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Nevada’s GOP Senate hopefuls wait for an endorsement that may not come before the June primary

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Sam Brown, the retired U.S. Army captain, is polling as the front-runner to win the Nevada Republican primary in June for U.S. Senate. Fittingly, Brown grabbed a key endorsement last week ....

In nod to unions, senator's guest for speech is IBEW electrician from Nevada

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Melenie Zavala, who is involved with IBEW Local 357’s political organizing efforts, was selected to join U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., for ...

A 'spherical armadillo': A's show off baseball stadium design for Las Vegas Strip

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

The Oakland A’s proposed $1.5 billion stadium on the Las Vegas Strip will feature a 33,000-seat capacity and a tiered design to split ...

Alabama court’s IVF ruling fuels worry in post-Roe America

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Cyndy Flores was sitting in a Las Vegas fertility clinic for an ultrasound late last month when her phone buzzed and a sense of sudden shock came over her.

State, federal officials ask USPS to keep mail sorting in Reno

Friday, March 1, 2024

Federal and state officials from Nevada are joining a growing call against a proposal by the U.S. Postal Service that would repurpose a Reno mail-processing facility over ...

Jill Biden coming to Las Vegas this week to appeal to women voters

Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024

First Lady Jill Biden will be in Las Vegas on Saturday as part of an effort to engage women voters in swing states, according to a statement from President Joe Biden’s ...

Las Vegas resident debunked MyPillow guy’s challenge in 2021. Now he’s one step closer to collecting his $5M prize

Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024

A federal court last week upheld a $5 million arbitration award in favor of a Las Vegas software forensics expert who disproved claims that China interfered in the 2020 presidential election by right-wing activist ...

With border crossings up, Las Vegas immigration attorney warns against predatory practices

Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024

As an immigration attorney who’s been practicing for nearly 15 years, Adriana Pereyra has seen countless clients seeking a new life in the U.S.

GOP Nevada Sen. hopeful has ‘closed the door’ on federal abortion ban

Friday, Feb. 23, 2024

Nevada Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Sam Brown says he has “closed the door” on support for a federal abortion ban, marking a break with his party on an election-year issue that has beleaguered conservatives in recent years. In an interview ...

Former Runnin’ Rebels champion wants to trade his badge for the bench

Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024

Chris Jeter didn’t think twice when he decided to sell his house in Las Vegas to buy a mobile home in the nearby rural Searchlight Township because, the former ...

Group alleges GOP Senate candidate in Nevada broke campaign finance rules

Friday, Feb. 16, 2024

A voter advocacy group filed a complaint today with the Federal Election Commission against Republican Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown, alleging “potential illegal coordination” between his 2022 campaign and ...

Accusations traded in Nevada fake elector case; trial set for March 11

Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024

Attorneys representing six Nevada Republicans accused of participating in a so-called fake elector scheme after the 2020 presidential election say prosecutors misrepresented evidence to a Clark County grand jury and the case should be moved to a different jurisdiction or dismissed. In a 38-page Tuesday court filing responding to ...

A's trying to work out extension at Oakland Coliseum this week

Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024

The A’s and Bay Area officials are expected to meet this week to negotiate a possible extension of the team’s lease for the Oakland Coliseum and give the club a permanent home until their stadium in Las Vegas is ready.  A’s president Dave Kaval is scheduled to meet ...

Trump wins Nevada caucuses, though GOP keeps process close to the vest

Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024

The Nevada Republican party has said it decided to hold privately run caucuses to choose its presidential nominee because it would be a safer, more transparent contest than the state-run primary held Tuesday ...

Nevada caucuses set to begin in Nevada; Trump expected to win big

Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024

The Nevada caucuses are about to get underway as Republicans were filing into sites in Las Vegas and around the state to make their choice for the party's presidential candidate, expected to overwhelmingly favor ...

Voters in Nevada give Biden support; GOP worried about turnout for caucuses

Report: GOP not well-equipped to run the caucuses

Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024

Clark County residents encountered rain and overcast conditions Tuesday when they left their homes for the polls to vote in the first Nevada presidential preference primary. Even though President Joe Biden was a lock to win his ...

Voters head to polls for Nevada’s first presidential primary

Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024

Voters in Las Vegas faced brisk and rainy weather today as they made their way to the polls in the state’s first-ever presidential preference primary. Polls opened ...

