Las Vegas City Attorney Rebecca Wolfson has raised more than $340,000 in a race for Municipal Court, out fundraising all other judicial candidates in the upcoming primary elections.
Politics and Government
Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
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.
Despite some early growing pains, city officials say the the facility is already beginning to make a difference in addressing homelessness in Las Vegas.
Former special counsel Robert Mueller Wednesday defended his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, and pointedly said his probe had not exonerated President Donald Trump.
Former Vice President Joe Biden criticized Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All plan during one of two campaign events Saturday in Las Vegas.
Former Nevada Senate Majority Leader Kelvin Atkinson, who resigned earlier this year, was sentenced Thursday to 27 months in prison for misusing campaign funds.
County officials criticized a proposed tourism district near the Palace Station hotel that would see a new entertainment district built, but cost Clark County sales tax dollars for the next two decades.
The Tax the Rich bus tour rolled through Las Vegas on Tuesday, with a few local leaders including State Sen. Yvanna Cancela speaking in opposition to recent tax code changes.
Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno held her annual community barbecue in North Las Vegas on Saturday, which gave the community a chance to interact with elected officials and learn more about 2020 candidates.
President Donald Trump said Thursday the U.S. government would gather citizenship information in other ways rather than including it on the U.S. census form.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders brought his bid for the 2020 presidential nomination back to Las Vegas, where he rallied a supportive crowd around progressive plans but failed to weigh in on sex work.
Mayra Crum just helped her 10,000th student become nationalized. The urgency for Crum’s students to obtain citizenship has intensified in the Trump era.