Nevada lawmakers continue their drive for anti-sex trafficking legislation by passing the session’s most comprehensive bill on the subject Tuesday.
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Clark County motorists could end up paying nearly 10 cents more for each gallon of gas in a few years if the Legislature gives the County Commission power to boost its fuel taxes.
CARSON CITY — Newly developed drugs that can take the place of intravenous chemotherapy treatments to fight cancer are on the market, but the cost to patients can run into the thousands of dollars a month.
CARSON CITY — Fire chiefs in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas should meet for coffee with their city managers instead of asking the Legislature to change city charters, two state lawmakers said Monday.
Four more candidates applied for the vacant Assembly District 17 seat in the Legislature Monday, bringing the total number of applicants to seven.
A few legislators got taken on April Fools’ Day by whoppers told by David Byerman, secretary of the Senate.
Nevada lawmakers are picking up the pace, trying to jam hundreds of bills through committees before a Friday deadline turns their pet legislation into pixie dust.
The public cannot see a report that led to the expulsion of Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks, the Legislative Counsel Bureau has decided.
In a sometimes contentious legislative hearing Friday, Las Vegas physician Stephen Frye called marijuana a wonder drug that helps stop cancer, does not impair driving and should be available for all adults to enjoy.
Three people, including a former state lawmaker, are seeking ousted Assemblyman Steven Brooks’ old job.
More than half the state and locally maintained roads in Nevada are in poor or mediocre shape, according to a new report from a Washington, D.C., based research group.
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus told state legislators Thursday evening that Nevada has to “go big, or go home” in an upbeat 19-minute speech.
Gov. Brian Sandoval, Supreme Court justices and members of the Nevada Legislature, among other dignitaries, participated in the Yom HaShoah Holocaust Memorial Day observance in Carson City with Holocaust survivors Thursday.
Sen. Tick Segerblom predicted 10 years of traffic jams during the massive Interstate 15 project south of the Spaghetti Bowl unless the state raises the gas tax, a move that could cut the timetable in half.
A resolution that could eventually lead to annual sessions for the Nevada Legislature — including regular sessions in Las Vegas — won approval Thursday from a Senate committee.
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 […]
Gov. Joe Lombardo took the witness stand on Monday, testifying for about 30 minutes in former Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore’s wire fraud trial.
Vice President Kamala Harris held her second rally in Las Vegas since becoming the Democratic nominee. Here’s what you need to know.
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.