Women In Politics

PREP TRACK ROUNDUP: Rookie sprinter helps Mariner make history
EVERETT — It was a first-year sprinter that helped Mariner overcome an age-old losing streak Thursday. Keivare Russell won the 100- and 200-meter events and Mariner won its first-ever dual meet against Kamiak. The Marauder boys won 93-52 with the Kamiak girls winning 82-66.

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Thousands Call for Immigration Reform in Las Vegas
Thousands of people arrived in Las Vegas on Saturday to call on Congress to enact immigration reform.

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Nevada’s libertarian streak clashes with hunger for federal money
As Nevada tries to climb its way back from the economic abyss, the state’s legendary libertarian streak is running smack into another defining, but often unacknowledged, regional characteristic: Nevada’s addiction to federal largesse.

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Community activists call AZ immigration law unjust and illegal
A number of local immigrant rights groups were in Arizona to demonstrate against the new law, which allows police to stop anyone believed to be in the U.S. Illegally. Those local leaders are back in town tonight and making it clear they don’t want a similar law passed in Nevada.

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2 Reids mix up Clark County Democratic convention
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promoted a version of immigration reform at a convention of Clark County Democrats and rejected harsh remedies, saying it would be impossible to deport 11 million people at once. “The system is broken and needs to be fixed,” he said Saturday. His proposal calls for penalties and fees for illegal immigrants who break the law, and he’d make …

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