Supporters of renewable energy rallied at both ends of the state Monday to support efforts in the Nevada Legislature this session to promote solar and other renewables as a way to help the environment, improve health and create jobs.
Politics and Government
Heather Fisher, president of the environmental nonprofit Save Red Rock, expects hundreds of people to wear the color as a sign of protest against proposed development on Blue Diamond Hill, which lies next to the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment failed three times in the Nevada Legislature in the 1970s but the measure has been resurrected and was heard Monday in a Senate committee.
An aging Las Vegas neighborhood would have more protections from gaming development, under a bill in the Nevada Legislature.
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt will speak this week at the largest U.S. gathering of conservatives — an event that has been caught up in controversy when a speaking invitation was rescinded for Milo Yiannopolous following a release of a video.
Nevada Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford told the Review-Journal on Monday that he is filing a bill draft request to revise certain provisions to the law for the reorganization of the Clark County School District.
A high school student’s day wouldn’t start until 9 a.m. at the earliest under two bills being considered in the Nevada Assembly.
Foster parents and social workers would be trained in gender identity and understanding the needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth under a bill heard Monday the Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services.
About 50 people attended an anti-Trump rally on Presidents Day outside the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse in downtown Las Vegas.
Two bills aimed at making college easier to afford for specific groups of students unanimously passed the Assembly Education Committee Monday.
Clark County commissioners are set to consider creating a “Green Ribbon Panel” to help shape local laws and policies for Nevada’s blooming recreational marijuana industry.
Rep. Dina Titus has taken President Trump to task for the Jan. 27 travel ban established by executive order, citing travel industry statistics that show a 17 percent decline in flight searches for travel to the United States.
President Donald Trump has chosen Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his new national security adviser, replacing the ousted Michael Flynn.
Advocates of raising Nevada’s minimum wage argued on Monday paying low-wage earners more would help lift them out of poverty and benefit the overall economy by giving them more buying power.
Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson welcomed Assemblyman John Ellison back to the Nevada Legislature on Monday.
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 […]
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