trail off in the middle of a …
During a year when both mainstream parties are fighting to gain control of the state Senate, incumbent John Lee said he cares less about who rules the Legislature than about the ability to work in concert.
First-time office seeker Joe Locatelli, a Republican who teaches government at the College of Southern Nevada, knows he has an uphill race for the state Senate District 11 seat held by Mike Schneider, who is well-known to voters after serving two terms as an assemblyman and three terms as a state senator.
The late, immodest comedian Steve Allen may be turning in his grave.
Thousands of people turned out for the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation’s 13th Grand Slam for Children on Saturday at Wynn Las Vegas.
Like most candidates in this November’s election, Paul Aizley and Kenneth Rex say their No. 1 responsibility, if elected, is to fix the state’s budget.
Two veteran local attorneys will square off on election day for Family’s Court’s newly created Department R judgeship.
Many of us overlook walls and fences, but you can make them an important part of your landscape. Let them come alive by vertical gardening. Grow vines, espalier trees and shrubs, climbing roses, vining vegetables and potted plants on them.
A disgruntled-looking man with disheveled gray hair steps out of line and into the doorway of the Harmon Theater, nearly filling it. He has at least 100 pounds — and 8 inches — on the bouncer.
Voters in Boulder City will have four ballot questions to consider on Election Day, including one to create a tax district to fund the city’s hospital and another to sell land to fund the city’s share of a new water pipeline at Lake Mead.
Beatty annually celebrates its colorful history during Beatty Days, slated to coincide with the upcoming statewide three-day holiday for Nevada Day, Oct. 31-Nov. 2. The little town 115 miles from Las Vegas on U.S. 95 schedules family-style events and entertainment reminiscent of celebrations during Beatty’s early years more than a century ago.
The race for the newly created Department O Family Court is a study in contrasts.
It’s World War II, and the blue evening sky of Holland is punctured by the blood-red of hot, hot bombs. On the front line, a pair of U.S. soldiers share a cigarette while waiting for potential death, puffing away in a youth marked by pimples and bare beard stubble. Nearby, at the bottom of a stairwell rests the corpse of a little girl, shot dead by Nazis, who will also die.