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Opinion: Mass transit creates opportunities for personal enrichment: Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016; Mass transit is a funny thing. When driving, bumping into someone means a crash. On a train, it means a conversation.
Lieutenant governor drops educating savings account suit: Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016; After a court ruling that stayed Nevada’s education savings account, Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison has dropped a lawsuit regarding the program that put him at odds with Attorney General Adam Laxalt and Treasurer Dan Schwartz.
Poll: Nevada voters support solar power, fear for the Colorado River: Monday, Jan. 11, 2016; Ninety-one percent of Nevada voters said low levels of water in the state was a problem, and 70 percent believed that the Colorado River was at risk, according to ...
State treasurer: Hutchison should drop lawsuit or resign: Friday, Jan. 8, 2016; Fighting among statewide elected officials over Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison’s controversial lawsuit regarding the state’s educational savings accounts ...
Q+A: Bernie Sanders talks Bundy, solar and privacy rights: Friday, Jan. 8, 2016; The morning after his speech before more than 2,000 Democrats at the MGM Grand, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders sat down for an interview at his local campaign headquarters ...
Clinton, Sanders and O’Malley draw raucous crowd in Las Vegas: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016; The MGM Grand Conference Center resounded with horns passed out by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign and was lit with glow sticks from ...
Harry Reid says Oregon activists ‘cannot continue breaking the law’: Monday, Jan. 4, 2016; Sen. Harry Reid called for restraint in the federal response to a group of armed anti-government activists, including two sons of rancher Cliven Bundy, who have occupied a federal building in rural Oregon but warned “they cannot continue breaking the law.” “I am very patient. We should all be ...
Trump, Clinton lead in new Nevada poll: Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015; Businessman Donald Trump leads the Republican field in the Silver State, according to a new poll of likely GOP caucusgoers conducted by Gravis Marketing. A total of 33 percent of respondents said that they would back Trump, who was followed by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz at 20 percent, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio at 11 percent, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson at 6 percent and ...
Police request public leave backpacks, bags and strollers at home during New Year’s Eve: Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015; Revelers are often asked to leave behind their inhibitions (and their wallets) in Las Vegas, but this New Year’s Eve, people will be asked to leave behind their backpacks — as well as bulky bags and strollers that police say could conceal dangerous objects. Sheriff Joe Lombardo asked partygoers to leave bulky items in ...
In NLV speech, Sanders calls PUC solar decision ‘just about the dumbest thing I have ever heard’: Monday, Dec. 28, 2015; With less than two months remaining before the Nevada caucuses, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke in North Las Vegas before an overflow crowd of 3,200 supporters, according to a count by the school’s assistant principal, calling for a “political revolution” to transform the United States. In an aside to his stump speech, he also touched on ...
Reid urges Sandoval to accept EPA Superfund proposal on contaminated mine: Monday, Dec. 28, 2015; Sen. Harry Reid applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to designate the Anaconda Copper Mine in Yerington as a Superfund National Priority List site in an open letter to ...
Las Vegas pastor, a newly minted U.S. citizen, dives into politics: Monday, Dec. 21, 2015; Paul Marc Goulet makes it a point not to make endorsements from the pulpit, but as a private citizen, his endorsement was sought by presidential hopefuls ...
In Las Vegas, Cruz continues to attack Rubio on immigration: Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015; Two days after he tangled with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in the debate held in Las Vegas, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz continued to press his attack on Florida Sen. Marco Rubio over Rubio’s previous support for ...
Paul’s reason to support him over Trump: ‘I’m not crazy’: Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015; As the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2006, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul criticized the decision today in a speech at the Economic Club of Las Vegas, a nonpartisan forum, at Caesars Palace. The day after Paul appeared in the Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas, he said artificially set federal interest rates had contributed to the housing bubble in the valley and around the country and ...
Rubio and Cruz clash at GOP debate; Trump and Bush go after each other: Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015; Jeb Bush took a shot at businessman Donald Trump, calling him a “chaos candidate” and saying he would also be a “chaos president.” Here are some more takeaways from Tuesday night’s GOP presidential debate from the Venetian ...
As GOP debate nears, candidates prepare for showdown: Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015; All political eyes will be on Las Vegas tonight, as the field of Republican candidates for president comes to the Venetian for two debates sponsored by CNN. Nine contenders will appear during the primetime debate. At the center will be ...
