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As 2017 ends, focus turns to Nevada’s midterm elections

With 2018’s arrival, the campaign season will soon ramp up. But the final weeks of 2017 had plenty to offer, including a progressive PAC calling for U.S. Rep. Ruben Kihuen to give back its donation.

Sexual harassment dominates news cycles in 2017

Whether 2017 becomes a historical turning point in workplace sexual harassment will remain speculation until time passes and historians look at the long haul.

After opposing Trump in 2016, Heller feeling closer to president

Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., readily admits he “wasn’t one of the biggest supporters” of President Donald Trump during the 2016 election. “I didn’t know him. He didn’t know me.”

Trump presidency leads pack of Top 10 Washington stories of 2017

WASHINGTON — A shift in the political landscape in 2017 begins with the dizzying domination of the news cycle by President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, the reckoning of sexual harassment allegations, tragic mass shootings and the stumbling governance of Republicans in Congress.

Congress facing host of issues when lawmakers return in January

Lawmakers dashed out of town Friday for the holidays, but they face mounting financial issues, a budget showdown, an immigration bill and measures to shore up public health care exchanges when Congress returns in early January.

Record number of Nevadans enroll on health insurance exchange

Nearly 91,000 Nevadans enrolled in coverage for 2018 through the state exchange created by the Affordable Care Act during a shortened sign-up period, new data show. That exceeded the total for last year by about 1,900.

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