This week on Politics Now: -CCSD Board of Trustees President Evelyn Garcia Morales -New rules for sidewalk food vendors finally pass, but they don't like them. -Developer Jim Rhodes has a big win in a lawsuit against Clark County -The NV Supreme Court weighs in on ghost guns, an abortion ballot initiative and the Badlands golf course ..read more

Politics Now host John Langeler asks CCSD Board of Trustees President Evelyn Garcia Morales questions about former Superintendent Dr. Jara's quick exit, and what's next for the school board ..read more

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- A Nevada Supreme Court ruling on Thursday said the original version of a petition to protect reproductive freedoms in the state constitution met requirements. But groups behind the petition are instead moving forward with a second version after collecting more than 160,000 signatures. Organizers said they plan to submit that version to qualify for the 2024 ballot. An attorney for one of the groups behind the petition told 8 News Now the new petition simplified the language at issue. It includes legal protections for women and doctors involved in legal abortions, and address ..read more

Politics Now host John Langeler interviews County Commissioner Michael Naft about road construction, traffic deaths, Formula 1 going forward, the baseball stadium and homelessness ..read more

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to travel to Las Vegas on Monday, April 15, according to the White House. Harris will highlight the impact of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Details of her arrival time at Harry Reid International Airport and where she will be in Las Vegas have not been released. The legislation passed in 2022 following an elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Efforts to control gun violence through laws have often landed in court. Today, The Associated Press reported that thousands of firearms dealers will have to run background check ..read more

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Gov. Joe Lombardo implored President Joe Biden in a letter Thursday to halt excessive government spending that is producing inflation and keeping Nevadans from buying homes. Lombardo, a Republican, pointed to the price of a home today versus the cost in 2021 when Biden, a Democrat, took office. The median price of a home then was $342,000 in Las Vegas. By January 2024, the median price increased to about $460,000, according to Lombardo's letter. A monthly payment in 2021, when interest rates were 2.82%, was $1,363. But now a Las Vegas homebuyer would have to pay $2,808 per ..read more

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got some bad information from the Nevada Secretary of State's (NVSOS) office. But it is his campaign's responsibility to follow the law regardless, the state has informed him. Lawyers for RFK Jr.'s campaign are in a dispute with Nevada over his eligibility to appear on the November ballot. And now Nevada Secretary of State Francisco "Cisco" Aguilar's office has admitted to 8 News Now that a clerk's answers to RFK Jr.'s campaign contained errors. "Earlier today it was brought to the attention of our office that a Secre ..read more

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Three candidates for Las Vegas mayor have separated themselves from the field, but the majority of voters remain undecided as the June 11 primary election nears, according to a new poll released Thursday. The poll also asked about support for using public money in the construction of an A's baseball stadium, as well as Nevada voters' opinion on the most important issue in the upcoming presidential election. The Emerson College Polling/KLAS-TV/The Hill poll shows former U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley with the support of 16% of voters surveyed in the mayor's race. City Councilwoma ..read more

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Gov. Joe Lombardo on Thursday endorsed a bill to expedite public land transactions that could free up land for housing construction in the Las Vegas area. It's a priority for both Republicans and Democrats in Southern Nevada, where federal land often restricts housing development that can only proceed in bursts as the Bureau of Land Management auctions off parcels. Lombardo, a Republican, endorsed the bipartisan Accelerating Appraisals and Conservation Efforts (AACE) Act from U.S. Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev. Both see AACE as an effort to cut through federal red tape, allowing th ..read more

Clark County Fire Department Chief John Steinbeck wants a new job in Carson City. He is running for State Senate district 18, which is an open seat. He sits down with Politics Now host John Langeler to talk about education, first responders, economic diversification and healthcare ..read more