Young voters cast ballots for Biden with Nevada primary today

Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024

Today marks the last day of voting in Nevada’s first-ever Democratic presidential preference primary. The state had mostly used caucuses as the means for picking major party presidential nominees until …

Teachers group suing Nevada over funding for A's stadium in Las Vegas

Monday, Feb. 5, 2024

A group of Nevada teachers filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the constitutionality of a Nevada law that will allocate $380 million in public funding to build a new baseball stadium for the Oakland Athletics on the Las Vegas Strip. The suit also makes good on a promise by NSEA President Dawn Etcheverry ...

President Biden tells Vegas crowd, 'We’ll make Donald Trump a loser again'

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024

President Joe Biden had sharp criticism for his likely general election opponent during a rally in Las Vegas’ Historic Westside on Sunday, telling supporters ...

Long shot candidate wants to make waves in Nevada’s GOP caucuses

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024

Texas Republican Ryan Binkley acknowledges he’s a long shot to be his party’s presidential nominee, but that’s not stopping him from believing he can achieve the impossible and upset former President Donald Trump.

Biden making campaign stop Sunday in Las Vegas

Friday, Feb. 2, 2024

President Joe Biden will be making a campaign stop in Las Vegas’ Historic West Side on Sunday, just two days before the last day of voting for Nevada’s first ever presidential preference primary. Biden is all but certain ...

Nevada AG announces legal action against social media companies

Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced today he is taking legal action against three social media giants because their algorithms “have been designed deliberately to addict young minds.” The litigation was filed against ...

Nevada Republicans accused in so-called fake elector scheme want case dismissed

Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024

Attorneys for six Nevada Republicans accused of participating in a scheme that would have falsely given the state’s electoral votes to former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election have filed petitions to move the case ...

Professor: Trump’s premature boast could undermine GOP in Nevada

Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024

Trump’s rhetoric last week could be perceived by some as a way to energize his political base, but loudly prognosticating an election ...

Trump in Vegas appearance urges Nevadans to skip primary

Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024

On the first day of the early voting period for Nevada’s presidential primary, former President Donald Trump on Saturday told thousands ...

Caucus chaos: Unraveling the confusion surrounding Nevada’s presidential nominating process

Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024

The February 8 caucuses are entirely administered and overseen by the Nevada GOP, making it, in essence, a private event with its own rules and virtually no public oversight.

Biden to make campaign stop in Las Vegas next month

Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024

President Joe Biden will be in Las Vegas early next month, according to a Biden campaign source, marking his first reelection campaign stop in Nevada for the 2024 election cycle. The source said Biden would be in ...

At Reno debate, GOP Senate hopefuls push their agendas, take aim at MIA front-runner

Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024

Seven of nine candidates vying for the Republican nomination for U.S. senator from Nevada pressed their cases to voters at a debate last week in which the perceived front-runner was notably absent. ...

Nevada GOP Senate candidates push for stronger stance on border in debate

Republicans vying to challenge for Sen. Rosen's seat in Congress

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024

RENO — Seven Republicans seeking to challenge Nevada Democratic U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen in November’s general election made their most public case yet why they should be their party’s nominee on Thursday — and did so in the absence of the perceived primary frontrunner ...

Nevada governor says he plans to caucus for Trump

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024

Gov. Joe Lombardo said he plans to caucus for former President Donald Trump in the Nevada Republican Party’s closed caucuses next month, and will also vote for ...

Why Trump isn’t on the GOP primary ballot in Nevada

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024

Former President Donald Trump is not on the Republican presidential primary ballot in Nevada that will be arriving this week to voters. The reason: Trump’s hand-picked state GOP officials dictated caucus rules that prevent Trump from appearing on the ballot or participating in the primary. State Republican Party officials forced Trump and ...

Former GOP Nevada treasurer to challenge Susie Lee for U.S. House seat

Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024

Former Republican state Treasurer Dan Schwartz announced on Wednesday a bid to challenge Nevada Democratic U.S. Rep. Susie Lee. Schwartz is joining the GOP primary field after the presumed frontrunner to challenge Lee dropped out of the race earlier ...

