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A two-story, 40,000-square-foot STEM university building that will include classrooms and a large lecture hall was unveiled by Spaceport CEO Robert Lauer.
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled in favor Friday of the initiative petition that would require voters to present an ID.
Las Vegas City Attorney Rebecca Wolfson has raised more than $340,000 in a race for Municipal Court, out fundraising all other judicial candidates in the upcoming primary elections.
Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
O.J. Simpson, the NFL great who was acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife and her friend in one of the most notorious trials of the 20th century, and was later incarcerated in Nevada for an unrelated robbery, died of cancer.
The stretch of highway has been dedicated to the memory of Micah May, a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper fatally struck by a carjacking suspect.
Las Vegas kicked off this year using far less water than previous years. But a dry outlook for the rest of summer could put a dent in those water use reductions.
The federal government laid out a pair of options to cut water use along the Colorado River and keep Lake Mead and Lake Powell from shrinking any more.
Assembly Bill 313 would require the backfilling of open pit mines once mining companies are done extracting ore and other minerals from the site.
The bill was one of three election-related measures approved by a Senate committee Tuesday, ahead of a Friday deadline.
If approved, the legislation would make Nevada the first state to give a local water agency permanent say over how much water residents can use.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., announced on Twitter she tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday afternoon. She is experiencing mild symptoms.
The former UFC attorney replaces Brittnie Watkins, who was named interim chairwoman in November following the resignation of Brin Gibson.
Former Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak will join the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics as a Pritzker fellow, joining other politicians who lost their recent re-elections.