Nevada elections officials delivered on promises of faster election returns Tuesday, with several major races already called Tuesday night.
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Several judicial races are expected to move forward to a general election, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election night.
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.
State official makes comparison as new coronavirus cases continue to soar in the county, which reported 2,366 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.
Clark County on Wednesday reported 2,201 new coronavirus cases — the largest single-day increase in nearly a year.
Former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, who died Tuesday at age 82, was a political titan and perhaps the most influential person to call the the Silver State home.
The death of former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid prompted an outpouring of tributes nationally late Tuesday afternoon.
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.
Motorists traveling on Interstate 15 in Las Vegas this holiday season are being reminded that the infrastructure bill, recently signed into law, is set to make their commutes smoother.
Clark County on Monday reported 1,379 new cases of COVID-19 and 22 deaths during the preceding three days as three of its four key metrics for the disease increased.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Elham “Ellie” Roohani has been named a Nevada State Court judge, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Wednesday.
While some other counties in Nevada are making progress toward exiting the state’s face mask mandate, metrics for Clark County have been moving in the wrong direction.
Nevada Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, Gov. Steve Sisolak and members of the Reid family are expected to attend a ceremony at the airport marking the change.