Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and President-elect Donald Trump have talked about immigration, infrastructure and the Olympics in their first phone call since the election.
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“It’s my prayer that on this Thanksgiving we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country strengthened by shared purpose and very, very common resolve.”
Nevadans overwhelmingly voted for ballot Question 4, which would exempt certain medical equipment from the sales tax, on Nov. 8. Jeremy Aguero with Applied Analysis said that was a mistake.
A group of election lawyers and data experts have asked Hillary Clinton’s campaign to call for a recount of the vote totals in three battleground states — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — to ensure that a cyberattack was not committed to manipulate the totals.
Clark County and an Oklahoma City-based chemical company have reached a record settlement related to allegations that the company’s Henderson plant underreported its emissions of pollutants and operated without a proper permit for nearly 20 years.
President-elect Donald Trump shared his vision for the U.S. under his new administration in a YouTube message on Wednesday ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Injecting the first diversity into his Cabinet-to-be, Donald Trump selected two Republican women on Wednesday who had unflattering things to say about him during the presidential campaign: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and charter school advocate Betsy DeVos to lead the Department of Education.
Almost 49 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more between Wednesday and Sunday, the most since 2007, because of lower gas prices and an improving economy, according to AAA.
President-elect Donald Trump has not extended an offer to retired neurosurgeon and former presidential rival Ben Carson to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a Carson spokesman said on Wednesday, disputing a report by the Wall Street Journal.
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the first woman he has tapped during his transition.
Complying with the state Supreme Court’s ruling that struck down Nevada’s Education Savings Account program, a Carson City judge has issued a permanent injunction against the state law that created the accounts.
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million workers from taking effect, imperiling one of the outgoing president’s signature achievements for boosting wages.
Hillary Clinton captured state with 47.92 percent of the vote, marking only the second time in 108 years Nevadans didn’t side with the president-elect.
Donald Trump has a suggestion for British Prime Minister Theresa May: Make Nigel Farage, who played a key role in Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, her government’s ambassador to the United States.
Democrats Teresa Benitez-Thompson of Reno and Irene Bustamante Adams of Las Vegas round out leadership team for 2017 legislative session.
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