Nevada
K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Pool/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — A former Nevada politician was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty on Wednesday of killing journalist Jeff German in September 2022. As the jury’s foreperson read out the guilty verdict, former Clark County public administrator Robert Telles looked down and […]
K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Pool/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — A former Nevada politician was found guilty Wednesday of killing journalist Jeff German in September 2022. As the jury’s foreperson read out the verdict, Telles looked down and shook his head. In a press conference after the verdict was announced, Clark County District […]
George Rose/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — Nevada abortion rights supporters said Monday they have enough signatures on a petition to qualify for a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution. Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom, the organization behind the petition, said it has collected more than 200,000 signatures from voters in all […]
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The office of Nevada’s Secretary of State announced in a new report Monday that there was “no evidence of widespread voter fraud in Nevada” in recent years, saying a large volume of election fraud reports that the office received did not involve any actual violation of election law. Produced as a […]
Ian Maule/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Both Nevada and the U.S. Virgin Islands are holding their 2024 Republican presidential caucuses on Thursday. Here’s what to know: Nevada caucuses Former President Donald Trump is the only major candidate running in the caucuses and is expected to sweep all 26 party delegates. Trump’s remaining notable rival for […]
Henrik5000/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Based on analysis of the vote so far, ABC News projects former President Donald Trump will win Thursday’s Republican caucuses in Nevada. Thursday saw the second of the state’s two presidential nominating contests held this week, though the caucuses were the only race in which candidates could earn delegates to bring […]
Richard Brian/Las Vegas Review-Journal (LAS VEGAS) — A Nevada judge issued a preliminary injunction barring the continuation of what it ruled was a teachers strike after the Clark County School District said eight schools had to be closed in seven days due to teachers calling in sick. “What’s happening here is very clearly a strike that […]
adamkaz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hardball politics is being played behind the scenes in Nevada, and the state Republicans’ intra-party drama is creating a scenario that many are concerned confuses and disenfranchises voters and gives former President Donald Trump an advantage to secure the party nomination. The Nevada Republican Party recently announced plans to hold […]
Camelia Ciocirlan / 500px / Getty Images (CLARK COUNTY, Nev.) — Health officials are investigating an increase of a rare brain infection occurring in kids in Nevada, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) reported in October a “higher than expected” number of pediatric patients in […]
YorkFoto/iStock (Reno, Nev.) — Smoke from the raging wildfires in the West Coast was so severe that it created an air quality alert as far as Reno, Nevada, on Tuesday. Several Nevada counties reported their worst recorded air quality index numbers in the two decades they’ve been monitoring air quality. Washoe County, which includes Reno, […]