Keya Vakil is the deputy political editor at COURIER. He previously worked as a researcher in the film industry and dabbled in the political world.
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Vegas-to-SoCal high-speed train project gets $3 billion from Biden administration
A planned high-speed rail system to connect Las Vegas and Southern California got a huge boost on Tuesday, when the Biden administration approved $3 billion in federal funding for the Brightline West high-speed rail system.
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Nevada gets $12 million from Biden’s infrastructure law to prevent wildfires
Nevada is set to receive nearly $12 million in federal funds from President Biden’s infrastructure law to invest in wildfire prevention projects across more than 100,000 acres of land in the state.
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Judge backs right-wing group’s effort to prevent Nevadans from voting on abortion
A judge has rejected a proposed ballot initiative to enshrine reproductive rights into the state constitution, but the effort’s backers have vowed to appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court.
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‘Bending the rules’: Lombardo’s use of legal defense fund for ethics commission case draws scrutiny
Gov. Joe Lombardo’s decision to use a legal defense fund created during his 2022 election campaign for an ongoing legal battle with the Nevada Ethics Commission is drawing criticism from the Nevada Democratic Party.
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How a Republican-led government shutdown would affect you
If a shutdown occurs, travelers could face delays at airports, millions of workers would go without paychecks, and public safety, disaster preparedness and response, and food and safety inspections could also be affected.
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Who is Mike Johnson, the new Speaker of the House?
The new House Republican leader supports a nationwide abortion ban, played a key role in trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election, and opposes same-sex marriage.
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We read 50 days of Trump’s Truth Social posts so you didn’t have to
Trump posts on his Truth Social platform dozens of times a day and his messages there are becoming increasingly angry, violent, and dark, suggesting a second term in the White House could be even more extreme than his first.
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How many votes are needed for Speaker of the House?
It usually takes 218 votes—a simple majority of the 435 members of the House—to become House Speaker, but due to two vacancies, only 217 votes are currently needed. For more than two weeks though, Republicans have failed to agree on a new leader, leaving the federal government paralyzed.
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What the 2024 Republican candidates are saying about abortion bans
The Republican presidential primary field is full of anti-abortion candidates, but amid massive electoral backlash to abortion bans, some candidates are attempting to backpedal or soften their stances on the campaign trail, or ignore the issue altogether.
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The 4 worst moments from the second Republican presidential debate
The second debate featured seven candidates, who combined, are trailing frontrunner Donald Trump by a whopping 17 points in the polls, making it a bit of an exercise in futility. But even if the debate is unlikely to affect the outcome of the primary, it says a lot about the state of the Republican party.
