Las Vegas officials are considering cracking down on olfactory offenses and setting city standards to measure odors, curtail nuisance smells and identify those being emitted from potentially harmful substances.
Politics and Government
A student who can show mastery of a lower-level subject — like, say, Algebra 1 — through a test or other assessment could advance to the next level under a “competency-based education” pilot program introduced Monday in a Nevada Assembly education committee.
Nearby public schools would be required to provide a safe space for charter schools evacuating campus in an emergency situation under a proposal presented to the Nevada Assembly education committee.
A Nevada senator thinks it’s time the state fights its fat problem.
Older inmates convicted of nonviolent offenses could be released on parole if they meet certain criteria under a bill considered Monday by the Senate Committee on Judiciary.
President Donald Trump told the nation’s governors Monday that “nobody knew health care could be so complicated” as Republicans in Congress and the administration continued to grapple with repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act.
The next generation of Nevada infants may have state lawmakers to thank for increased access to their mother’s milk.
Bills that would expand privacy protections for judges and other specified public employee groups were endorsed Monday in a Senate hearing.
A bill introduced Monday in the Nevada Senate would prohibit state and local law agencies from conducting immigration enforcement operations.
A resolution asking Congress to transfer 7.2 million acres of federal land to state control will be taken up again this session.
A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a U.S. Department of Justice request to place on hold an appeal over President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from seven majority-Muslim countries.
Horses4Heroes will hold a free open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at Floyd Lamb Park to mark its fourth anniversary.
Assemblywoman Heidi Swank says Nevada could save money by considering alternatives before replacing windows in state buildings.
It may be easier for someone who gets hitched in Nevada to change their name.
The White House says President Donald Trump’s upcoming budget will propose a $54 billion increase in defense spending and impose corresponding cuts to domestic programs and foreign aid.
A recent Wall Street Journal poll of leading economists put the probability of the United States going into recession over the next 12 months at 63 percent. Conventional wisdom is that the Federal Reserve Bank will continue raising interest rates to combat stubborn high inflation, thereby slowing the economy and causing gross domestic product to […]
This marks Harris’ eighth visit to the Silver State this year. She last visited in August, just a couple of weeks since launching her presidential bid.
An audit discovered the owners of the locals casinos overpaid gaming taxes for years.
Gov. Joe Lombardo sent a letter requesting a legislative commission expand an audit of the CCSD to include an investigation into its potential budget shortfalls.
The Nevada Supreme Court has ordered the dismissal of a sex abuse indictment against Nathan Chasing Horse, while leaving open the possibility of charges being refiled.
