In The News: College of Liberal Arts
There is no evidence that a single Washoe County corpse voted by mail in Nevada’s 2020 election — or, in person, for that matter.
When Vice President-elect Kamala Harris called to congratulate Joseph R. Biden Jr. on winning the election last Saturday, she was wearing what women everywhere in the United States seem to be wearing during the pandemic: leggings.
Gov. Steve Sisolak joins the thousands of Nevadans to test positive for COVID-19.
Gov. Steve Sisolak joins the thousands of Nevadans to test positive for COVID-19.
The South Korean pop group has reached the top of the U.S. charts, united millions of fans around the world into a self-styled ARMY, shattered online viewing records and been part of a major IPO. Now BTS is preparing to release a new album.
A study entitled The Impact of Fathers on Children by Peter B. Gray, PhD. and Kermyt G. Anderson, PhD., found that there are many positive impacts that can be seen from the involvement of fathers as parents on their children, such as building social behavior, ethics, and self-awareness.
8 News Now is taking a look at the civil unrest in Las Vegas, from after the Rodney King verdict in 1992, to the 2020 protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
At the state capitol, two thirds of lawmakers have to agree to pass a tax hike in either chamber. If either party has a supermajority - two-thirds or more, they don't have to deal with the other party.
“The mail is done. The deadline was yesterday,” said Clark County Registrar of Voters, Joe Gloria, at a news briefing on the status of Clark County’s vote counting Wednesday morning at the elections headquarters building.
Vote counting is almost complete in Southern Nevada. However, with some local races so close, the question of whether or not there could be a recount lingers.
Close to giving Joe Biden victory, Nevada has become a Democratic state for the past 20 years, according to assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Nevada State University Kenneth Miller. According to him, the reason is one: Las Vegas. "The city has grown a lot and voters more sympathetic to Democrats have come to rival the former Republican majority in the state," he said.
When Felicia Campbell died in July of Covid-19, she was the senior faculty member at UNLV. That was important, to us and to her. But there’s so much more to her story.