Precautions are being taken as high temperatures are forecast for today’s rally by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Sunset Park in Las Vegas.
Politics and Government
More than 208,000 Nevadans participated in either early voting or submitted a mail ballot as of Friday morning, according to data from the secretary of state’s office.
Antisemitism will be officially defined in the Nevada System of Higher Education handbook, the state’s Board of Regents ruled.
A bill co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Susie Lee would put the weight of the federal government behind efforts to prosecute criminals taking part in organized retail theft.
Until recently, Las Vegas mayoral candidate Irina Hansen had never aspired to run for office.
Local DREAMer Astrid Silva said Tuesday that President Donald Trump had used his first weeks in office to take the country back to some of the darkest times in its history.
Calling hometown DREAMer Astrid Silva someone who “embodies the exact principles on which our country was founded,” Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced that Silva would deliver the Democrats’ Spanish-language response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress next week.
Dhulfiqar and Saif Naqvi were among 13 refugees bound for Las Vegas whose lives were upended by President Trump’s travel ban on Jan. 27. On Friday, they wept and hugged at McCarran International Airport.