Hispanic Govs. Brian Sandoval of Nevada and Susana Martinez of New Mexico were named honorary co-chairs of the Future Majority Caucus this month, part of a national Republican effort to recruit more women and minority candidates to run for state offices.
Washington politics is front and center in Nevada’s capital as the third week of the Nevada Legislature begins Monday.
A “fat tax” introduced this week by a state lawmaker has drawn the Nevada Legislature into the national debate over the government’s role in tackling the obesity epidemic.
A bill allowing Nevada to get into the business of interactive gaming will get a hearing Thursday in a joint meeting of the Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committees
The Nevada System of Higher Education’s chancellor found himself Friday inside a hornet’s nest of angry legislators who expressed disgust over the lack of state funds their local colleges and universities would receive under a new formula.
Leaders of a Nevada liberal organization argued Thursday that the mining industry is “putting the muscle” on legislators to force them to vote against a resolution that with voter approval could bring higher mining taxes in 2015.
The Assembly Taxation Committee unanimously approved a bill Thursday that would change how state taxes are distributed to local governments but would not give North Las Vegas the additional $25.8 million a year it sought.
A number of bills that could generate controversy in future committee hearings, from assessing a 5-cent fee on some fast-food purchases to prohibiting pedestrians from texting while crossing a highway, were introduced Thursday in the Assembly.
Assembly Minority Leader Pat Hickey introduced a bill Thursday that would mandate that lawmakers meeting between legislative sessions follow the requirements of Nevada’s open meeting law.
Assemblyman Steven Brooks – arrested twice, ousted from his caucus and banished from the Nevada Legislature in the past month – has now come under the radar of the state agency that regulates on-the-job safety as a possible workplace hazard.
Sen. Joe Hardy introduced a bill Wednesday to make it unlawful for young people to ride long skateboards without wearing a helmet.
A bill that would allow Nevada to get into the business of interactive gaming was introduced in the Assembly on Wednesday.
A bill that would expand the types of consensual sexual acts between prison inmates that could be prosecuted as felonies drew opposition Wednesday.
CARSON CITY – The Nevada State Gaming Control Board is pushing for legislation in the Nevada Senate to tax the net profits of Internet poker tournaments.
State Sen. Ruben Kihuen complained Tuesday that the state will lose thousands of road construction jobs because of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s decision to raid the highway fund to balance his proposed $6.55 billion state government budget.
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 […]
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.
Gov. Joe Lombardo sent a letter requesting a legislative commission expand an audit of the CCSD to include an investigation into its potential budget shortfalls.
