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City Councilman Offering 2 Events to Talk

Submitted by Natalie Cullen, Online Editor

Wednesday, September 25th, 2013, 12:38pm

City Councilman Offering 2 Events to Talk

Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Beers is offering two chances to talk with him about government issues they may have.

The first event will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Porchlight Grille, 8416 West Desert Inn Road.

The second event will be from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, October 18 at the Starbucks, 2120 North Rampart Boulevard.

Beers is encouraging anyone living in Ward 2 to stop by at either event to discuss problems or issues going on in the ward or the city.

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Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Tuesday, June 4th, 2013, 1:26pm

Heller Moves Las Vegas Office to Southwest Valley

Both Nevada senators used to occupy office space in the federal courthouse downtown.

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller has departed downtown Las Vegas and relocated his Southern Nevada office off the Las Vegas Beltway in the southwest corner of the valley,

Read more at the Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Thursday, October 4th, 2012, 1:04pm

Do a Little Shopping and Register to Vote

If you haven’t registered to vote in next month’s election, get to the mall this weekend.

County officials plan voter registration drives at several malls Saturday, the last day to register to vote without appearing in person at an Election Department office.

Voter registration applications will be taken all day at:

Las Vegas Outlet Center, 7400 South Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas
Boulevard Mall, 3528 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas
Galleria Mall, 1300 W. Sunset Road, Henderson
Meadows Mall, 4300 Meadows Lane, Las Vegas

After Saturday, anyone who wants to register to vote will have through Oct. 16 to appear in-person to either the County Election Center at 965 Trade Drive, Suite A in North Las Vegas, or the Election Department office at the Clark County Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway in downtown Las Vegas.

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Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012, 12:05pm

Debates to be Televised in State Senate Races

Wednesday’s debate between the presidential candidates takes center stage, but some local races will soon hit the airwaves as well.

Some key state Senate races will be taped and aired 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday on Channel 10 by Vegas PBS.

Races featured are:

District 5: Steve Kirk vs. Joyce Woodhouse
District 6: Mark Hutchison vs. Benny Yerushalmi
District 9: Mari Nakashima St. Martin vs. Justin Jones
District 18: Scott Hammond vs. Kelli Ross

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Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012, 1:31pm

Spring Valley Students Meet with Reid in Washington

A group of students from Spring Valley High School got a look inside the halls of Congress last week.

Nevada Senator Harry Reid met last week with the students from the school’s Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program to discuss their future education and achieving their dreams. The student group was led by Ian Salzman and Angelica Strong, teachers at Spring Valley High School.

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Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Friday, February 24th, 2012, 11:19am

Heller Talks to Vegas Chamber About Economic Recovery

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Republican U.S. Sen. Dean Heller says big government, big business and big unions are stalling the economic recovery.

Heller said Friday that federal bailouts of some auto companies and banks rewarded bad decisions.

Heller is speaking at a Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting at the Palms casino off the Las Vegas Strip. He is running to keep his seat against Democrat Shelley Berkley. She has represented Las Vegas in the U.S. House since 1999.

The chamber event comes a few months after Heller cancelled a meeting at the last minute with the separate Latin Chamber of Commerce in Las Vegas because some Democratic leaders showed up to hear his speech.

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Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011, 10:56am

Mayor's Race Down to Goodman, Giunchigliani

LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas voters are facing a choice between the city's first lady and a county lawmaker in a June election to replace flamboyant but term-limited Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman.

Goodman's wife, Carolyn Goodman, topped 18 candidates in Tuesday's low-turnout municipal primary.

She drew just over 37 percent of the vote, well short of the 50 percent needed to win the election outright.

Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani squeaked past county commission colleague and former city council member, Larry Brown, by just 15 votes to advance to the June 7 runoff. Brown hasn't said if he'll seek a recount.

Giunchigliani is a former schoolteacher and state assemblywoman. She says Sin City needs a serious leader. Carolyn Goodman is promising to finish what her husband started.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.

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