US SENATE
Trump vows to impose harsh tariffs, stokes fear of immigrants in 80-minute Las Vegas speech
| October 24, 2024
Trump also spent part of his Thursday speech encouraging his supporters to vote early and by mail in a reversal of his stance four years ago, when he baselessly claimed those methods couldn’t be trusted. Amid strong early turnout from registered Republican voters in Nevada, Donald Trump on Thursday night visited Las Vegas, where he […]
Q&A: Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen says she’ll keep taking on corporate greed and fight to lower housing costs
| October 10, 2024
In a recent sit-down with The Nevadan, incumbent Democrat Jacky Rosen explains how this year’s election could impact the future of issues ranging from affordable housing to reproductive freedom. Political junkies and polling experts have long hailed Nevada as one of the handful of battleground states nationwide that have an outsize impact in determining the […]UNLV awarded $3M grant for unique educator training program
| September 20, 2024
The Nevada Forward Initiative, a first-of-its-kind apprenticeship program in the West, helps prospective educators earn a teaching degree while still maintaining employment. Officials hope the funds could train up to 300 new educators. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), has been awarded nearly $3 million from the US Department of Education to help prepare […]Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown has criticized government spending. But his former company made millions off federal contracts, records show
| September 16, 2024
The Republican Senate candidate’s former company was awarded $2.7 million in federal contracts from 2020 to May 2022, representing nearly the entirety of its funding. Sam Brown has forged his political persona as a conservative who has railed against large government spending bills, but Brown’s former business took on millions in government contracts while he […]Jacky Rosen’s big gains for Nevada veterans earns her their endorsement
| August 8, 2024
Along with helping pass the PACT Act to expand veterans’ access to healthcare, Rosen claims to have helped secure funding for a new veterans’ hospital in Reno, as well as a new resource to help veterans and their families start new businesses. Military veterans make up more than 8% of Nevada’s population, and one coalition […]