What to watch for in Tuesday’s GOP debates: Monday, Dec. 14, 2015; Tuesday’s Republican presidential debates may be remembered as a moment of clarity in the race. After a long campaign season, early primary voting is just over the horizon, leaving candidates little time to start making their closing pitches to GOP voters in Nevada and ...
GOP candidates have packed public schedules around Tuesday debate: Friday, Dec. 11, 2015; Bull riders at the National Finals Rodeo. Carbo loaders at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon. Las Vegas is used to out-of-town visitors. But this weekend brings a different kind of tourist — GOP presidential hopefuls. They will ...
Watch Larry Wilmore tear into Michele Fiore on Syrian refugees: Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015; Republican state Assembly member Michele Fiore is drawing heavy criticism for her remarks on a radio show that she would like to shoot Syrian refugees. A petition ...
Sandoval’s text messages to NV Energy should be made public, experts say: Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015; Gov. Brian Sandoval has weak legal and public policy grounds to defend his decision to withhold text messages between himself and the leadership of NV Energy, according to open government experts, if the examples in other states and cities were to be followed in Nevada. Courts and ...
Nevada Democrats nervously watch U.S. Supreme Court hearings: Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015; The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on a case that could reshape Nevada’s political geography by boosting the power of rural areas at the expense of Clark County — a prospect that concerns Democrats and civil rights leaders. A decision on the case, Evenwel v. Abbott, could tip power in …
Michele Fiore says she wants to shoot Syrian refugees: Monday, Dec. 7, 2015; Fresh from a Christmas card featuring heavily armed members of her family, Nevada Assembly member Michele Fiore said on her weekly radio program that she would like to ...
Democratic presidential candidates to eat dinner together in Nevada: Monday, Dec. 7, 2015; And you thought your high school reunion was awkward. The three major Democratic candidates for president will share dinner in Nevada on Jan. 6 at the invitation of ...
Ripple effect of ISIS: What you need to know about mounting unrest around the world: Monday, Dec. 7, 2015; The Middle East is a complex region with a long history of warring factions. The Islamic State is the latest dangerous group to come to power. What is its goal? How did it come to pass? What is its relationship with al-Qaida, and which countries are fighting against it? Our primer will sort some of the puzzle pieces ...
At UNLV, parents, doctors and mental health advocates talk pediatric challenges: Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015; Southern Nevada struggles to care for its children with mental health challenges — but in many ways the region is improving. That was the takeaway from a panel discussion at UNLV on Wednesday as part of...
National Weather Service predicts drought will weaken or lift in Southern Nevada: Friday, Nov. 20, 2015; The drought in Nevada is likely to lift or improve over the winter months, according to a new prediction from the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction. The U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook released Thursday indicates ...
Minnie Mouse wins big in mock caucus of Clinton volunteers: Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015; The campaign has been holding mock caucuses since August to familiarize supporters with the sometimes-arcane process used in Nevada to select delegates for the parties’ nominating conventions.
U.S. should reject Syrian refugees, Ben Carson says in Henderson: Monday, Nov. 16, 2015; The United States should not accept refugees from the conflict in Syria, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said at a news conference this morning at Henderson’s Green Valley Ranch Resort. His ...
Carson addresses faith, Trump, terrorism and racism in valley speeches: Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015; Republican presidential contender Ben Carson's religious faith means he “doesn’t get down in the mud” the way other political candidates do, he said today in a speech at the International Church of Las Vegas. Then, at the Henderson Pavilion, in front of a banner that read “Heal, Inspire, Revive,” Carson said Friday’s terrorist attack in Paris underscores the need for the United States to support its allies and fight terrorism ...
Nevada earns F in fighting government corruption: Monday, Nov. 9, 2015; The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative journalism organization, has rated Nevada as one of the worst states in “laws and systems ... to deter corruption.” The organization flunked Nevada, along with ...
Clark County Zoning Commission forces topless Fontainebleau to cover itself up: Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015; It’s rare on the Las Vegas Strip for an outcry to go up for someone to cover up. If anything, usually it goes the other way. But the long-stalled project is ...
Beatty waste fire sparks fears among Yucca opponents: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015; A series of explosions and a fire at a low-level nuclear waste depository in Beatty last week served to fan the flames of ...
Laxalt sage grouse suit divides Nevada Republicans: Friday, Oct. 23, 2015; On Thursday, Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt added the state to a lawsuit filed by Elko and Eureka counties and mining companies challenging a federal rule protecting the habitat of the sage grouse. That set off a war ...
