Nevada Politics

The latest round of conflict between Nevada Republicans and unions came to a head on Wednesday during a bill hearing that would dramatically change collective-bargaining rules for public employee unions.Ass...

Members of Congress on Wednesday wrestled with a bill that seeks to ban legalized gambling on the Internet and roll it back in the few states — including Nevada — where it has been approved in some form....

Students, professors and activists rallied at UNLV Wednesday afternoon to oppose legislation that would allow concealed weapons on campus. Students at the University of Nevada in Reno held a similar rally at the same time....

Jack St. Martin on Wednesday was named president of Engage Nevada, a group that registered more than 30,000 conservative voters to fuel a Republican election wave that put the GOP in charge of state government and the Legislature....

North Las Vegas City Council candidate Matthew Anderson is running on the platform that a city in financial distress needs a businessman to help it bounce back, but the chiropractor has had his own financial hurdles, records show....

In a choose-your-own-facts debate, a Sheldon Adelson-backed bill to ban online gaming got its first airing in Congress with a controversial hearing. ...

LAS VEGAS — The revelation that a Nevada state prison inmate died of multiple gunshots more than four months ago, and a ruling that his death was a homicide is making waves in Carson City. Clark County Coroner Michael...

LAS VEGAS — The revelation that a Nevada state prison inmate died of multiple gunshots more than four months ago, and a ruling that his death was a homicide is making waves in Carson City. Clark County Coroner Michael...

Homeland Security's inspector general says applications for immigration visas for investors in the SLS Las Vegas casino-hotel development were sped through the approvals process with pressure ......

In what unions are slamming as an Armageddon for workers, legislative Republicans today vetted a bill that would weaken collective bargaining for police, firefighters, teachers and other local government employees. A panel of state lawmakers ......

Join Shelly Aldean and Karl Neathammer with their guest Nevada State Controller Ron Knecht as they discuss politicking and budgeting in the 78Th session of the Legislature.

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Assemblyman Randy Kirner told two hearing rooms filled with public union members on Wednesday that his bill to make several changes to the state’s collective bargaining law to benefit local governments and taxpayers does not constitute “union Armageddon” as has been characterized by some labor o...

The revelation that a Nevada state prison inmate died of multiple gunshots more than four months ago, and a ruling that his death was a homicide is ......

Nevada college students are rallying against a proposal that would allow concealed guns on university campuses. Students at UNLV and UNR gathered on campus Wednesday to voice their opposition to AB 148. Students and professors ......

Private entity groups would be allowed to place pooled wagers at Nevada sports books under a bill making a comeback in the Nevada Senate. Recently introduced Senate Bill 443 would allow a business entity to register with state gambling regulators and place big bets on football, basketball, boxin...

A controversial opinion piece by Nevada's newest member of Congress calling for a conversation on Yucca Mountain has the site's opponents saying ......

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen have sent a letter to Nevada lawmakers expressing general support for a collective bargaining reform bill that has infuriated public employee unions.
The two mayors straddle a fine line in the letter, obviously embracing some of the key ...

A bill that would allow recovery teams easier access to federal land to search for victims of crimes and accidents advanced in Congress on Wednesday....

It’s 500 miles from Bunkerville, there’s no cattle and plenty of red tape. For the Bundy family, the Nevada Legislature seems like the last place it wants to be ......

There came a time during the Assembly Judiciary Committee’s hearing Monday when Las Vegas Republican Michele Fiore wondered — out loud — why it was that county sheriffs weren’t arresting federal law enforcement officers (she called them “thugs”) for impersonating police officers....

Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., has scheduled an agriculture town hall meeting in Carson City for April 1.“Nevada’s agriculture industry is strong, but our hard-working producers and ranchers face unique challenges,” he sai...

Democratic Sen. Pat Spearman presented a tax plan Tuesday that she said gives one more route toward the goal of raising Nevada education funding by several hundred million dollars each year ......

A top Department of Homeland Security official improperly intervened to fast-track visas for foreign investors in the $415 million SLS Las Vegas renovation after being pressured by U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, according to an inspector general’s report released Tuesday....

Three Democratic state senators pushed an alternative tax plan to Gov. Brian Sandoval’s business license fee proposal Tuesday, calling their measure simpler, fairer and broad based....

A Republican state lawmaker’s move to raise Nevada’s base wage appears popular, though progressives want more....

Nevada Assemblyman Pat Hickey is making another effort this session to establish a cooling-off period for state lawmakers who want to become contract lobbyists at the Legislature....

Sierra Wellness Connection has received approval from the state to operate a marijuana cultivation plant in Reno.A spokesman said that’s the first such approval issued by the state.A spokesman said Sierra Wellness can...

While hiking in Ash Canyon John Petroulis took a photo of this animal. He has not been able to determine what species it is.“It was behind sage and would not come out in the open to be photographed. It co...

The Obama administration shifted gears Tuesday on nuclear waste, announcing it will seek to build separate repositories for radioactive material produced at nuclear power plants and for the waste generated by the government’s Cold War pursuit of atomic weapons....

In what he calls the “fourth quarter” of his presidency, President Barack Obama is adding some new members to his White House team. The President announced the creation of a new role, White House Chief Digital Officer....