The Nevada Policy Research Institute accused state Sen. Heidi Gansert of violating Nevada’s separation of powers clause in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Politics and Government
School district officials went before the Legislature’s tax committees last week and cried poverty. Talk about déjà vu all over again.
Nevada lawmakers are considering an overhaul to the state’s board that grants pardons to offenders.
A state lawmaker said Tuesday he wants to ban hydraulic fracturing in Nevada because new studies show that the risks outweigh any economic benefits from the controversial practice to produce oil and gas.
Two years after federal courts legalized same-sex marriage, the Nevada Legislature is taking steps to remove contrary language from the state Constitution.
Clark County has tapped employee Jerry Stueve to be director of the Department of Building and Fire Prevention.
Clark Avenue will be closed between Main and First streets in downtown Las Vegas from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday while Las Vegas hosts the Destination Dell mobile tour bus.
The Nevada Legislature honored Debbie Smith on the one-year anniversary of her death Tuesday. Smith, a Sparks Democrat, died Feb. 21, 2016, after battling brain cancer. She was 60.
A $20 renewal fee for commemorative license plates issued for Nevada’s sesquicentennial celebration would support state museums and parks.
A Nevada Assembly budget hearing turned testy on Tuesday when a Republican lawmaker accused Treasurer Dan Schwartz of failing to follow legislative direction.
Vice President Mike Pence will be the featured speaker at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual meeting Friday in Las Vegas.
U.S. Rep. Ruben Kihuen, D-Nev., on Tuesday endorsed Assemblyman William McCurdy II for chairman of the Nevada Democratic Party.
The third week of the Legislature is rolling along, and it’s already Day 16 of the 2017 Legislative Session. Here’s what to watch for:
Parents who surrender their infants to emergency service providers through the Safe Haven Law would have more safeguards to protect their confidentiality, under a bill in the Nevada Legislature.
Peggy Kearns, director of the Veteran Affairs Southern Nevada Healthcare System, says her staff is cutting appointment wait times despite a fast-growing caseload.
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.