In Nevada, Jeb Bush calls Supergirl ‘hot’ and argues for deregulation of federal land: Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015; In a conversation at CSN in North Las Vegas, Bush said he favored immigration reform, including a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children and ...
Jeb Bush calls for moving Interior Department from D.C. to Western city: Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015; Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush will unveil his proposals for Western land and resource management in a campaign stop in Reno on Wednesday morning, in a speech likely to resonate with conservative voters opposed to what they see as federal overreach in the Western states. Bush is expected to criticize the Obama administration for failing to work with states, local governments, Native tribes and private owners as ...
What the pundits are saying about the Las Vegas debate: Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015; Tuesday night’s debate was only a warm-up for the real action: How the chattering class of journalists, analysts and bloggers are responding to the performance of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and ...
Clinton performs well in debate despite strong showings by Sanders and O’Malley: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015; Hillary Rodham Clinton entered Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate at the Wynn Las Vegas as the front-runner for the nomination. She did nothing to hurt her status. And when the debate ended, she kept campaigning. Minutes after she debated Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and others on ...
Sanders, Clinton agree on emails, clash on gun control, Patriot Act: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015; On the economy, gun control, the Patriot Act and other areas, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders found plenty of room to disagree today during the Democratic presidential debate. But where they found common ground — on Clinton's email controversy — they drew one of the biggest ...
Demographic changes will leave GOP with tough choice in coming years: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015; Tonight, the nation’s political eyes will be trained on the Democratic presidential debate at the Wynn Las Vegas. But in the coming decades, the nation’s eyes will be trained on Nevada, as the state’s rising number of Latino voters will reshape American politics — and leave national Republicans with
What Mars can teach us about using water: Monday, Oct. 12, 2015; Inspired by research from the red planet, scientists from across the country share ways Nevada can make the most of its most precious resource ...
Getting past the noise: What would presidential hopefuls really do for Nevada?: Monday, Oct. 12, 2015; Over the next few months, Nevada will host Democratic and Republican debates, and residents will hear firsthand the views of the person who most likely will be the next president. What do they have to say about issues that affect the state, such as immigration, minimum wage ...
Hardy holds hearing on Obama overtime proposal: Friday, Oct. 9, 2015; As the House Republican caucus plunged into chaos over the surprise withdrawal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy in the race to replace outgoing Speaker John Boehner, one of Nevada’s representatives found time to look into chaos of another kind: A new regulation ...
Marco Rubio stumps in Summerlin: Friday, Oct. 9, 2015; Sounding themes of change in a speech at Sun City Summerlin on Thursday night, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio opened a three-day campaign swing through Las Vegas ...
Crowd gathers to hear Trump speech in Las Vegas: Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015; With some gathering as early as 4 a.m., a crowd of hundreds of supporters gathered at the Mystere Theater at Treasure Island on the Las Vegas Strip to hear Republican frontrunner Donald Trump deliver a speech in what ...
Finishing Las Vegas swing, O’Malley calls for immigration reform: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015; In a speech this morning before the group Hispanics in Politics, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, sought to animate his sagging ...
China could fast-track high-speed rail from Las Vegas to California: Monday, Oct. 5, 2015; XpressWest, a 230-mile high-speed rail project slated to stretch along the Interstate 15 corridor, could be just what Las Vegas needs to bring more weekend tourists from Los Angeles, but more importantly, it could mark ...
Visiting U.S. Poet Laureate Herrera receives key to Strip: Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015; Las Vegas can be forgiven if it has grown blasé about visits from candidates for president, as nearly every week seems to bring a new crop of aspirants to shake its hands and kiss its babies. But this morning brought a visit by a ...
Reid on Boehner stunner: Not the party of Reagan or Eisenhower: Friday, Sept. 25, 2015; Members of Nevada’s congressional delegation reacted with surprise, praise and concern to House Speaker John Boehner’s announcement that ...
By the numbers: Why UNLV presidential debate means so much to Las Vegas: Friday, Sept. 25, 2015; Nevada, an election swing state, was already a strong player in the presidential race. Now, the spotlight will shine here even brighter, if that was possible considering the already constant candidate visits more than a year away from the general election. Here’s a look at the debate ...
Report: Number of uninsured kindergartners down 40 percent: Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015; Although Nevada often lags behind other states in health care statistics, there is reason to cheer, based on the results of a new survey. An annual study ...