Ahead of voters heading to the polls, secretary of state, attorney general highlight Nevada’s safe elections

Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024

With Nevada’s presidential preference primaries less than a month away, the state’s top election official and law enforcement officer on Wednesday highlighted new steps state officials are ...

Nevada’s GOP caucuses, set for Feb. 8, have yet to win approval for use of CCSD schools

Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024

CCSD uses a third-party booking site to schedule its facility use to outside groups. A Sun review of the online portal showed availability at numerous schools the Republicans ...

Nevada Sen. Rosen's campaign reports raising $3.2M in fourth quarter

Monday, Jan. 8, 2024

Nevada U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen raised about $3.2 million from October through December and holds more than $10.6 million in cash, according to her campaign, a record figure for an incumbent senator from Nevada at this point ...

Dark cloud from 2021 continues to hang over this November's elections

Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024

Most Republicans nationally say it’s time to move on from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, while an overwhelming number of Democrats and most independents say the event should “never be forgotten,” according to a poll released this week. The poll, conducted ...

Catching up on the status of the seven Nevadans caught in the FBI’s Jan. 6 dragnet

Friday, Jan. 5, 2024

At least seven men with ties to the Silver State have either been arrested or were convicted for their involvement in the attacks on the Capitol Jan. 6, 2021, which ultimately left five people dead and caused millions in damages. Three Nevadans have been charged since the second anniversary of the insurrection ...

Nevada Republican drops out of race for Lee's U.S. House seat

Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024

Republican assemblywoman Heidi Kasama announced Thursday she is suspending her campaign for U.S. House immediately and will instead launch a reelection bid for another term in the Nevada Legislature.  

Lawsuit takes aim at Nevada's public option health insurance program

Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Nevada’s First Judicial District Court in Carson City, charges that Senate Bill 420, passed into law during the 2021 legislative session, violates three provisions ...

Why some Muslim voters want to ditch Biden, Rosen ahead of 2024

Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023

Imam Al Aziz Eddebbarh remembers the warm reception he got during a meeting with late U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada.

Nevada Republicans charged in alleged fake elector scheme plead not guilty

Monday, Dec. 18, 2023

Six Nevada Republicans who participated in a false electoral ceremony to pledge the state’s six electoral votes to former President Donald Trump after the 2020 election each entered not guilty pleas ...

Faculty, students won’t feel safe until security is enhanced at UNLV

Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023

Professor: “It is inconceivable that we will return to campus with blood-stained halls, bashed-in doors, broken glass and triggering memories, but I know we must in January."

A's tell Alameda Co. they'll pay off money owed on Coliseum in Oakland

Friday, Dec. 15, 2023

The Athletics on Thursday told officials in California the ballclub will make good on their obligations to pay the remaining $45 million left outstanding for its share of the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum. Responding to a letter the A’s were sent last week ...

AG Ford defends work to obtain indictments for Nevada’s six GOP fake electors

Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford on Tuesday praised his office’s work to secure the criminal indictments of six Republicans who represented themselves as “alternative” electors for former President Donald Trump after his 2020 electoral loss ...

Alameda County demands A's make $45 million payment for bolting to Las Vegas

Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023

Nate Miley, president of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, sent a letter Thursday to the team outlining a clause in the joint ownership agreement ...

Biden on UNLV shooting: 'We can never let it become normal”

Friday, Dec. 8, 2023

As President Joe Biden headed to Las Vegas today, his press secretary again expressed condolences to those impacted by Wednesday’s fatal shooting at UNLV and called for more action to ...

Biden stops in Las Vegas to tout high-speed rail project

Friday, Dec. 8, 2023

President Joe Biden has arrived in Las Vegas, where he is set to deliver remarks today about a new light rail project linking Southern Nevada and the Los Angeles area. Air Force One ...

GOP official Jesse Law announces run for Nevada Assembly

Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023

Clark County Republican Party Chairman Jesse Law said today he is running for the state Assembly, just hours before the Nevada Attorney General’s Office announced his indictment by a grand jury stemming from his ...

Six Republicans who falsely certified Trump as Nevada election winner face charges

Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023

Six Nevada Republicans who represented themselves as “alternative” electors for former President Donald Trump after his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden have been indicted on criminal charges, state Attorney General Aaron Ford’s office ...