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April 23, 2024

Sen. Harry Reid

President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan, a coronavirus relief package, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Washington.
Going big and bold is smart policy and smart politics for Democrats
May 2, 2021
If Congress goes big, goes bold and goes quickly, the possibilities for progress are immense. Investing in our dangerously outdated electrical grid to make it cleaner and more resilient against the impacts of climate change will create more than 600,000 jobs every year over the next decade. This will also …
A view of the Southwest Airlines check-in counter at McCarran International Airport Wednesday, May 20, 2020.
Technicality delays renaming of Las Vegas airport after Harry Reid
March 27, 2021
Renaming the Las Vegas airport for former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid hit a minor snag over a flaw in the motion a Clark County commissioner made proposing the change ...
An Allegiant Air passenger jet taxis to a runway for take off at McCarran International Airport Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.
Welcome to Harry Reid International Airport: Commission OKs name change
Feb. 16, 2021
Visitors who fly to Las Vegas will soon be landing at Harry Reid International Airport. The Clark County Commission unanimously voted today to rename ...
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid responds to a question during an interview at his office in the Bellagio Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019.
Many state leaders voice support for renaming Las Vegas airport
Feb. 16, 2021
Gov. Steve Sisolak and other state leaders are lining up to back a potential name change for McCarran International Airport to honor former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid ...
It shouldn’t take courage to do what’s right
Feb. 7, 2021
What happened to those days when people of goodwill and most political persuasions stood up clearly and decisively for the simple concept of right and wrong? When John F. Kennedy wrote “Profiles in Courage,” there were real people in public life who had exhibited that trait and …
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid responds to a question during an interview at his office in the Bellagio Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019.
Former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid says his cancer is in remission
June 11, 2020
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says his pancreatic cancer is in remission after he had an experimental treatment aimed at helping his ...
Former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid fills out his ballot at an early voting site at the East Las Vegas library, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, in Las Vegas.
Harry Reid says Nevada should have a primary: ‘All caucuses should be a thing of the past’
Feb. 24, 2020
Harry Reid, the former Senate majority leader who remains the functional head of the Nevada Democrats, said Sunday that caucuses should no longer be used to nominate candidates for ...
Former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid listens during an interview Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Las Vegas.
Harry Reid: Brokered convention 'not the end of the world'
Feb. 19, 2020
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it was possible the crowded Democratic primary race was headed toward a contentious convention fight and downplayed the ...
Harry Reid, former governor recall battling mob in Las Vegas
Dec. 14, 2019
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and former Nevada Gov. Bob List were major targets of organized crime when the mob controlled and skimmed profits from some ...
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid smiles during an interview Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, at his office in the Bellagio. Years removed from the Senate, Reid continues to closely monitor the political scene nationally and in Nevada.
Reid: House Democrats have made a ‘pretty good case’ so far for impeachment
Nov. 17, 2019
Former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid recently sat down with the Sun in his Bellagio offices to discuss a wide range of topics, including the impeachment proceedings against …
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks before a panel discussion with former Speaker of the House John Boehner at the Bellagio Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The panel was part of the inaugural symposium of the MGM Resorts Public Policy Institute at UNLV.
Harry Reid on Trump’s 2020 odds: ‘I’m pretty damn worried’
Aug. 6, 2019
Harry Reid has spent decades building a reputation as a stone cold pragmatist and a master political tactician. Which is why he barely hesitated when asked about the possibility that Donald Trump—a man he fears and despises—could ...
Harry Reid, the former Senate Democratic leader from Nevada, pays a visit March 21, 2018, to Capitol Hill in Washington.
Harry Reid: Trump isn't a good president, but 'I have always liked him’
June 30, 2019
In the Las Vegas office of former Democratic U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada hangs a framed letter. It is dated Nov. 8, 2010, days after Reid had secured an election victory over ...
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks before a panel discussion with former Speaker of the House John Boehner at the Bellagio Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The panel was part of the inaugural symposium of the MGM Resorts Public Policy Institute at UNLV.
Harry Reid happy to talk UFOs and science, not ‘little green men’
June 29, 2019
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid defended the $22 million he earmarked to study UFOs when he was in office, saying the nation must ...
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign event Thursday, May 30, 2019, in Henderson, Nev.
In interview with Sun, Sanders talks Yucca Mountain, minimum wage hike and climate change
June 24, 2019
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders reiterated his opposition to storing the nation’s nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, saying the site is not …
On climate change: Do something right now before we can’t do anything, ever!
June 23, 2019
Climate change is more than a looming disaster predicted to doom future generations. We are seeing the effects of climate change now, even here in Nevada, and have only a brief moment to make the changes that will …