Category Archives: Clark County

October 4, 2024 The general election is only 32 days away.  That’s when voters in Nevada will help decide the presidential race between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, the U.S. Senate tilt with incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Republican challenger Sam Brown, and other local and federal races.  There are also seven […]

September 27, 2024 The State of Nevada had $1.24 billion set aside for emergencies, meaning that its so-called “Rainy-Day Fund” is fully funded, according to officials. Governor Lombardo and State Treasurer Zach Conine announced that a transfer last week of $12.67 million from the general fund put the emergency fund over the top. In election […]

September 20, 2024 In Election news this week, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are neck and neck in the swing state of Nevada with less than two months to go until the November election. A survey from Emerson College Polling/The Hill of voter attitudes in swing states released Thursday showed the […]

September 13, 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris now holds a 23-percentage point lead over former President Donald Trump among registered Hispanic voters in Nevada. And in the first-ever face-to-face meeting between Harris and Trump underscored just how much the race for the White House has changed since President Joe Biden dropped out after his miserable […]

August 30. 2024 The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority estimated that 331,000 people would visit Southern Nevada for the traditional end of summer, a 3.4 percent increase over the 320,000 that were here for Labor Day 2023.  As summer comes to an end with the Labor Day weekend, the countdown begins with all of […]

August 9, 2024 Election news is dominating the headlines again this week. A new poll of likely Nevada voters found Vice President Kamala Harris with a nearly 6 percentage point lead over former President Donald Trump — the largest lead for a Democrat in any presidential poll of Nevadans this cycle. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report published […]

August 2, 2024 Nearly 600 Olympic athletes have been competing for gold and a handful of those athletes include eight homegrown Nevada Olympians showing up for the Silver State. Currently, the United States is leading the medal race with 43 medals. An alarming number of home insurance carriers are denying new applications in Nevada — a clear […]

July 26, 2024 Democrats have rallied behind Vice President Kamala Harris since she announced her presidential run following President Joe Biden’s dropout and endorsement Sunday, but it is unclear if she will fare better than her predecessor in the critical swing state of Nevada. Governor Joe Lombardo wrote his second letter this week calling on President Joe Biden to […]

July 12, 2024 Washoe County elections were big in the news again this week.  Washoe County commissioners voted not to certify recount votes tied to the June Primary Election.  In an unprecedented 3-2 vote Tuesday, Republican Washoe County commissioners Clara Andriola, Mike Clark and Jeanne Herman chose not to make the results of two contested […]

June 28, 2024 President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump pitched to undecided voters during the first debate of the presidential campaign — trading insults over their policy differences, immigration and who represents a threat to democracy.  In Nevada news this week, a handful of new laws enacted during the 2023 legislative session go into […]