Politics

UNLV degree is great, but graduate's big achievement came in legislative win

When Fallon resident Kelli Kelly walks across the stage at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center tonight to receive her master’s degree in urban leadership, she’ll ...

Nevada governor candidate targets corporate homeowners to fund schools

If she wins June’s Democratic primary and is then elected governor, Alexis Hill plans to enact property tax reforms to pull Nevada out of the ...

Cortez Masto aims to expand funding for safe rides to school amid spike in CCSD pedestrian strikes

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., is pushing to extend federal safety funding to school bus routes under a bipartisan bill introduced Tuesday.

Threats mount against Zach Conine after Trump Thumper ad goes viral

A caller hoping to reach Nevada Treasurer Zach Conine left a profanity-laced voicemail that gets straight to the point: “scumbag” ...

Shadow Ridge seniors challenge Gen Z stereotypes at the ballot box

Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar visited Shadow Ridge Tuesday to present the Helen J. Stewart Award, a recognition given to high schools that register ...

Nevada Sen. Rosen offers different proposal for Senate's $1B ballroom plan

Senate Republicans want to spend $1 billion in taxpayer money on security upgrades for President Donald Trump’s new White House ballroom — a project the ...

Ford tabs restoring universal meals as priority for Nevada schools

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s education platform, if he is elected governor, includes free school meals for all students. Not only would guaranteed school meals ...

Rick Harrison of 'Pawn Stars' raves about Trump during White House visit

Las Vegas resident Rick Harrison of “Pawn Stars” fame offered a glowing endorsement of President Donald Trump at a White House event today, calling him ...

Nevada’s Horsford: Supreme Court decision on redistricting ‘a license to silence Black voters’

The ruling is an attack on the growing political power of Black and brown voters and will result in more rigged electoral districts that dilute ...

Senators, including Cortez Masto, call for blocking Trump coins

Saying the U.S. was founded to reject kings, Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is trying to halt efforts to place President Donald Trump’s likeness and ...

No Tax on Tips meets inflation concerns in Trump’s Las Vegas stop

President Donald Trump boasted Thursday that Nevada waiters, casino dealers, bartenders and other tipped workers had received “the biggest tax refunds of their entire lives,” ...

Las Vegas’ tourism slump shadows Trump’s return to Nevada

As President Donald Trump seeks to promote his No Tax on Tips policy during a roundtable discussion downtown, small businesses worry fewer people even have ...

Rosen visits Nevada nuclear site, pushes against resuming explosive testing

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., visited the Nevada National Security Site last week to observe how scientists certify the nation’s nuclear stockpile without detonating weapons ...

From front lines to ballot box: How retired Marine helps overseas Nevadans vote

Mark Wlaschin left for work early on this morning, well before sunrise, making the familiar commute through the dark Carson City streets to the Nevada ...

Nevada lawmakers push for US crackdown on $466M retail crime wave

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., was browsing the cosmetics section of a Las Vegas-area Walgreens when she watched a man stuff the store’s entire supply ...

Trump returning to Nevada to remind residents about 'no tax on tips'

President Donald Trump will travel to Nevada next week to tout his “no tax on tips” policy ahead of the April 15 federal income tax ...

Aaron Ford campaign for Nevada governor raises record $1.5 million

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford raised nearly $1.5 million in the first quarter of 2026 — the most ever raised by a nonincumbent gubernatorial candidate ...

Clark County Commission candidate has unique advantage: Everyone has heard the name

A fourth-generation Las Vegas resident, the candidate said he grew up in a family that took pride in their history and instilled in him the ...

Alexis Hill pitches ‘aggressive’ revenue plan in campaign for Nevada governor

Alexis Hill, the Washoe County commissioner seeking the Democratic nomination in Nevada’s gubernatorial race, wants to boost the state’s yearly revenue by $4 billion, according ...