A rural Nevada assemblyman said Monday he wasn’t serious when he told a Republican group that he would vote for slavery if that is what his constituents wanted.
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A memorial is scheduled this weekend in Las Vegas for Democratic Assemblywoman Peggy Pierce.
If Nevada elected officials decide to call a special session of the Legislature to deal with the ongoing federal government shutdown, they won’t have much money in the bank to address critical issues from funding food stamps to paying workers to process unemployment insurance claims.
Assemblywoman Peggy Pierce, known for her fearless efforts to raise taxes when others were afraid of even uttering the T-word, died early Thursday after a recurring battle with cancer. She was 59.
Trial has been delayed in California for former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks who is facing felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from a high-speed freeway chase and fight with police the same day he was expelled from the Legislature.
Many Nevada groups have long contended that a law approved by the 2005 Legislature requiring citizen-backed initiative petitions to confine themselves to a single subject has thwarted public access to the ballot. A coalition of groups is now challenging the single-subject limitation and is about to have its day in court.
Funeral services are scheduled Monday in Virginia City for Bob Thomas, a former Nevada assemblyman and newspaper columnist.
The Clark County Commission is expected to revisit its ordinance banning horse tripping, also called horse roping, after members of Nevada’s Legislative Hispanic Caucus expressed disappointment at a 6-1 vote on Tuesday keeping the prohibition intact.
Former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks pleaded not guilty in Southern California on Tuesday to felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from a police chase and confrontation in March.
State Sen. Mark Manendo might not be able to talk to the animals but he has made their cause his own in the Nevada Legislature.
The conservative group Citizen Outreach has been fined $10,000, plus attorneys fees and costs of $7,600, for failing to file campaign expense reports detailing the source of funds to pay for mailers criticizing then-Assemblyman John Oceguera in his 2010 re-election campaign.
Western Nevada College President Carol Lucey announced Tuesday she will step down from her position, saying she is unwilling to serve as president through another legislative session.
New social media and personal credit privacy laws have been enacted recently in a number of states around the country — including Nevada — could present problems for businesses, according to a Las Vegas-based labor and employment attorney.
Earlier this year, members of the Nevada Assembly took a pass on a controversy involving Assembly freshman Andrew Martin, D-Las Vegas, over questions about whether he actually lived in his district.
Nevadans are facing a Monday deadline to register their off-highway vehicles under a new state law, but only a fraction of owners have done so.
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 […]
As President Donald Trump was sworn into office inside the Capitol Rotunda, several people with Nevada ties were present, some sitting prominently onstage.
President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address sounded a lot like his first, with a sweeping indictment of the country he inherits and grand promises to fix its problems.
The city of Las Vegas is limiting how many animals pet stores and licensed breeders can sell to a individual households to one a year.
Sen. Jacky Rosen reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would implement “no taxes on tips,” a major campaign promise of President-elect Donald Trump.
