It’s been a bad month for Steven Brooks. The Democratic Assemblyman from Las Vegas is in pain from medical problems and, he says, a physical beating he took before he was arrested and accused of threatening to harm Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick.
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Through creative accounting, controversial Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura in the past month has paid lawyers Spencer Judd and Robert Pool, against the wishes of Clark County commissioners, the Review-Journal has learned.
The strange saga of Assemblyman Steven Brooks, who faces a felony charge of threatening Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, got a bit stranger Wednesday when he made a brief appearance at the Legislative Building.
The 2013 Nevada Legislature doesn’t convene for another few weeks, but the pre-session budget subcommittee hearings where lawmakers will get their first chance to publicly comment on it will start Wednesday.
Embattled Assemblyman Steven Brooks, D-North Las Vegas, did not show up Tuesday morning at the Legislative Building for a planned news conference on an alleged threat against the Assembly speaker.
Assemblyman Steven Brooks was arrested Saturday on a charge of threatening Nevada Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick. A state legislator said Brooks had been telling people Kirkpatrick’s “first day as speaker would be her last.”
State Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis, a Las Vegas Democrat, uses the word “friendly” to describe the tone he expects during the 77th Nevada legislative session that begins in two weeks.
Nearly one-third of Nevada’s 63 lawmakers attended an invitation-only event hosted by the National Rifle Association at a Las Vegas shooting range Saturday, organizers said.
Gov. Brian Sandoval seeks lower interest rate on the $703 million that Nevada employers owe the federal government for unemployment insurance benefits paid during the Great Recession.
The state’s chief economist strongly defended Gov. Brian Sandoval’s assertion Wednesday that 30,000 new jobs have been created during his first two years as governor, although the actual job gain in Nevada is at least 8,000 lower than that figure.
The proposed $6.55 billion state budget that Gov. Brian Sandoval to be released Wednesday night looks a lot like the one he submitted just before the 2011 legislative session.
The leader of ProgressNow Nevada has called on state legislators to boycott a meeting Saturday at a gun store and shooting range in Las Vegas where National Rifle Association lobbyists will talk about semi-automatic weapons and demonstrate their use.
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 […]
The Athletics are moving a step closer to getting construction underway on their $1.75 billion Las Vegas stadium after filing for a commercial grading permit this week with Clark County.
The U.S. General Services Administration dismissed approximately 12 staff members between Las Vegas and Reno, according to Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s office.
The closure, approved by the County Commission, is for operator Affinity Interactive to transition Primm properties from destination resorts to traveler resources.
Two offices in Elko serving Native Americans are subject to cuts from the Department of Government Efficiency.