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Home values in Clark County dropped by 5% in the third quarter of 2026, tying with Miami-Dade for the fourth biggest decline among major metropolitan areas, according to a new report from ATTOM, a national real estate data analyst. Middlesex County, MA, where…
The No Kings movement which has drawn millions to protests across the nation over the past two years had a new message for Nevadan’s who showed up to protest on Saturday: vote early. On the first day of early voting in Nevada, Indivisible Las Vegas held its f…
The race for Clark County Public Administrator features Stephanie Itkin-Goodman (no relation to former Las Vegas mayors Oscar and Carolyn) who won the Democratic primary with 65% of the vote, and Patrick Michael Murphy, who garnered 66% on the Republican side…
Nevada lawmakers are aiming to introduce a bill that would help address the ongoing crisis surrounding missing and murdered Indigenous people in the state. Nevada state Assemblymember Shea Backus (D-Las Vegas), a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, on Monday anno…
Judge Charles Hoskin has been on the Family Court bench for 17 years and is seeking another term. He faces a challenge from Timothy Treffinger, who ran for Clark County District Attorney in 2022 and lost. Treffinger has little campaign presence and did not re…
Congressional candidate and state Sen. Carrie Buck violated federal tax regulations when she campaigned at a Henderson charter school in August with Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, says a parent who alleges the school was used for partisan politic…
Henderson assistant city attorney Michael Allmon and Clark County prosecutor John Cory are competing for a newly created seat on Henderson Justice Court. Henderson Justice of the Peace Department 4 was created to meet the court’s growing caseload. Allmon and…
A strong nonpartisan candidate with backing from one of the state’s most prominent unions is putting a twist in the race to represent Clark County Commission District F. The District F race features Democrat Minja Yan, a progressive political newcomer; Republ…
Attorney Kristine Brewer, who came in first in June in the primary race for Clark County Family Court Department S, is not responding to questions about the Nevada Judicial Selection Commission subsequently passing on appointing her, the sole applicant, to th…
North Las Vegas City Councilman Scott Black will face Democratic Assemblymember Daniele Monroe-Moreno in a contentious fight over who will become the city’s next mayor. Five candidates ran during the primary election, but none were able to secure more than 50…
Clark County Judge Joanna Kishner is among the roughly one-third of Eighth District incumbents who drew challengers in this year’s election. She’ll face attorney Alexandra Beth McLeod in the contest for Department 31. “Many of us who are experienced and make…
A local architect is challenging a first-term incumbent to represent District 4 on the Nevada Board of Regents District 3. The incumbent, Regent Byron Brooks, is an Army combat veteran who now owns and operates a local bail bonds agency. He faces Erik Swendse…
Sherry Strothers, a Navy veteran supported by labor and progressive groups, will face planning commissioner Esmeralda Villeda, who is backed by industry groups and sitting councilmembers, in the North Las Vegas Ward 1 race to replace a termed-limited incumben…
Judge Veronica Barisich is seeking a second term in Clark County District Court Department 5. She faces a challenge from Tracy Hibbetts, a prosecutor who is making her second run for the bench. Barisich, who attended Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Michigan, a…
Judge Bill Henderson, who was first elected in 2008, is seeking a fourth six-year term in Clark County Family Court Department R. Henderson came in second of three candidates in the July primary with 35% of the vote to attorney Marilyn Caston, who had 45%. Th…
Eighth Judicial District Court Judge Michelle Leavitt is seeking a fifth term on the bench, as she faces a challenge from Clark County public defender Dan Gillium. Leavitt has retained the Department 12 seat for more than two decades after first being appoint…
Judge Jennifer Schwartz, who is wrapping up her first term on the bench, faces a reelection challenge from prosecutor Jacob Villani in Clark County District Court Department 17. Schwartz is a lifelong Las Vegan and graduate of UNLV’s Boyd School of Law. She b…
Henderson City Councilwoman Carrie Cox, who among a flurry of scandals is facing a criminal investigation, is at risk of being unseated this November by Jennifer Atlas, a nonprofit government affairs director. Cox, who has represented Ward 3 since 2022, was i…
After nearly winning re-election outright during the June primary, incumbent Henderson Mayor Michelle Romero will face the former Henderson Police Chief Hollie Chadwick in the general election. The election comes amid a recent ethics complaint against Romero…
Clark County District Court Judge Jacob Reynolds faces a challenge from prosecutor Alex Quagge in the race for District Court Department 29. Reynolds says attorneys who think he owes them favors that he failed to deliver are behind the effort to elect his opp…
Voters narrowed the field of candidates vying to represent Las Vegas City Council Ward 2 during the June primary, now the top two voter-getters will get a rematch in November. Former Clark County firefighter Luke McCarthy and former Las Vegas Municipal Court…
Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Noreen DeMonte and civil attorney Danielle Tarmu are hoping to win an open seat in Clark County District Court Department 28. Judge Ron Israel, who was first elected to the seat in 2010, is not seeking reelection. The prospect o…
