GOP Senate candidate Sam Brown said he opposes Yucca Mountain, following pressure on both sides after audio captured his support for the nuclear waste repository.
Politics and Government
Officials broke ground in Las Vegas’ Historic Westside for a College of Southern Nevada facility designed to help people get into high-demand industries.
The political implications of the proceedings were unmistakable as President Joe Biden’s campaign staged an event outside the courthouse with actor Robert De Niro.
Sgt. Aquilino Gonell and Officer Harry Dunn will meet with elected officials and community leaders in Las Vegas to talk about the Jan. 6 attack.
The tranquilizer xylazine has been detected in the local illicit drug supply, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
The Nevada secretary of state’s office took an extra step Friday to clarify “ongoing confusion” over the all-vote-by-mail June 9 state primary, seeking to clarify misunderstandings over how mail ballots have been distributed.
Democrats Liz Becker and Ron Bilodeau are fighting for the chance to challenge incumbent Republican Scott Hammond, who is seeking his third four-year term in the northwest Las Vegas Senate District 18.
Republicans Edgar Miron Galindo and Joshua Dowden are challenging appointed incumbent Democratic state Sen. Dallas Harris in Senate District 11.
Businessman Donnie Gibson is running against former Assemblyman Richard McArthur in Assembly District 4. The winner will face Democratic incumbent Connie Munk.
Republicans and Democrats are seeking the Assembly seat left vacant by William McCurdy II, the state Democratic Party chairman who is running for the Clark County Commission.
Democrat James Fennell is challenging longtime Democratic Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton, who is running her final race to cap a career in Carson City that has spanned 24 years.
Mesquite Councilman Annie Black is challenging Assemblyman Chris Edwards from the right, saying the three-term incumbent isn’t conservative enough.
Assemblyman Gregory Hafen II, who was appointed to the Assembly District 36 seat, is seeking to be elected in his own right against Las Vegas chiropractor Joe Bradley, who ran unsuccessfully for the post in 2018.
The group Fair Maps Nevada, which is circulating an initiative petition to turn the redistricting process over to an independent commission, is suing the state in federal court to get more time and permission to collect signatures electronically.