Nevada elections officials delivered on promises of faster election returns Tuesday, with several major races already called Tuesday night.
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Deputy City Attorney Rebecca Wolfson was leading two other attorneys and in a position to possibly win the race outright to serve as a judge on the Las Vegas Municipal Court.
Races for Clark County School Board will likely advance to the general election, preliminary election results show.
Preliminary primary election results showed Republican candidate April Becker and Democrat Shannon Bilbray-Alexrod ahead in their respective primaries.
The Associated Press calls the GOP primary in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District for Drew Johnson.
After the mass shooting in Las Vegas, bump stocks were banned by federal regulation. But that rule is under challenge, and bump stocks could be legal once more.
President Biden signed into law a sweeping bill that includes funding for drought-plagued states like Nevada and measures to lower prescription drug costs for seniors.
The Nevada senator met with Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday.
Nevada lawmakers were successful in securing funding for 52 projects that include road improvements in Las Vegas and Henderson.
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the most powerful Nevadan ever elected to federal office and the longest-serving U.S. senator in state history, died Tuesday.
The states fear interim waste storage sites could become permanent, and say Yucca Mountain remains the country’s only designated repository.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara spoke to congressional leaders about the impacts of COVID-19 on school reopening.
Proposed rules are designed to regulate safety for employees who work in extreme heat, but a U.S. Chamber official says that’s a moving target.
Pressure is mounting on the Biden administration to complete the evacuation in Afghanistan by an Aug. 31 deadline.
Nevada has plummeted to the bottom of a federal list for the percentage of vaccinations for the most vulnerable population — nursing home residents.