Nevada’s burgeoning rooftop solar industry crashed and burned last year after new rates for net metering were approved that did away with financial incentives for the green energy investment. Now several state lawmakers want to get the industry back on track and growing again.
Clark County alone is home to 67 “high-hazard” dams, which have potential to inflice death and destruction in the event of a failure.
About 90 people on Saturday attended an East Las Vegas forum, hosted by the National Hispanic Legislative Caucus, that sought to inform immigrants of their rights when confronted by law enforcement.
When Tristan Torres was 16 and placed in foster care after his mother kicked him out for being transgender, his new home was supposed to feel safe. It didn’t.
The Nevada controller’s office pitched a bill Friday designed to encourage state agencies to charge more on procurement cards to reap more cash rebates.
A Nevada homeland security panel declared Friday that cybersecurity is priority No. 1. Gov. Brian Sandoval, Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison and Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson all marked cybersecurity as their utmost priority for the state.
Air Force’s daring exhibition team opens new wing detailing its 74-year history in its hangar at Nellis Air Force Base.
The idea to lower Nevada’s legal gambling age percolated after a veteran asked Assemblyman Jim Wheeler a simple question. The man, who had served in Afghanistan, asked Wheeler how a person could be old enough vote or fight in wars but be considered too young to legally gamble.
Yucca Mountain continues to be considered by a Republican lawmaker on a key congressional panel to be part of a comprehensive solution to the continuing problem of storing nuclear waste generated by power plants.
A new administrative assistant in the Nevada Department of Education would help springboard the paper-based teacher licensure office into the 21st century.
Gov. Brian Sandoval gave a shout-out to first responders who dealt with recent the flooding in Northern Nevada.
It’s Day 12 of the 2017 Legislative Session. It’s the second Friday of the session, and like last Friday, it’ll be a light day for lawmakers.
A bill mandating private employers provide workers with paid sick leave was introduced Thursday in the Nevada Senate.
The head of the state department that oversees the Nevada Transportation Authority spoke on Thursday before an Assembly panel, one day after firing two officials after a Review-Journal investigation found lapses in background checks for an agency supervisor with multiple DUI arrests.
After years of tweaks that prolonged its rollout, the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers could be scrapped all together.
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