In rains that poured months’ worth of water onto the desert floor in a matter of hours, man witnessed firsthand the “science” of climate change and the potential ...
Homelessness has reached significant and very challenging levels throughout the nation and here in Southern Nevada. Over the past 24 years during both my husband’s and my tenures as mayor ...
Election departments are facing critical staff shortages due in large part to intimidation and harassment, as well as the burdensome task of running elections with ...
Everyone realizes that water use throughout the region has to be reduced to a new baseline. But what is a sustainable and economically and socially responsible baseline?
The beginning of a new UNLV football season signifies hope, determination, grit and the unwavering spirit of our city. Just as Las Vegas has reinvented itself time and ...
There are five guiding principles to ensure this motto is at the forefront of the work we do in the office of the attorney general — I call them the “Five C’s.” They are constitutional rights, criminal justice reform, consumer protection, client service and community engagement.
Across the United States, conservatives are leading a culture war that seeks to criminalize drag shows and ban or “recategorize” LGBTQ+ themed books at libraries. These calculated attacks promote discrimination and harm against LGBTQ+ people in order to ...
No Nevadan should face the impossible choice of which essential they can live without. That’s why I’ve been working in Congress — with both Republicans and Democrats — to find commonsense solutions to lower costs, create good-paying jobs, and improve the lives of Nevadans.
Henderson recently launched a Mobile Crisis Intervention Team (MCIT) to more directly respond to behavioral health and substance use crises. As a public safety advocate and mother of a physician, this is a special initiative to me personally, and I think it is an important model for how cities address complex problems.
August is upon us. That is good news for Las Vegas Sun readers. This is the time I go in search of cooler climes. I have also searched for cooler heads from our community and state to fill in for me while I am gone. This year, out readers ...
Frankly, I don’t care about what happens to Donald Trump, which makes me more of an anomaly in today’s politically charged world. There are people who want to “lock him up” and there are others who want to deify him. And they are all passionate about their beliefs.
If you need another real-time example of the defection of the GOP from the leadership of the “keep the United States of America and everyone in it secure, safe and free” caucus, just look at the humiliating debacle that is Tommy Tuberville, the senior senator from what used to be the great state and should now be the “most ashamed” state of Alabama.
There are dinosaurs in our midst. It should not be lost on anyone living in Las Vegas this past week that 115-degree days are approaching what should be unbearable. And these days are just the beginning ...
This past Friday night — after an early start and a brief time-out to make it so much better — “Awakening” opened at the Wynn. Together with his incredibly talented co-producers, Baz Halpin and Michael Curry, Bernie Yuman has brought to life what I believe will be the next bar-setting Las Vegas entertainment spectacle.
