Five seats in the Nevada Legislature — three from the north and two from the south — will be filled through appointment by county commissioners to serve in the anticipated special session to consider public financing of a proposed NFL stadium in Las Vegas and other taxes.
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Nevada lawmakers seem to favor the first week of October, or just over two weeks from now, for a special session to approve a stadium funding plan.
Supporters and opponents of legalizing marijuana will debate the pros and cons of Question 2 during a Sept. 30 roundtable discussion that will air on Vegas PBS, Channel 10.
Thursday’s call for a special session of the Nevada Legislature includes more than a $1.9 billion domed stadium and a room tax increase to help pay the bill, but also includes a sales tax increase to hire more police officers.
Nevada State Democratic Party leaders and a majority of national Democratic delegates from Nevada who backed Sen. Bernie Sanders for president have reached an agreement aimed at uniting the party following a contentious state convention in May.
Angry domestic well owners packed a legislative subcommittee Friday to protest proposals to restrict water use in times of severe shortages and require meters.
Nevada’s higher education board convenes near Lake Tahoe on Thursday for a high-stakes special meeting to consider changing how the state’s colleges are governed.
A Reno Republican running for the state Assembly said Wednesday he will end his campaign after alleging his online accounts were hacked and nude photos of him were sent to GOP leaders as part of an extortion plot.
Regulators and gaming industry leaders say they’d welcome daily fantasy sports operations in Nevada, but not under the framework offered in proposed legislation unveiled by Fan Duel and Draft Kings, the nation’s largest fantasy providers.
State Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson said Friday that funding proposals for a Las Vegas Convention Center expansion and a 65,000-seat domed stadium might have to be linked to win the approval of the Nevada Legislature.
Some Las Vegas City Council members were indignant Wednesday over the Clark County Commission’s proposed bill draft requests for the 2017 Nevada Legislature.
Clark County commissioners decided Tuesday to ask state lawmakers order a study of the Metropolitan Police Department’s funding formula at the 2017 legislative session.
Cardenas grocery store shoppers got the chance to practice casting ballots and have voting questions answered on Monday.
A national political group is launching a new effort to turn both the Nevada Senate and Assembly to Democratic majorities by focusing on six women candidates in the two chambers.
Don’t be surprised to see a slew of television ads touting a measure to legalize recreational marijuana use during the weeks leading up to the general election in November.
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The Bureau of Reclamation is asking people to exercise caution on the morning of May 21 when recreating near the dam as new hazards could emerge.
Both men are four years older than they were when they last debated, and there is a profound difference between Biden at 77 and Biden at 81 today.
Defense attorneys for Donald Trump portrayed his former fixer as someone bent on seeing the former president behind bars.
Here is some important information for Clark County voters to know about the upcoming primary election, including early voting sites and mail ballot drop-off locations.