Rural Nevada constituents backed Trump. His reforms could hit them hardest
Democratic Assemblymember Erica Roth urges Nevada state Republicans to speak out against Trump’s budget cuts.
Democratic Assemblymember Erica Roth urges Nevada state Republicans to speak out against Trump’s budget cuts.
At her first State of the City Address on Wednesday, Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley expressed concerns over losing critical federal funding, which she said will put the state and city into a budgetary shortfall.
A protester outside the Paris Hotel and Casino underscores the importance of the rule of law, voicing concerns about President Donald Trump’s defiance of the Supreme Court and warning of authoritarian threats to American democracy. Peter Kulkin, a former New York City Court judge said without the rule of law, everything from our economy to our personal freedoms is at risk.
Nevada ya enfrenta una de las peores crisis de vivienda asequibles del país. Y los precios de materiales como madera, acero y aluminio han subido hasta un 15% por aranceles a importaciones clave desde Canadá y México, resultarán en construcción más lenta, casas más caras y menos viviendas asequibles.
A "parental notification" law that was put on hold for 40 years was set to go into effect on April 30.
A US federal judge put the law on hold for one extra week to give Planned Parenthood time to ask the US Circuit Court of Appeals to keep the law unenforceable while it is challenged.
🚨 Republicans advanced a budget bill that has deep health care cuts, including a new push to block people from accessing reproductive care.
As the Trump administration has ramped up its efforts to arrest immigrants in Nevada, advocates are urging preparedness and are reminding community members of their rights.
Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford criticized President Donald Trump’s economic policies during the annual Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority Affordable Housing Forum on Thursday. Horsford explained that Trump’s tariffs will increase building costs.
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A bill recently introduced by US Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada) would expand federally-funded vocational programs and scholarships at local community colleges and technical education schools. That, Rosen said, would help developers build new single- and multi-family homes more quickly and help alleviate markets with housing shortages and a demand bottleneck like Las Vegas.
“For the past few years, we’ve made historic investments in our infrastructure, building our rods, our bridges, installing broadband,” Rosen told The Nevadan during a recent sit-down interview. “We need labor to do all of that.”
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Lawmakers are looking to pass a law that would require utilities to fully refund energy customers who are overcharged, closing loopholes that have allowed utilities to withhold full refunds from wronged customers.