North Las Vegas voters will decide during the upcoming primary election whether a pair of property taxes will continue funding public safety and public works, including more than 100 “critical” employee positions.
Politics and Government
Early voting for the June 11 primary begins Saturday and ends June 7. Here’s what your ballot might look like if you’re a nonpartisan voter.
Southern Nevada Health District officials are urging Clark County residents to help prevent the spread of the mosquitoes, which were found in 43 ZIP codes last year.
It’s the economy, stupid. The White House touts the U.S. economy, but the president promises to allow the Trump tax cuts to expire if he’s re-elected.
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.
Legislation pending in Congress would establish a system for more easily reporting UFOs by civilians and military members alike.
A bill by Rep. Dina Titus would prohibit the government from leasing property to future presidents, after former President Trump profited from leasing a building in Washington, D.C. and turning it into a hotel.
If confirmed, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the first Black woman and the first former public defender to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Dina Titus, would make directions easier for foreign visitors to cities nationwide, including Las Vegas.
One of the bills, co-sponsored by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., was modeled after Nevada programs that provide confidentiality to those seeking mental health counseling.
The American Academy of Pediatrics applauded legislation filed by Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada that would create a grant program to hire more nurses for public schools.
House Democrats passed two immigration bills Thursday that would provide a pathway for citizenship for nearly three million farm workers and undocumented immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children.
Nevada’s U.S. senators praised Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday, and said they were girding for a political fight over her replacement.
Democrats unveiled a distinctly new kind of convention keynote Tuesday to showcase the party’s future and its rising stars including Stacey Abrams of Georgia, Rep. Connor Lamb of Pennsylvania and Nevada’s first Latina state Sen. Yvanna Cancela.
Changing public attitudes about racial inequality could propel a legislative effort to designate Juneteenth, which recognizes the end of slavery, as a federal holiday.
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