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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Top Justice Department official plays down chance for charges arising from Epstein files revelations
Department officials said over the summer that a review of Epstein-related records did not establish a basis for new criminal investigations.
Images of the young boy wearing a bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack and surrounded by immigration officers drew outrage about the Trump administration’s crackdown in Minneapolis.
The strike came days after U.S. President Donald Trump said the Kremlin had agreed to temporarily halt the targeting of the Ukrainian capital and other cities.
Israel’s announcement came a day after Israeli strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians including several children, according to hospital officials.
County commissioners voted 5-2 Tuesday to support raising the sales tax an additional quarter-cent to pay for more police officers.
Henderson attorney Lesley Cohen on Tuesday became Nevada’s newest assemblywoman, appointed by the Clark County Commission to replace April Mastroluca.
State agencies in Nevada have requested $1.2 billion million in additional funds to cover their needs during the 2013-15 budget period, according to information posted on the state budget website.
Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval said his decision Tuesday to expand Medicaid benefits to another 78,000 Nevadans didn’t involve political calculation. But because the decision was a direct result of the controversial Affordable Care Act, there’s no doubt it will have political ramifications.
In a possible sign that they intend to closely watch spending, even if that spending involves federal funds, members of the Legislature’s newly reconstructed Interim Finance Committee rejected spending $73,124 Tuesday to create a website to offer Nevadans information about health matters.
Nevada might get it. Utah’s got it. New Mexico has a version of it but desperately wants to get rid of it. Nebraska, Mississippi, Arizona – they all want nothing to do with it.
The Nevada State Education Association jumped the first of two big hurdles Friday in its race to force the state Legislature to consider adopting an $800 million-a-year tax increase for public schools.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, taking heat for his refusal to release all agency budget requests, will release agency funding “wish lists” sometime next week, his chief of staff said Thursday.
Clark County must either raise taxes or reduce services on such things as police and hospital care because a state Supreme Court decision forces it to pay a minimum of $18 million more to the Southern Nevada Health District.
The Las Vegas City Council agreed Wednesday to split costs with the state for opening a street leading into a low-income neighborhood, but only after a heated, racially charged debate over who should be held responsible for the project.