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RENO, Nev. — Democrat congressional candidate Teresa Benitez-Thompson is asking voters across Northern and rural Nevada to send her to Washington, but her decade in Carson City left behind an extensive tax record that is receiving renewed scrutiny in communities where mining and other employers remain economic lifelines. The pattern

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford voted in 2025 to grant clemency to Tony Ray Amati, a convicted murderer once placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list after a string of Las Vegas shootings police described as “thrill killings.” Amati was added to the FBI’s

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s campaign for governor is facing an awkward gambling-policy contradiction after reportedly citing prediction-market odds in a campaign fundraising pitch while Ford’s own office is simultaneously fighting to keep major prediction-market operators out of Nevada. Nevada Independent gaming reporter Howard Stutz flagged

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — President Donald Trump is returning to the Southwest this week, spending the night in Las Vegas before heading across the Colorado River for a major midterm rally in Bullhead City, Arizona, less than three weeks before Election Day. Trump is scheduled to headline the October 14

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — President Donald Trump’s White House is declaring an American manufacturing comeback, pointing to rising factory employment, higher blue-collar wages, surging industrial investment and record goods exports as evidence that the administration’s tariff and tax policies are pulling production back onto U.S. soil. A new 14-page report

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Republican Carrie Buck is pouring more than $300,000 into Nevada’s airwaves next week with a new television ad hammering longtime Democrat Rep. Dina Titus over gas taxes, energy investments and a quote that has become political kryptonite for the incumbent: “You’ve got to raise the gas

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump is pointing to a new wave of steel, shipbuilding, energy and medical manufacturing investments as evidence that his trade and industrial policies are pulling production back onto American soil. The White House on Thursday highlighted a series of major commitments announced in recent weeks,

RENO, Nev. — Michigan Democrat Sen. Elissa Slotkin brought her national profile to Northern Nevada this week, headlining a Washoe County Democrat fundraiser where congressional candidate Teresa Benitez-Thompson was among the featured guests. Slotkin delivered the keynote address Wednesday at the Washoe County Democrat Party’s “Power the Blue Wave” dinner