Legislative Democrats rolled out their updated “Nevada Blueprint” on Thursday outlining their priorities for the 2017 session, while Assembly Republicans released their own list of objectives.
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Volunteers who serve on Clark County school organization teams would be held harmless from lawsuits relating to their duties, according to a proposed bill.
A bill proposed to categorize and make it easier to identify exemptions to public records disclosure was met with confusion and suspicion by members of the Assembly Government Affairs Committee.
Concerns from the labor community about how a new city of Las Vegas waste and recycling ordinance would affect local workers prompted the City Council to wait seven weeks to weigh in on a comprehensive update of the city’s waste and recycling regulations.
President Donald Trump’s administration said in court documents on Thursday it does not want a larger appellate panel to review a ruling keeping its travel ban on hold and will instead replace the ban.
Assembly Bill 28 would provide a process for disciplining “limited jurisdiction judges” — justices of the peace and municipal judges — who do not complete required training programs.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said Thursday that lawmakers would introduce a replacement for President Barack Obama’s health care law after Congress’ upcoming weeklong recess. He provided few details on what would be in the legislation.
President Donald Trump says law school dean R. Alexander Acosta is his new choice for secretary of labor.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday narrowly confirmed South Carolina congressman Mick Mulvaney to serve as White House budget director in a 51-49 vote that largely followed party lines.
It’s Day 11 of the 2017 Legislative Session. It’ll be a full day of committee hearings with bills on a wide variety of subjects.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold its confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, conservative federal appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch, beginning on March 20, the panel’s Republican chairman said Thursday.
A Republican state senator said Wednesday that Clark County understated the annual growth of its property tax revenue during testimony to Nevada Legislature members.
The U.S. Postal Service may be getting more business in election season. Major cities in Southern Nevada could conduct municipal elections entirely by mail-in ballots if Senate Bill 93 becomes law.
The state official who oversees Nevada’s medical marijuana industry said Wednesday that he doesn’t see the need to treat the recreational product any differently except when it comes to taxes.
More students with disabilities would be able to earn a standard high school diploma under proposed changes from the Nevada Department of Education.
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 […]
Trump appeared onstage in a orange safety vest after riding in a garbage truck to draw attention to an offensive comment by President Joe Biden.
Kamala Harris delivered a closing message at the same spot where former President Donald Trump encouraged his allies to challenge the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021, casting him as a dangerous chaos agent who would only bring “more division” to the nation.
As the 2024 election campaign season concludes, he exterior of the Sphere will carry messaging for the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Gov. Joe Lombardo will activate 60 members to be on status and stationed in Nevada National Guard facilities in both Carson City and Las Vegas on Nov. 5.