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Southern Nevada committee to work on funding $1.4 billion stadium

When the 11-member Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee begins work Thursday on how to pay for a $1.4 billion, 65,000-seat domed stadium, it will try to piece together a funding strategy that will keep everyone happy with their return on investment.

No special session yet for Las Vegas stadium, lawmakers say

Elected state officials say it is too early to think about a special session of the Nevada Legislature to consider public funding for a proposed $1.4 billion domed football stadium in Las Vegas.

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Dina Titus talks about why she loves Las Vegas

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., who represents the 1st Congressional District, which she says “goes from the airport to downtown,” has lived in Las Vegas since 1979, moving to the city from Tifton, Georgia, to teach American and Nevada government classes at UNLV. Here, she shares her favorite spots to eat and play.

Conservatives and moderates clash in GOP legislative races

A tooth-and-nail political battle for the ages is being played out in Nevada this primary season pitting anti-tax Republicans against moderates in nearly a score of Assembly races around the state.

 
Tarkanian asked to stop using footage of rival in ads

Congressional candidate Annette Teijeiro’s attorney has sent Republican rival Danny Tarkanian a cease-and-desist letter demanding that his campaign stop using footage of Michael Roberson in a campaign ad that Tarkanian launched Monday.

New Nevada law gives some voters no choice in 4 races

A bill that started out in the 2015 Legislature as a proposal to open Nevada’s primary elections to all voters came out of the lawmaking grinder doing nothing of the sort. Instead, tens of thousands of voters in four Nevada legislative races won’t have any choice.