The University of Nevada,Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise,Nevada. The 332-acre (134 ha) campus is about 1.6 mi (2.6 km) east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes the Shadow Lane Campus,just east of the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada,which houses both School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine. UNLV's law school,the William S. Boyd School of Law,is the only law school in the state.
MGM Resorts International is an American global hospitality and entertainment company operating destination resorts in Las Vegas,Massachusetts,Michigan,Mississippi,Maryland,Ohio,and New Jersey,including Bellagio,Mandalay Bay,MGM Grand,and Park MGM.
Stephen Alan Wynn is an American real estate developer and art collector. He is known for his involvement in the American luxury casino and hotel industry. Early in his career he oversaw the construction and operation of several notable Las Vegas and Atlantic City hotels,including the Golden Nugget,the Golden Nugget Atlantic City,The Mirage,Treasure Island,the Bellagio,and Beau Rivage in Mississippi,and he played a pivotal role in the resurgence and expansion of the Las Vegas Strip in the 1990s. In 2000,Wynn sold his company,Mirage Resorts,to MGM Grand Inc.,resulting in the formation of MGM Mirage. Wynn later took his company Wynn Resorts public in an initial public offering and was Wynn Resorts' CEO and Chairman of the Board until February 6,2018,when he announced his resignation. He is a prominent donor to the Republican Party,and was the finance chair of the Republican National Committee from January 2017 to January 2018,when he resigned amid sexual misconduct allegations.
Lake Las Vegas in Henderson,Nevada,refers to a 320-acre (130 ha) reservoir and the 3,592-acre (1,454 ha) developed area around the reservoir. The area is sometimes referred to as the Lake Las Vegas Resort. It is being developed by 5 companies including Lake at Las Vegas Joint Venture LLC.
Robert T. Beers is an American accountant (CPA) and member of the Republican Party who was a 2018 candidate for Nevada Treasurer. He was previously an elected member of the Las Vegas City Council from 2012 to 2017,Nevada Assembly from 1998 to 2004 and the Nevada Senate from 2005 to 2008. He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Governor of Nevada in 2006 and in January 2014,he announced that he would run against Democratic Senator Harry Reid in the 2016 U.S. Senate election,but he withdrew from the race in June 2015. In 2018,he was defeated for State Treasurer by Zach Conine.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal is a daily subscription newspaper published in Las Vegas,Nevada,since 1909. It is the largest circulating daily newspaper in Nevada and one of two daily newspapers in the Las Vegas area.
PulteGroup,Inc. is an American residential home-construction company based in Atlanta,Georgia,United States. The company is the third-largest home-construction company in the United States based on the number of homes closed. In total,the company has built over 775,000 homes.
Zuffa is an American sports promotion company specializing in mixed martial arts. It was founded in January 2001 in Las Vegas,Nevada,by Station Casinos executives Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta to be the parent entity of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) after they purchased it from the Semaphore Entertainment Group. The word "Zuffa" is an Italian word,meaning "fight". On July 11,2016,Zuffa announced that it would be purchased by a group led by WME-IMG including Silver Lake Partners,Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and MSD Capital for the price of $4.025 billion.
Daniel George John Tarkanian is an American attorney,businessman and perennial candidate for elective office. A Republican,he has mounted unsuccessful campaigns for the Nevada Senate (2004),Nevada Secretary of State (2006),the United States Senate,and the United States House of Representatives. In 2020,Tarkanian finally won his first office,being elected to the Douglas County Commission.
Frederick Harvey Whittemore is an American lawyer and businessman in the Reno,Nevada area. As an influential lobbyist for the gambling,alcohol and tobacco industries,and for his own ventures,Whittemore was called "one of Nevada's most powerful men." In 2012,Whittemore came under grand jury investigation,initiated by the Federal Election Commission,to determine whether he should be indicted for breaking federal campaign contribution laws. He was charged with four felonies with convictions on three of the counts,and sentenced September 2013 to two years in prison. He was also given a $100,000 fine,along with two years supervision after his incarceration and 100 hours community service.
Justin Christopher Jones is an American attorney and politician. He is currently the Clark County Commissioner for District F since 2019 and served as a member of the Nevada Senate for the 9th district from 2012 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Stephen F. Sisolak is an American businessman and politician who served as the 30th governor of Nevada from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he served on the Clark County Commission from 2009 to 2019 and on the Nevada Board of Regents from 1999 to 2008.
Michele Ann Fiore is an American Republican politician serving as a justice of the peace for Nye County since being appointed to the position by the Nye County Commission in December 2022. She moved to Nye County in November 2022 after losing the race for Nevada State Treasurer in the 2022 election. She was a member of the Nevada Assembly from 2012 to 2016. Fiore,who represented much of northwestern Clark County,served two Assembly terms. On December 7,2015,she confirmed that she would not seek reelection,and would instead enter the 2016 race for Nevada's 3rd congressional district in southern Clark County. On June 15,2016,Fiore placed third in the primary,with 18% of the vote. She was elected to the Las Vegas City Council in 2017 and represented Ward 6.
John Moore is an American realtor and politician. He served as a Libertarian member of the Nevada Assembly representing District 8.
Luther Bacon Scherer was an American businessman,real estate investor and poet.
The 2016 Nevada Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 23 in the U.S. state of Nevada,marking the Republican Party's fourth nominating contest in their series of presidential primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
The Nevada general election,2018 was held on Tuesday,November 6,2018 throughout Nevada.
Nevada's 9th Senate district is one of 21 districts in the Nevada Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Melanie Scheible since 2018,succeeding Republican Becky Harris.
Richard McArthur is a Republican member of the Nevada Assembly. First elected in 2008,he was defeated in his 2012 primary bid for the Nevada Senate,but he regained his Assembly seat in 2016. McArthur represents the 4th district,which covers parts of the northwestern Las Vegas Valley.
Justin Lee Watkins is a former Democratic member of the Nevada Assembly. He represented the 35th district,which covers parts of the southwestern Las Vegas Valley.
