Did You Know + Nevada Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

September 25, 2008

In Las Vegas alone, more than 25,000 homes owned by Hispanics have been foreclosed.

April 14, 2008

Did You Know? After dozens of interviews, the (Las Vegas) Sun concluded in an April 6 story that 60 percent to 80 percent of the Las Vegas Valley’s residential construction workers are illegal immigrants. Tens of thousands of these immigrants who have lost construction jobs are no longer feeding money into the economy. Many are leaving Las Vegas.

January 22, 2008

Did You Know? Speaking in the sunshine after her Nevada victory, Hillary Clinton said there were many people to thank but mentioned only one: Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles’s Hispanic mayor. Her 64 percent of Nevada’s Hispanic vote produced her victory. Although the culinary workers union had endorsed Barack Obama, many of its workers are Hispanic and went their own way.

December 9, 2007

Next week, billboards will go up advertising the caucus vote on Saturday, January 19th, reminding Hispanic voters to participate in the Democratic presidential nomination. – Nevada

September 30, 2007

Did You Know? Reno’s Hispanic population is estimated at nearly 19%

December 12, 2006

Did You Know? Las Vegas Valleys Hispanics are now about 25 percent of the total population