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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, ...

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 ...

Nevada’s Lee spearheads Democratic push in House to save ACA credits

U.S. Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., is leading dozens of House Democrats in urging congressional leadership to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits before ...

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 ...

Nevada lawmakers targeted in bomb threats over last week, source says

Multiple state legislators received threats last week that law enforcement has since responded to, a source close to the situation confirmed to the Sun today. ...

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 ...

'Attack on our democracy': Kirk killing condemned by Nevada officials

Elected officials from across Nevada on Wednesday condemned the killing of conservative commentator and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk ...

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, ...

Amid heightened tension over immigration, Nevada officials seek to reassure parents

Clark County School District Board member Brenda Zamora said there have been rumors of immigration enforcement that appears to be affecting school attendance.

Nevada congressional candidate open about felony status

After being sentenced to two years in prison for wire fraud and finding himself on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, Republican Bobby Khan isn’t shy ...

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 ...

Nevada Guard to assist ICE in "administrative" role, Lombardo's office says

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo is “in the process” of activating the Nevada Guard to support federal immigration enforcement in a “temporary, administrative capacity,” according to ...

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 Democrats disappointed by Lombardo vetoes but promise to keep working

Lawmakers delivered a clear message at a town hall Wednesday night hosted by the advocacy group Make the Road Nevada: The fight isn’t over.

Nevada senators vote to confirm political rival for VA job

Sam Brown was confirmed Tuesday by the U.S. Senate as one of the three under secretaries for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Rosen and ...