One Nevada state legislative leader said Wednesday he agrees that it is time to replace the statue of the former U.S. Sen. Patrick McCarran in the Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol because of his history of racism and anti-Semitism.
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U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz dismissed speculation Wednesday that a nuclear waste repository could open at Yucca Mountain near Las Vegas because of local opposition to the project.
As Congress prepares for the political brawl over the dismantling of Obamacare, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller rolled out a bipartisan bill Tuesday to repeal a tax on high-end insurance plans.
Two Republican state lawmakers are revising an attempt to make English the official language in Nevada.
Democratic lawmakers from Nevada received committee assignments Tuesday as the U.S. House rumbled into its first week of the 115th Congress.
Nevada’s three Democratic House members have written a letter to Gov. Brian Sandoval and legislative leaders asking them to take action to provide for the removal of the statue of Patrick McCarran from the Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.
Nevada Highway Patrol troopers will soon wear body cameras with the approval Tuesday of a $1.25 million five-year contract to purchase and operate the devices for its uniformed officers.
A state panel on Tuesday approved a nearly $900,000 request from the Department of Taxation to prepare Nevada for the establishment of recreational marijuana sales by next year.
Nevada Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison announced Monday he won’t run for governor in 2018.
James Dzurenda, who took over the state Corrections Department in April, is asking for public and financial support for efforts to emphasize rehabilitation and reduce recidivism.
For its 2017 legislative fight, the Clark County School District heads to Carson City with money on its mind.
Telling a lie over and over doesn’t make it true. But it can turn a lie into a narrative. Don’t believe me? Take Nevada’s budget. You’re already hearing that the state’s general fund is about to be cut to the bone.
Las Vegas and North Las Vegas city councils this week approved a .5-percentage point hotel room tax hike to help fund a $1.4 billion expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Henderson council OK’d an ordinance for that increase as well as a half-percentage point tax hike to help pay for a new football stadium.
A Nevada lawmaker said Thursday she is comforted by assurances from the Obama administration that personal information by undocumented immigrant minors won’t be used against them later in deportation hearings.
The Nevada Department of Taxation is asking for a loan of nearly $900,000 from a legislative account to fund startup costs for the implementation of the recreational marijuana law passed by voters in November.
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