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Aaron Ford had a surprise waiting for the Telemundo reporter who asked the final question at his news conference: The Nevada gubernatorial hopeful answered him in Spanish.

Turning to face the camera directly, Ford used the moment to lay out his economic vision for the Silver State — speaking to Nevada’s Latino community, which makes up 31% of the state’s population, in their own language.

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Former Nevada U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, long aligned with Nevada’s gaming industry, broke sharply with casinos Thursday, defending a prediction market company that is regulated as a financial exchange rather than a gaming operator and arguing that casinos “manipulate everything” to ensure the house wins.

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Clark County commissioners signaled Tuesday they will begin developing regulations for data centers — and are weighing a possible pause on new applications — after an outpouring of public concern over the industry’s environmental impact.

No formal action was taken, but Commissioners William McCurdy and Tick Segerblom said they plan to work together on a framework that could set uniform standards for future projects, an effort McCurdy described as potentially “Herculean.”

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U.S. Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto, both D-Nev., have joined a group of Senate colleagues in calling on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government to bar the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from using federal funds to stop states and tribal nations from regulating online prediction markets.

The push, led by Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., follows several CFTC lawsuits in recent months targeting states that have sought to regulate and impose safeguards on prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket.

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The 1,627-acre park, which spans both the north and south sides of the Carson River and extends into the surrounding sagebrush hills, is just outside Dayton in Lyon County near Fort Churchill State Historic Park.

Nevada State Parks is asking the public to help name the park: People can submit unlimited suggestions through an online survey after reviewing an interactive map and guide, with entries accepted through July 15.

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She was honored Tuesday by the Las Vegas Grand Prix with two free tickets to this year’s race in November. Fontanilla, 26, said working on cars wasn’t always a passion of hers, but she would always watch her dad tinker with whatever vehicles they had at the time. When Fontanilla moved to Las Vegas about five years ago, her initial goal was to enter the medical field.

But in 2024, she found a spark of interest in her dad’s old hobby and traded studying the anatomy of the human body for the anatomy of a car.

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Clark County, Metro Police and Las Vegas Fire & Rescue are urging Southern Nevadans to keep their Fourth of July celebrations within the law, reminding residents that only “safe and sane” fireworks are permitted — and only during a specific window of days surrounding the holiday.

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For decades, CCSD had seen enrollment growth while combating chronic understaffing. Now it faces the reality of declining birth rates, increasing costs and more competition for students from charter, private and homeschooling pinching its workforce.

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Nevada Democrats and reproductive rights advocates on Wednesday renewed their push for voters to approve Ballot Question 6 this November, casting the measure as a critical step to permanently protect abortion access in the state Constitution.

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Reggie Daniel, a Special Olympics athlete whose life began with what many describe as a rare medical miracle, is now representing Nevada at the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games. Daniel has become a beloved figure in Special Olympics Nevada bowling, known for both his competitive spirit and infectious positivity. 

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