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Las Vegas mayoral candidates’ positions on the Badlands legal dispute

Kelvin Watson, executive director of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, is seen in Ma ...

‘You’re going to the Super Bowl’: Top library officials accept perk from NFL, ask for more

The sun rises on Davis Dam and beyond along the Colorado River on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2023, nort ...

Davis Dam flows will be briefly reduced to study pesky caddisfly species

President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in ...

SAUNDERS: Two Biden-Trump debates. Yes, it’s 2020 all over again.

By Rory Appleton / Las Vegas Review-Journal

November 22, 2019 - 3:25 pm

The latest episode of the RJ Politics podcast features an interview with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer, as well as a discussion of the this week’s fifth presidential debate.

Politics reporter Rory Appleton and politics and government editor Steve Sebelius break down the busy week in national politics.

Carson City Bureau Chief Colton Lochhead also joins the podcast to discuss Nevada’s ongoing regulation of its rapidly expanding cannabis industry.

Las Vegas mayoral candidates’ positions on the Badlands legal dispute

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

May 18, 2024 - 9:20 pm

The next Las Vegas mayor will likely inherit the yearslong legal battle between the city and the would-be developer of the Badlands golf course.

‘You’re going to the Super Bowl’: Top library officials accept perk from NFL, ask for more

By Jessica Hill and Taylor R. Avery / RJ

May 18, 2024 - 8:25 am

Two Las Vegas-Clark County Library District employees accepted Super Bowl tickets after working with the NFL.

Davis Dam flows will be briefly reduced to study pesky caddisfly species

By Alan Halaly / RJ

May 17, 2024 - 6:02 pm

The Bureau of Reclamation is asking people to exercise caution on the morning of May 21 when recreating near the dam as new hazards could emerge.

SAUNDERS: Two Biden-Trump debates. Yes, it’s 2020 all over again.

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

May 17, 2024 - 4:13 pm

Both men are four years older than they were when they last debated, and there is a profound difference between Biden at 77 and Biden at 81 today.

Michael Cohen departs his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, ...

Trump’s lawyers attack Michael Cohen’s credibility at hush money trial

By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz and Alanna Durkin Richer Associated Press

May 16, 2024 - 3:20 pm

Defense attorneys for Donald Trump portrayed his former fixer as someone bent on seeing the former president behind bars.

Dan Kulin, right, Clark County's manager of election administration, demonstrates how to regist ...

Voter registration and early voting, what to know

By Jessica Hill / RJ

May 16, 2024 - 1:53 pm

Here is some important information for Clark County voters to know about the upcoming primary election, including early voting sites and mail ballot drop-off locations.

FILE - An election worker prepares mail-in ballots at the Clark County Election Department on N ...

Nevada GOP Senate race: Where the race is at and what sets the candidates apart

By Jessica Hill / RJ

May 16, 2024 - 8:56 pm

All eyes will be on Nevada’s Senate race in the fall, but first a large field of Republican candidates will battle it out in the primary on June 11.

An artist's rendering of the Oakland Athletics' planned Las Vegas ballpark. (Athletics)

‘They’re coming’: A’s nonrelocation plan would tie team to Vegas for 30 years

By Mick Akers / RJ

May 17, 2024 - 8:56 am

The nonrelocation agreement, presented to the stadium authority board Thursday afternoon, is the third of four major agreements that must be approved by the authority.

Google Fiber internet service may be coming to Las Vegas as vote nears

By Caitlin Lilly / RJ

May 17, 2024 - 7:25 pm

Google Fiber said Las Vegas officials will soon discuss an agreement to allow the company to operate in the valley.

Triple-digit temps have arrived. Here’s how you can stay safe

By Taylor R. Avery / RJ

May 17, 2024 - 1:36 pm

As Las Vegas hits triple-digit temperatures, Clark County officials have launched an initiative aimed at raising awareness about heat-related illness.