A week after 102 undocumented Nevadans were arrested in a sweep by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, immigrants’ rights activists say they’re left with more questions than answers.
Meghin Delaney
Reporter: Immigration
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Meghin Delaney covers immigration for the Review-Journal. She joined the staff in December 2016 after working for the Bradenton Herald in Bradenton, Florida, and The Press & Sun-Bulletin in Binghamton, New York. A graduate of Syracuse University, Meghin was born and raised in Massachusetts.
The district, which as a few thousand more registered Democrats than Republicans, has flipped between the two parties each year since 2012, when the district boundaries were re-drawn.
While a federal court ruling this week is being celebrated as a victory for thousands of immigrants living in the country under “temporary protected status,” Las Vegas residents in the program are preparing for a long fight ahead.
Both candidates agree their constituents aren’t interested in new taxes. But Marchant wants to repeal the commerce tax and Backus said she thinks it’s necessary to retain to fund certain programs — and avoid the need to increase property taxes.
A staff member at Mojave High School was injured Tuesday after attempting to break up a fight between three students, Clark County School District police said.
With the upcoming registration deadline looming, a new organization is encouraging Nevada’s felons to push past misinformation and re-securing their right to vote.
Survivors of the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Strip made time to mark the anniversary on Monday in a personal way, including visiting the iconic “Welcome to Las Vegas sign” where 58 crosses bearing the names of the dead reappeared.
“Today, we remember the unforgettable,” Gov. Brian Sandoval said Monday morning at a sunrise remembrance ceremony on the anniversary of the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.
Republican brothel owner Dennis Hof is already envisioning higher political office for himself, as he anticipates an easy victory over a Democrat Lesia Romanov for the Assembly District 36 seat.
Of the 63 seats on the Nov. 6 ballot, 14 are uncontested, meaning there’s only one candidate on the ballot for the Nov. 6 election.
Nevada has signed on in support of the federal government’s challenge to three so-called “sanctuary” laws in California, Attorney General Adam Laxalt announced Tuesday, saying they are unconstitutional and put Nevada at risk.
An RTC bus driver has been “taken out of active service” while officials investigate a video circulating on social media showing the driver yelling at a passenger.
As required by federal law, 112 Nevada schools have been identified as having wide achievement gaps between their highest- and lowest-performing students. The designation cost 17 of them at least one star in new state ratings.
More than half of charter schools authorized by the State Public Charter School Authority were rated three stars or higher in the new state ratings, topping the 48 percent of traditional Clark County schools that met the threshold.
New state star ratings – a quick indicator of how Nevada schools are performing – released by the state on Friday show a higher percentage of middle schools meeting standards but a decline among elementary schools.