Politics

Senators, including Cortez Masto, call for blocking Trump coins

Saying the U.S. was founded to reject kings, Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is trying to halt efforts to place President Donald Trump’s likeness and ...

No Tax on Tips meets inflation concerns in Trump’s Las Vegas stop

President Donald Trump boasted Thursday that Nevada waiters, casino dealers, bartenders and other tipped workers had received “the biggest tax refunds of their entire lives,” ...

Las Vegas’ tourism slump shadows Trump’s return to Nevada

As President Donald Trump seeks to promote his No Tax on Tips policy during a roundtable discussion downtown, small businesses worry fewer people even have ...

Rosen visits Nevada nuclear site, pushes against resuming explosive testing

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., visited the Nevada National Security Site last week to observe how scientists certify the nation’s nuclear stockpile without detonating weapons ...

From front lines to ballot box: How retired Marine helps overseas Nevadans vote

Mark Wlaschin left for work early on this morning, well before sunrise, making the familiar commute through the dark Carson City streets to the Nevada ...

Nevada lawmakers push for US crackdown on $466M retail crime wave

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., was browsing the cosmetics section of a Las Vegas-area Walgreens when she watched a man stuff the store’s entire supply ...

Trump returning to Nevada to remind residents about 'no tax on tips'

President Donald Trump will travel to Nevada next week to tout his “no tax on tips” policy ahead of the April 15 federal income tax ...

Aaron Ford campaign for Nevada governor raises record $1.5 million

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford raised nearly $1.5 million in the first quarter of 2026 — the most ever raised by a nonincumbent gubernatorial candidate ...

Clark County Commission candidate has unique advantage: Everyone has heard the name

A fourth-generation Las Vegas resident, the candidate said he grew up in a family that took pride in their history and instilled in him the ...

Alexis Hill pitches ‘aggressive’ revenue plan in campaign for Nevada governor

Alexis Hill, the Washoe County commissioner seeking the Democratic nomination in Nevada’s gubernatorial race, wants to boost the state’s yearly revenue by $4 billion, according ...

Nevada Democrats insist Congress must authorize continued Iran operations

Southern Nevada’s congressional delegation is united in its position that President Donald Trump needs approval from Congress to continue military operations against Iran. Both the ...

Aguilar says Nevada will sue if Trump signs election executive order

Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar says Nevada would challenge a reported executive order by President Donald Trump declaring a national emergency to overhaul U.S. elections ...

Nevada business owner to attend State of the Union as face of tourism decline

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., is highlighting the Trump administration’s impact on Nevada’s tourism-dependent small businesses at this year’s State of the Union ....

Attorneys say due process required immigrant’s release in Nevada case

Federal prosecutors in Nevada publicly blamed a judge for freeing an immigrant once tied to MS-13, but immigration attorneys who reviewed the case say it ...

Nevada ethics panel advances complaints against AG Aaron Ford

A review panel from the Nevada Commission on Ethics agreed last week to advance a complaint against Attorney General Aaron Ford to the rest of ...

Nevada’s Rosen calls for US commerce chief to resign over Epstein ties

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., is calling for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s resignation following his admission to Congress that he visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island ...

Ford proposes medical debt relief program if elected Nevada governor

Aaron Ford is targeting medical debt as a central plank of his health care platform, detailing to the Sun his plans to cancel some Nevadans’ ...