Aaron Luna works as a caseworker to help immigrants take steps needed to build a future in the U.S. The 24-year-old DREAMer is familiar with the stories of those he helps because he is one of them. Luna came to the U.S. with his parents from La Piedad, Michoacan, Mexico, some 1,600 miles south of Las Vegas. He started out volunteering at the nonprofit Hermandad Mexicana Transnacional in… Read more »

Between 4,000 and 6,000 people hit the streets in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon for the Women's March on Washington, according to Metro police. Protestors marched half a mile from 9th Street to the Lloyd D George Federal Building in support of women's rights and justice equality.  "I think everyone needs to find the cause that is near to them and help solve a problem that is… Read more »

(BNA) -- The large campaign donations Rick Perry received from a nuclear waste storage facility in Texas raise concerns about “pay-for-play” politics should he be confirmed as Energy secretary, government watchdogs and environmentalists say. Questions about Perry's ties to Waste Control Specialists LLC, a nuclear waste storage company in West Texas that was licensed during… Read more »

A new era begins Friday with the inauguration of Donald Trump, while Nevada’s congressional delegation began work two weeks ago. With half of the state’s six seats changing hands — including the retirement of Sen. Harry Reid — as the executive branch switches parties, Nevadans will be represented by a group that includes the first Latina senator in United States… Read more »

With a new incoming administration, Nevada's Congressional Delegation is raising an issue with the possibility that Yucca Mountain development could resume.  It would be the country's first nuclear waste dump for spent fuel from nuclear power plants. However, there are efforts to keep the facility from opening. "We don't want nuclear waste in our backyards, period," said Annette… Read more »

Citing local opposition to the project, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz dismissed speculation Wednesday that a nuclear waste repository could open at Yucca Mountain near Las Vegas. Speaking at the National Press Club, Moniz said congressional mandates in the 1980s that the Department of Energy develop Yucca Mountain as a storage site curbed research, development and the selection of… Read more »

CARSON CITY — Nevada’s three Democratic House members have written a letter to Gov. Brian Sandoval and legislative leaders asking them to take action to provide for the removal of the statue of Patrick McCarran from the Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. While he fought for workers’ rights and helped shape the country’s aviation industry, the former U.S. senator… Read more »

LAS VEGAS (KSNV News3LV) — A lecture hall at the College of Southern Nevada was uncharacteristically full for a Saturday as local activists gathered for a day sessions of the Battle Born Progress Progressive Summit. U.S. Rep. Dina Titus spoke during the session to raise awareness about how the GOP’s attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. She says it will harm… Read more »

A Nevada lawmaker said Thursday she is comforted by assurances from the Obama administration that personal information by undocumented immigrant minors to the federal government won’t be used against them later in deportation hearings. But she remains concerned whether an administration under President-elect Donald Trump will adhere to promises made by the previous administration… Read more »

The future of Gold Butte tipped toward the side of environmentalists today when President Barack Obama designated the desert land as a national monument, but protecting it could prove challenging. Gold Butte is northeast of Las Vegas, between Lake Mead National Recreation Area and the Grand Canyon — Parashant National Monument. Environmental groups, Native American tribes and some… Read more »