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 […]
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 […]
May 10, 2024 The Nevada Democratic Senate Caucus, which has a credible chance of winning a veto-proof majority this year, has yet to endorse a candidate in Senate District 18, while Republicans in the primary race have a sizable lead on fundraising, endorsements, and party support from Gov. Joe Lombardo. A Democratic veto-proof majority in […]
Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics are dominating the headlines this week in Nevada with news of the closing of the iconic Tropicana (the future site of their ballpark) and the A’s agreement to play three interim seasons in Sacramento (2025 – 2027) while their $1.5 billion, 33,000-seat stadium is being constructed on the Las Vegas […]
Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar called for federal funding of elections and more protections of election workers in response to a letter from a House committee chairman who asked for an explanation regarding the voter history glitches that occurred on the secretary of state’s website.State employees and retirees could see health insurance rate hikes ranging […]
March 1, 2024 Governor Lombardo was all about education this week, with a statewide education audit, an exercise program for three elementary or middle schools and an announcement of $6 million in funding for Nevada’s Read by Grade 3 Program! Nevada counties are struggling to find poll workers in a pivotal election year, and Nevada’s […]
COVID-19 Update Nevada observed a peak of new cases from January 3-13 and the highest single day was recorded on January 10. At this time, Clark County cases are declining, but transmission is still high. Washoe County is likely to be at or near its peak and it is anticipated that case trends in Washoe […]
Governor Sisolak announced yesterday a total of 588,216 Flexflow COVID-19 Antigen home tests are on the way to the State of Nevada. The first deliveries will be made directly to community partners who will help ensure the tests reach Nevadans in high need communities as quickly as possible. This is the State’s first order of at-home rapid tests […]
On Monday, August 16th, Governor Sisolak held a press conference to announce Emergency Directive 049, which creates a process for a mask exception for large indoor large events within counties that have “substantial” or “high” COVID-19 transmission. This is not a requirement to show proof of vaccination to attend a large event. It is an optional exception to […]