LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- The first reactions from Nevadans to President Joe Biden's inauguration included messages from prominent Democrats.U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., posted a photo on Twitter and sent a statement to media:
A new day is dawning in America. Time to #BuildBackBetter. pic.twitter.com/Vf3vF6ibwZ— Rep. Steven Horsford (@RepHorsford) January 20, 2021“With today’s inauguration, a new day is dawning in America.

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Early reaction: Nevada Democrats comment on Biden’s inauguration, future

In a typical year, Peak to Peak high school social studies teacher Meghan Lukens would livestream Wednesday’s presidential inauguration in her classroom.But because of the pandemic, the high school students at the K-12 Lafayette charter school are still attending class remotely. So instead, Lukens plans to watch the swearing in and the speeches with her classes remotely — she teaches an economics class followed by an Advanced Placement governmen…

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Boulder County teachers tackle presidential inauguration lessons

Gov. Steve Sisolak told Nevadans experiencing some of their darkest hours of economic and public health devastation that he has a plan to create more than 165,000 jobs over the next decade, launch new initiatives to retrain displaced workers and build out an economy based on clean energy, blockchain and other futuristic technologies.

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Sisolak sets vision of a future Nevada economy in State of State address amid economic, health crisis

The seeds of discontent had been building for some time in the United States.Then 2020 happened, bringing a pandemic, protests for racial equality and a presidential election, which exposed even deeper fault lines within the American populace. Brewing alongside increasingly partisan social media posts and terse political conversations among loved ones was an extremist movement.

Extremism, with roots in the West, casts unease over Inauguration Day festivities

I am a lover of language, of the power words have to transform one’s mood or even one’s entire outlook. The way I remember it, some 40 years later, I learned to read in one evening, with the little kindergarten reader I’d been sent home with and my immigrant, non-English-speaking mom helping me sound out every word. It felt like magic, a whole previously hidden world now all of a sudden opened up to me.

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When I had no personal knowledge or experiences with the military, I will admit I felt that conservatives had some ownership of it. Military pride and support oozes from the right, and in many ways, I felt that on the inside as well. I will never forget when I attended my first military ball with my husband for the Nevada National Guard in 2013.

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Henderson residents saw the first traces of rain in more than three weeks Tuesday night.

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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- On Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, will be a historic day for America when President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris are sworn in to become our nation's leaders. Being of Black and South Asian heritage, Harris is the first woman and person of color to be sworn in as the Vice President of the United States of America.

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NAACP explains the impact the Biden presidency will have on US and racial equality

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