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Clark County Black Caucus backs Booker’s call to ease debate eligibility
Over the weekend nine Democratic presidential candidates called on the Democratic National Committee to ease qualification thresholds for upcoming debates, an effort led by...
Lee will vote to impeach
After questions were raised on whether Nevada Rep. Susie Lee would join her Democratic colleagues and vote for articles of impeachment against President Donald...
Nevada graduation rate rises for second year in a row
Nevada’s high school graduation rate increased for the second time in a row landing at 84.11 percent for the Class of 2018 – an...
NV Dems host Spanish-language caucus trainings
On Wednesday, Nevada’s state Democratic Party concluded two days of caucus training for Spanish speakers in an effort to educate and turn out voters...
Personal/home health aides, food service jobs projected to grow most by 2028
Home and personal aides are still at/near the top.
Food service workers are heavily represented.
And six of the ten jobs projected to grow the most...
Estimated homeless deaths decreased from 2018, still in triple digits
At just 30-gestational-weeks, baby girl Melson, as she was identified, died at St. Rose Hospital. Eighty-year-old Terrall Kennedy died in June at Sunrise Hospital...
Nevada senators to Trump: Fire Stephen Miller
WASHINGTON — Nevada Democratic senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen joined 25 other senators on Monday demanding that President Donald Trump fire White...
U.S. House passes legislation to crack down on voter suppression
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed legislation on Friday that would give the federal government broader authority to police voting rights violations across the...
Trump administration oks cyanide poisoning of coyotes
Wildlife activists are condemning the Trump administration’s reauthorization of the government’s use of a weapon designed to kill coyotes by spraying cyanide into their...
Parent companies of LV hospitals sue Trump effort at price transparency
The parent companies of ten hospitals in Southern Nevada are suing the Trump administration in an effort to keep their pricing schemes secret.
Universal Health...