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Nevada local government candidates: Who’s running in school board, city, county races

Down-ballot races heat up as aspiring officials compete for county commission, school board and city council seats across Nevada.

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Much fanfare but few results followed passage of 2017 anti-BDS bill

The effort to pass legislation targeting B.D.S. had been pitched as a way to combat a very real rising tide of anti-Semitism locally and nationally, but opponents have derided the laws as both a waste of government time and resources and a threat to free speech rights, leading groups including the American Civil Liberties Union to file lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the laws in several states.

Horsford joins House Budget Committee

A week after Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford was appointed to the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, the panel announced he will also be one of five members to serve on the House Budget Committee.

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Titus helped Horsford join tax panel

Democratic Rep. Dina Titus played a key role in helping her fellow Nevada Democrat Steven Horsford land a seat on the House Ways and Means Committee, one of the most sought-after posts in the Congress.

The top 10 political stories of 2018

I have been doing an end-of-year top 10 list for some time, ticking off the most significant political events of the prior 12 months. But I sensed as I looked back over 2018 that something changed in Nevada – or some things. Perhaps.

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