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Prominent immigrant rights nonprofit in Nevada facing potential closure, allegations of workplace harassment

The concerns center around Bliss Requa-Trautz, the organization's executive director. About a dozen workers gathered Wednesday to call for Requa-Trautz to be replaced and for the center to remain open with new leadership.

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Anti-film tax credit vote spurs state Senate primary between 2 Latino community fixtures

The race between Sen. Edgar Flores (D-Las Vegas) and North Las Vegas City Councilman Isaac Barron is expected to be one of the most competitive primary races this cycle. Both candidates are community fixtures and are heavily campaigning. The district — which covers parts of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas — skews Democratic, meaning that whoever wins the primary in June is likely to win the general election this fall. 

Why the Las Vegas Review-Journal just stopped printing its rival

The nation's last joint operating agreement required the Sun, which is smaller, to be printed as a daily insert in the Review-Journal. The latter has fought the arrangement, which was designed to preserve papers, saying the Sun can continue to publish but should foot the bill.