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Las Vegas tech sector shows resilience in tariff era

While tariffs are shaking manufacturers nationwide, tech entrepreneurs at the Vegas Tech Summit said Thursday that Las Vegas’ innovation sector has largely withstood President Donald ...

‘No Kings’ movement in Las Vegas stands firm under nationwide watch

The local “No Kings” rally Saturday comes as President Donald Trump’s new national security directive broadens federal investigations into left-leaning groups accused of promoting political ...

Las Vegas airport won't use DHS shutdown video over 'political messaging'

Harry Reid International Airport will not run a new video being rolled out at airports across the country that blames Democrats for the ongoing government ...

Pride week festivities in Las Vegas mix celebration with resistance

Las Vegas Pride was founded in 1992, but the first event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community happened in 1983 at UNLV …

Nevada solar energy project listed as 'canceled'; developer pledges to continue

A massive solar energy project outside of Tonopah has been seemingly put to a halt, according to the Bureau of Land Management. The BLM’s register ...

North Las Vegas woman’s desperate search for father in ICE custody mirrors a nationwide detention crisis

Diana Lopez stood by the door of her father’s room at Henderson Hospital. Before immigration enforcement agents detained him at gunpoint days earlier ...

Shutdown threat puts already shaky Las Vegas tourism at risk

A federal government shutdown could cost the travel industry $1 billion a week and deliver a punishing blow to Las Vegas’ already faltering tourism economy, ...

Academy grows LGBTQ+ political voices to better serve Las Vegas

Frankie Perez, a transgender man sitting on Metro Police’s Citizen Review Board, considers Silver State Equality’s LGBTQ+ Leadership Academy “a breath of fresh air” amid ...

Nevada removed from federal list of sanctuary jurisdictions

The Department of Justice is removing Nevada from a list of sanctuary jurisdictions, the DOJ said today in a news release announcing an agreement ...

Nevada coalition urges Lombardo to join West Coast Health Alliance

A coalition of Nevada health organizations is urging Gov. Joe Lombardo to join the West Coast Health Alliance, a partnership established by the governors of ...

Charlie Kirk slaying fallout fuels free speech clashes in US, Southern Nevada

From late-night television to Las Vegas classrooms, the fallout from the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has ignited a free-speech firestorm ...

Data reveal pipeline opening from Metro custody to ICE

President Donald Trump’s push to accelerate immigration enforcement is being felt in Las Vegas, where federal agents picked up 441 people with detainers and 173 ...

Education Department scraps minority-serving grants; UNLV, Nevada State and CSN affected

The Trump administration has pulled $350 million in federal grants from some of the country’s most diverse colleges, a move that will strip Nevada institutions ...

Aguilar rejects federal push for voter data as Trump escalates war on mail ballots

Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, rebuking the Department of Justice, says he will not share voter data that is protected under state law …

Federal funding fight hits home for families afflicted by rare diseases

Nevada has an estimated 300,000 people living with a rare disease, which includes genetic disorders like Liam’s as well as other conditions such as cancer, ...

Republicans’ gambling tax change seen as threat to states’ revenues, legitimate casinos

Gaming experts assembled by U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., for a town hall this week bemoaned a tax change included in President Donald Trump’s One ...

Las Vegas officials warn of backlash over new fees aimed at foreign visitors

President Donald Trump’s administration is looking to impose additional costs for international tourists entering the United States, first pushing a “visa integrity fee” and then ...

Henderson man claiming to be citizen set for deportation over previous drug trafficking conviction

Henderson resident Michael Schulze claims he’s an American citizen; immigration authorities want to return him to his birth country of Canada over a previous drug ...

Nevada hospitals brace for impact of Trump’s budget bill

Nevada hospitals are bracing for a financial crisis as President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending legislation threatens to cut millions in critical health care funding ....

Nevada's Young Democrats on mission to be seen and heard

Young Dems of America is the country’s largest youth-driven partisan political organization, boasting a membership of more than 20,000 young people nationally.