Nevada tea party favorite Angle makes longshot primary bid
In this file photo taken June 6, 2018, Cresent Hardy poses for a photo with other political candidates after a meeting in Las Vegas.
Category Archives: Nevada
Brothel owner who won primary shunned by Nevada GOP brass
Hof, the owner of half a dozen legal brot... RENO, Nev. - Nevada brothel owner Dennis Hof said Wednesday the "establishment got crushed" when he knocked off an incumbent Republican in a state legislative primary.
Brothel bans weighed in Nevada as legal pimp seeks office
A coalition of religious groups and anti-sex trafficking activists have launched referendums to ban brothels in two of Nevada's seven count... . In this April 27, 2018, photo, owner Dennis Hof sits in front of the Love Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nev.
Robert Kennedy vs. the mob
In the postwar world, Nevada was not a great argument for the spread of legal gambling. The mobsters who controlled state casinos were evidence against the notion, and the state officials who failed to do anything about them were an even stronger such argument.
Nevada’s 4th Congressional District issues
Sixteen candidates are vying to replace U.S. Rep. Ruben Kihuen, who represents Nevada's 4th Congressional District and is not to seeking re-election. Sixteen candidates are vying to replace U.S. Rep. Ruben Kihuen, who represents Nevada's 4th Congressional District and is not to seeking re-election.
Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District issues
Twenty-one candidates are vying to replace U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen, who represents Nevada's 3rd Congressional District and is leaving the House to run for the Senate. Twenty-one candidates are vying to replace U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen, who represents Nevada's 3rd Congressional District and is leaving the House to run for the Senate.
Judge Jones’ biases waste public funds
Federal district Judge Robert Clive Jones appears at the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse in Las Vegas in 2008. Nevada's most overturned federal judge - Robert Clive Jones - was overturned yet again in one case and removed from another because of his bias against the U.S. government.
Democratic congressional hopefuls gather at Las Vegas forum
Candidates for Nevada's 4th Congressional District shared their views on gun control and health care, and several opened up about being sexually harassed and losing family members, during a forum Tuesday night in Las Vegas. Five Democrats running for Nevada's 4th Congressional District, accountant Amy Vilela, state Sen. Pat Spearman, Nevada System of Higher Education Regent Allison Stephens, former U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, Nevada System of Higher Education Regent Allison Stephens and Clark County principal John Anzalone, speak at a forum Tuesday held by NextGen America.
Bill to Revive Nuclear Waste Dump at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain Passes the House
The House on Thursday approved an election-year bill to revive the mothballed nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain despite opposition from home-state lawmakers. Supporters say the bill would help solve a nuclear-waste storage problem that has festered for more than three decades.
Campaign 2018: Hispanic activists show support for Dean Heller
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller this week unveiled a "Juntos con Heller" campaign with a coalition of 254 Hispanic activists committed to helping the Republican win re-election. U.S. Sen. Dean Heller this week unveiled a "Juntos con Heller" campaign with a coalition of 254 Hispanic activists committed to helping the Republican win re-election.
Republican Governors Association rakes in record fundraising haul
Two months after the Republican Governors Association pledged to spend $3.3 million on TV ads to influence Nevada's gubernatorial race, the group reported a record-breaking fundraising haul this quarter. Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt announcing his bid for governor at Brady Industries's warehouse in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017.
Nevada reports show Rosen outraised Heller in recent months
Democrat Rosen raised more than twice as much campaign cash as Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller ... /Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP). FILE - In this June 23, 2017, file photo, Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., attends a news conference at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building in Las Vegas.
Restored rail line reconnects Southern Nevada cities
A train returns to pick up attendees from an event hosted by the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City, Nevada on Friday, April 13, 2018. Andrea Cornejo Las Vegas Review-Journal @dreacornejo Gov. Brian Sandoval drives the final spike into a rail line that restores service between Boulder City and Henderson during an event hosted by the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City on Friday, April 13, 2018.
Tax cuts helping Nevadans
Citing federal tax cuts as the driving factor, Ely-based Prospector Hotel and Gambling Hall recently gave its employees a $500 bonus and raised starting wages to $12 per hour. Plain and simple, tax cuts are working and helping the economy in ways that Nevadans have never seen before.
Campaign 2018: California super PAC to target key Nevada races
Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer's super PAC NextGen America says it plans to focus on the competitive races for governor and Congressional Districts 3 and 4, but will be specifically focused on ousting Nevada's incumbent Republican Sen. Dean Heller . Tom Steyer, founder of NextGen America, during a press conference on immigration at the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 in Las Vegas, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017.
Americans won’t stand for attacks on public lands
The attacks on our public lands are constant. But indigenous people are speaking louder than ever, and elected leaders are starting to listen.
Campaign 2018: Schwartz under fire for belittling Laxalt’s military career
Nevada Treasurer and Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Schwartz is under fire after he reportedly belittled an opponent's military experience. Nevada Treasurer Dan Schwartz speaks to media after announcing his campaign for Governor on at the Republican Men's Club monthly Luncheon at Cili Restaurant at Bali Hai Golf Course in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Sept.
Henderson
On Christmas Eve 2017, Francis Newlands died. He had been in Congress for almost twenty-five years and a nationally known figure.
Infrastructure
His recommendations for infrastructure disappointed local officials across the nation, and his plan to revive Nevada's Yucca Mountain also received limited funds. Trump's plan calls for $1.5 trillion in infrastructure projects, with just $200 billion supplied by the federal government.
Attorneys Appeal Nevadas Discrimination Against Humanist Inmates
Today, the American Humanist Association Appignani Humanist Legal Center filed its opening appellate brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in its appeal from the U.S. District Court of Nevada's dismissal of their case filed on behalf of Humanist inmates in Nevada state prisons. The lawsuit, filed in October 2016, asserts that the Nevada Department of Corrections' refusal to allow Humanist inmates to study and discuss their shared convictions in a group setting while authorizing meetings for many faith groups of similar and smaller sizes violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.