Gov. Brian Sandoval wants a special tax on recreational marijuana sales to boost his budget, but state lawmakers and industry executives are concerned that his proposal might be too high.
Politics and Government
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval is pursuing creative solutions to a potential prison overcrowding challenge that could see capacity exceeded by 700 inmates by the end of the next budget without prompt action.
Donald Trump’s supporters, and those seeking a glimpse of history, took in today’s inauguraation ceremonies as protests, injuries and vandalism was reported outside the gates.
Shannon Churchwell and Electra Skrzydlewski are two public-school mothers who stand on opposite sides in the debate over Nevada’s Education Savings Account program.
A crowd of thousands flooded the streets of downtown Las Vegas on Saturday morning in one of more than 670 Women’s March events worldwide, expressing opposition to President Donald Trump’s stance on issues including reproductive rights, sexual assault, immigration and the environment.
A sea of women in pink knit hats filled the nation’s capital Saturday to deliver a message to President Donald Trump that they will challenge any effort to roll back rights for women and other disaffected groups. Among them were U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and a contingent of Nevadans.
President’s vow to “greatly strengthen and expand” U.S. nuclear capability stirs speculation that nearly 25-year moratorium may draw to a close.
Participants took heart in the widely held belief that the D.C. protest drew more attendees than the inauguration ceremony itself. The question is: In the grand scheme of things what did the march achieve?
Republican leadership in the Nevada Legislature appears split on a proposal to modify a decade-old property tax cap law.
Nielsen estimates 31 million viewers watched TV coverage of President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday. That audience total soundly beat the 20.6 million who viewed President Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2013.
More than 80 fighter jets, bombers and support aircraft slated to participate in first realistic training operation of 2017.
State Sen. Mark Manendo, D-Las Vegas, is putting the final touches on a bill that would allow anyone who’s arrested for driving under the influence to voluntarily install an ignition interlock system, which prevents vehicles from starting if the motorist has been drinking alcohol.
President Donald Trump is opening his first full day in office by attending a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral.
The Kats! Bureau at this writing is a few feet from the stage at the Liberty Ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. History has arrived with President Donald J. Trump dancing the night away with First Lady Melania Trump.
Reactions to the swearing-in of President Donald Trump and his inauguration speech were expectedly divergent, with Nevada Republicans praising the ceremony, while Democrats urged activists to continue their protests and advocacy under the new administration.
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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