Clark County District Judge Jerry Wiese is seeking a fourth term on the bench. Wiese first won election in 2010. He was reelected in 2014 and was not challenged in 2020. “I’ve been a judge for 16 years, and I’m just trying to keep my job,” he told the Current…
Martina Bauhaus, an attorney for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. for almost two decades, is challenging Judge Jasmin Lilly-Spells, who is wrapping up her first term on the bench. District Court Dept. 23 hears both criminal and civil cases, a docket th…
Five Nevada Board of Regents seats are on the ballot this year, but only one is an open seat not featuring an incumbent. That race, for District 5 in Southern Nevada, will bring to the board either a former state legislator or a current higher education profe…
Voters will have the chance to reelect or replace three Clark County School Board District incumbents this November as public schools in Nevada face budget cuts and declining student enrollment. The Clark County School District (CCSD) Board of Trustees is a n…
Patrick Villa, a mathematics professor at the College of Southern Nevada, will face higher education Regent Jennifer McGrath, the incumbent who was appointed to the seat in 2025, during the upcoming general election. No candidate running for Nevada System of…
As a public school educator in the Clark County School District, I’m being told data centers are supposed to be good for my students because they might generate money for schools. I don’t buy it. I have a simple question: Why should funding for my classroom a…
As a public school educator in the Clark County School District, I’m being told data centers are supposed to be good for my students because they might generate money for schools. I don’t buy it. I have a simple question: Why should funding for my classroom a…
Attorney Patricia Marr and prosecutor Gwynneth Smith are hoping to fill the Clark County Family Court Dept. D vacancy resulting from Judge Bob Teuton’s decision not to seek reelection. Marr moved to Las Vegas from Ohio in 1985. She worked in the hospitality i…
The Clark County School District Police Department’s first legislatively mandated use of force findings, which showed when pepper spray or stun guns were deployed during the 2025-26 school year it was overwhelmingly against Black people, raises more questions…
Despite an election year forecast that’s less than encouraging for Republicans in states across the country, Nevada Republicans hope to flip control of the state Senate by ousting three Democratic incumbents, all in Southern Nevada. It’s a tall order. All the…
Who is coming to Las Vegas is changing, in large part to a K-shaped economy where higher income households are disproportionately thriving while lower income households are barely above water. The shift is not a new revelation for the tourism-dependent city,…
The Clark County Education Association is calling on Nevada lawmakers to stop pushing to ban data centers entirely and instead focus their efforts on ensuring revenue from the data center boom benefits public education. CCEA, which represents teachers and lic…
A preliminary hearing is scheduled Nov. 4 in the criminal case against former Mesquite Police Chief MaQuade Chesley, who is accused of one felony count of secretly recording a conversation in Mesquite City Hall. Chesley is the second public official prosecute…
Clark County District Judge Tara Clark Newberry, who is wrapping up her first term on the bench, faces a challenge in November from longtime Deputy Public Defender Alex Hubert. Hubert, who says his job as a public defender “is 85% social worker, 15% lawyer,”…
The movers and shakers and elbow-rubbers on the Las Vegas Stadium Authority this week perfunctorily rubber-stamped another $75 million of public funding to build a new entrance to the Las Vegas NFL stadium that will include, among other things, a station for…
Allegiant Stadium, Southern Nevada’s $2 billion partially taxpayer-funded football arena, opened just six years ago but is already poised for a facelift, courtesy of taxpayers. The Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board, without a comment or question from a single…
Clark County Judge Jessica K. Peterson is hoping to retain her seat in District Court Dept. 8 after a bumpy first term. Earlier this year, the Nevada Supreme Court found Peterson violated the First Amendment when she ordered the removal of reporters from her…
Kelsey Brickl can’t get a ride from the airport to the Las Vegas Strip. Brickl is a non-ambulatory wheelchair user who cannot ride in a conventional passenger vehicle. Her medically prescribed power wheelchair weighs 388 lbs. The concierge team at the hotel w…
Nevada’s Democratic House members heard testimony from expert witnesses on Friday who tied President Donald Trump’s policies and “self-enrichment” to the rising costs of gas prices, groceries, housing costs, and energy bills. Nevada Reps. Susie Lee, Dina Titu…
If Nevada lawmakers want to reform the state’s complicated and widely criticized property tax structure, a number of already vetted options are available. State Sen. Dina Neal (D-North Las Vegas) this week had the Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal staff lay ou…
A spate of multi-million dollar sanctions levied against Las Vegas casino companies in the last year and a half has spurred a “sea change” on the Strip, former Nevada U.S. Attorney Greg Brower, who represents the Venetian, told the Nevada Gaming Commission Th…
U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen on Tuesday led a group of senators in condemning recent immigration enforcement activity at airports nationwide and calling on Trump administration officials to disclose how ICE and TSA are collaborating. Recent incidents at airports, in…
Jon Ponder, a three-time bank robber who was pardoned by President Donald Trump, was arrested Tuesday by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police on nine felony counts and 11 gross misdemeanors. The charges include sexual assault and sexual abuse of a prisoner by an emp…