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Trump: Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for renovations in July

President Donald Trump said Sunday he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for two years starting in July for construction.

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Familiar issues part of busy fifth week in Nevada Legislature

It is going to be déjà vu all over again when the Legislature begins Week 5 on Monday, with new hearings scheduled on a DMV-based voter registration petition and another on the Equal Rights Amendment.

North Las Vegas mayor seeks revision to way cities tap restricted funds

Mayor John Lee will travel Monday to Carson City to testify in support of Senate Bill 78, which would create an alternative mode for North Las Vegas and other cash-strapped cities to stop tapping into restricted funds as a way to pay for daily operations.

Nevada Democrats elect William McCurdy II as party chair

Democrats from across the state elected Assemblyman William McCurdy II as the Nevada State Democratic Party’s chair on Saturday. McCurdy, a state assemblyman, also made history as the first African-American elected to the post, and also the youngest person elected in modern party history.

Perry vows to champion department he once wanted to shutter

Energy Secretary Rick Perry called the nation’s laboratories and scientists “jewels” and vowed Friday to be an advocate for the department he once famously forgot was on his list of federal agencies he wanted to shutter.

Speakers ask Nevada legislators not to reduce mental health funding

As lawmakers began a detailed review of the state mental health budgets on Friday, speakers asked them not to cut services to the mentally ill, but rather to reinvest the money where critical needs continue to exist.

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