Residents in the riverside gambling town of Laughlin want the Nevada Legislature to help them become a city. But first they need to overcome objections from the state’s gambling industry, a major utility and even community namesake and founder Don Laughlin.
Politics and Government
Assembly members had a bit of fun Thursday before voting unanimously to abolish a 30-year-old law requiring the state to establish an advisory council on the metric system.
Opposition to a bill that would enable construction of snow play area on Mount Charleston appeared to thaw during a legislative hearing.
CARSON CITY — A proposal in the state Legislature would allow Nevadans to walk away from their houses after a foreclosure or short sale without getting sued to repay the balance owed, even if they refinanced the property to buy cars, pay off credit cards, send kids to college or otherwise spend their home equity.
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 […]
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.
The Nevada Supreme Court has ordered the dismissal of a sex abuse indictment against Nathan Chasing Horse, while leaving open the possibility of charges being refiled.
Airport officials are considering a massive modernization at Harry Reid International Airport that will expand Terminal 1 from 39 to 65 gates.