Andrew Matthews quit his paid job as president of the Nevada Policy Research Institute when he decided to run for Congress. As a Republican candidate in the 3rd Congressional District, he is now getting paid from his campaign funds.
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A group called The Coalition for Nevada’s Future on Thursday filed a legal challenge to a referendum sought by GOP anti-tax advocates who want to put the new commerce tax on the 2016 general election ballot for repeal.
The Senate on Tuesday narrowly rejected an amendment that U.S. Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada said would have strengthened privacy protections to a cybersecurity bill that was later approved by the upper chamber.
Political action groups have already put a more than half a million dollars into the three congressional district races in Southern Nevada.
Democratic presidential contender Martin O’Malley is calling for the end of legal immunity for firearms dealers who sell to mass shooters without background checks.
A group led by state Controller Ron Knecht has filed a referendum petition with the Secretary of State’s office seeking to ask voters in 2016 to repeal a new commerce tax approved by the 2015 Legislature.
Danny Tarkanian has raised nearly $350,000 in his first fundraising quarter in a bid for Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District.
Ed Williams, chairman of the Clark County Republican Party, has resigned from the executive committee of the state party, citing concerns that no minutes are kept of the meetings and there is no liability insurance coverage for members.
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt has waded into the Planned Parenthood fetal tissue debate, sending a letter to the group’s state affiliates asking for confirmation that they do not perform surgical abortions at their offices.
The chairman of the Nevada Republican Party, under fire for a loan from a charity he oversaw to a business he was involved with, has been hired by state Treasurer Dan Schwartz as a deputy in the agency’s Las Vegas office.
Two Republican presidential candidates are coming to Las Vegas next week: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
Clark County commissioners started initial discussion Tuesday about a proposal that would allow movie theaters inside resorts in unincorporated areas of the county to sell alcoholic beverages.
Disagreement over how restaurants are being regulated boiled over at a Southern Nevada Health District board meeting Thursday with an official offering her resignation and walking out after she was criticized by her staff.
The More Cops tax didn’t die with outgoing Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins.
Robert Murnane was sworn in as Henderson’s new city manager Tuesday evening after the City Council voted to approve a contract with a starting salary of $228,500 a year.