Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting Thursday expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a speech given during the recent commencement ceremony.
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The lawsuit was being brought with 30 state and district attorneys general and seeks to break up the monopoly they say is squeezing out smaller promoters and hurting artists.
With the campaign season in full swing, 10 hopefuls pitched their vision for the city’s future to at the “Meet the Candidates” forum in the west valley.
Clark County will likely challenge a district court judge’s decision in the ongoing litigation with Gypsum Resources to the state Supreme Court.
The Property and Environment Research Center released a report finding annual adoptions of wild horses and burros have more than doubled since the adoption incentive program began five years ago.
The Nevada Democratic Party is switching its campaign organizing approach to digital to deal with the social distancing requirements of coping with the coronavirus outbreak.
After President Trump declared a state of emergency in the U.S. on March 13 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, his campaign expedited plans to shift into a digital-only re-election bid.
The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) has implemented new measures to deal with “an unprecedented number of unemployment insurance claims.”
Candidates for office have had to quickly rewrite campaign plans in light of measures taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Nevada.
The Brady PAC, an affiliate of a gun control group named for former White House press secretary James Brady, has endorsed and donated to Nevada Reps. Steven Horsford and Susie Lee.
A special session may be convened by the governor or by a petition backed by two-thirds of legislators.
All four of Nevada’s congressional incumbents — Dina Titus, Mark Amodei, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford — have drawn at least a half-dozen opponents each as they filed for re-election.
More than 14,000 delegates were set to participate in the Democratic county conventions.
Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., has introduced legislation aimed at providing additional funding for states should unemployment rise due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Nevada’s Republican and Democratic political conventions are still scheduled, despite fears about the coronavirus, because of state laws that say they must take place.