President Barack Obama’s request for Congress to spend almost $4 billion to address the immigration crisis on the southern border drew a mixed reaction Tuesday from Nevada Democrats, while Republicans greeted it warily.
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A low-key but high-stakes campaign is underway by opposing groups to win the hearts and minds of Nevada voters ahead of the general election and a critical vote on a margins tax to fund public education.
A Henderson woman’s find of more than $11,000 feeds increase in the number of Nevadans claiming their abandoned property, according to the state treasurer’s office.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Tuesday confirmed he and his wife, Landra, have picked a home in the upscale Henderson community of Anthem, and plan to move in later this summer.
O.J. Simpson’s imprisonment in Nevada for convictions stemming from his 2007 robbery of two memorabilia collectors at Palace Station was raised at a legislative hearing Tuesday as an example of questionable policies leading to unnecessary incarceration costs.
An eminent domain dispute over land needed for the Boulder City bypass was resolved Tuesday when the state Board of Examiners approved a $4.6 million payment for the property, far less than the last $33 million offer from the landowner.
Western governors, including Gov. Brian Sandoval, have sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture expressing concerns about a proposed directive that could affect states’ authority over their water resources.
Rain helped firefighters increase containment of several wildfires covering a combined 33 square miles in remote rangeland in eastern Nevada and southwestern Utah.
The Virgin Valley Black Fire Opal is No. 1 in Nevada’s state gemstone pecking order. The opal is the Silver State’s official “precious” gemstone.
At least at the polls in Nevada, state election officials say it’s the Democratic, not the Democrat, Party.
Nevada’s housing market closed out the first half of 2014 with steady gains. Monday numbers from the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors showed continued increases in median prices.
Assemblywoman Lucy Flores of Las Vegas has parted ways with her campaign manager, Pete Hackeman, in the lieutenant governor’s race, one of the most competitive and closely watched on Nevada’s Nov. 4 ballot.
Navy veteran Ron Deanne of Henderson in June retraced steps that Army Pvt. Ed Jennings took 70 years ago on battlefields and cities where the 5th Infantry Division fought in France and Germany during World War II, including Frankfurt, Germany.
Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura required employees to kick back part of their pay to him, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned.
It was a wet Independence Day for many in the Las Vegas Valley, and the monsoon weather is expected to last through the weekend, according the the National Weather Service.
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