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.
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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.
At a rally Saturday morning, Vice President Joe Biden encouraged union workers and others to get out the vote for not only the Democratic presidential nominees, but also down-ballot candidates for U.S. Senate and House seats.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI, campaigned Saturday in Southern Nevada at separate events for Danny Tarkanian and U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy.
With some rural tallies from Friday still uncounted, Democrats hold a lead of about 28,500 votes over Republicans, according to the Nevada secretary of state’s website. Democrats held a lead of 28,652 after the first week in 2012.
Even as they continue to employ field drug tests to secure arrests and gain convictions, neither the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department nor the Clark County district attorney’s office has informed local judges of the long-standing knowledge of their unreliability.
Education is a key issue for two political novices vying for the Assembly District 5 seat, and while they agree on many things — both hold a middle ground on recreational marijuana and background checks for gun purchases — they have different thoughts on how to solve the state’s public school system, which falls last in the nation on education ranking.
The race for Nevada Assembly District 9 is a rematch of the 2014 election, but this time Republican David Gardner is running from the perch of incumbency. He faces Democratic challenger Steve Yeager.
The three people running in Assembly District 8 agree that breaking up the Clark County School District could positively affect student achievement, but differ on other ways to make strides in education.
The two candidates in Assembly District 12 disagree on a Nevada ballot measure that would expand firearm background checks to private-party sales and transfers..
Some candidates on the Nov. 8 general election ballot need just one vote to secure victory. Others won’t even appear on the ballot.
A lot of emotions — and money — have poured into the campaigns for and against Question 1, a Nevada ballot initiative proposing to expand firearm background checks to private-party sales and transfers.
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