Nevada Politics

Two members of Congress from Nevada are reserving seats on the tour that will take a group of lawmakers to Yucca Mountain next month, a visit its organizer hopes will spark new interest in the shuttered nuclear waste site....

Las Vegans will not get a chance to weigh in on millions of dollars in public soccer stadium subsidies after all....

For his first piece of legislation as a member of Congress, Rep. Cresent Hardy is taking on the federal government. The Nevada Republican introduced a bill today to limit ......

After losing his congressional seat in a Republican wave in November, Nevada Democrat Steven Horsford was considered a shoo-in to run for his old seat in 2016 — and win. That won’t be happening.
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Gov. Brian Sandoval and three former governors called on state lawmakers today to pass a tax bill that would raise $438 million for education in the next two years. The plea came 72 days after Sandoval’s State of the State address in which he eschewed traditional conservative ideologies and ......

Former U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, who was swept from office in a Republican wave last fall, plans to return to public relations rather than try to regain the seat....

Without dissent, the state Senate today approved a bill that would allow county assessors to post annual property tax rolls on the Internet instead of ......

U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy of Nevada introduced his first bill on Wednesday, a measure that would restrict federal land purchases until the government gets its budget in balance....

When it comes to raising campaign cash, it’s good to be an incumbent. The seven city council members in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson running for re-election outraised ......

The White House said on Wednesday that it was deeply concerned by the use of “divisive rhetoric” in the Israeli election that sought to undermine Arab-Israeli citizens....

Real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump took the first steps on Wednesday toward launching a 2016 presidential campaign, a sign the businessman may jump into the Republican race after publicly considering it in years past....

Assembly Republicans have crafted a tax plan that is a hybrid of the business licesne fee component used by the govervor and an expansion of the payroll tax plan sought by some business types, sources confirm.
The plan is expected to drop Monday, the deadline for committee bill introductions.
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A coalition of some of the state’s largest business, civic and education groups held a press conference Wednesday to give their strong support for Gov. Brian Sandoval’s business license fee proposal and education priorities....

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid thanked likely Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul of Kentucky for dispensing "expert advice" on Reid's injured right eye. "I really appreciate it very, very much," the Nevada Democrat said to Paul, a Republican senator and ......

Despite opposition from Democrats, the Assembly Judiciary Committee today passed three gun bills, including one allowing people with ......

A bill that would allow those with concealed weapons permits to take their weapons onto the state’s college campuses won approval Wednesday in the Assembly Judiciary Committee....

Gov. Brian Sandoval will testify before the entire Nevada Legislature on a plan raising business license fees to help fund K-12 education. The popular Republican governor will speak Wednesday afternoon during ......

In the first two days of this week, lawmakers introduced more than 200 pieces of legislation.The reason: Monday was the deadline for bill introductions by individual lawmakers — a dead...

Gov. Brian Sandoval has named Robert Davidson, founder of the Davidson Academy, to fill the Board of Regents seat vacated by Ron Knecht.Knecht resigned from the District 9 seat when he won election to the office of St...

A hearing over a pair of voter ID laws descended into craziness on Tuesday....

A proposal that would require Nevadans to provide a valid ID before they could vote sparked a contentious, two-hour debate at the state Legislature on Tuesday....

Nevada’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up a tenth to 7.1 percent in January but the raw rate rose a full six tenths to 7.5 percent.Churchill and Lyon counties, though,saw sharp increases from ...

The Senate Government Affairs Committee was urged on Friday to let the citizens of Ely decide whether they want to be a city or not. Ely has been a city for 100 years but White Pine County Commissioner Richard Howe sa...

Nevada rancher: Need to save sage grouseAUSTIN — Private landowners and conservationists in Nevada and several other Western states continue to work together to prevent the sage grouse from being...

The second County Commission meeting of March will be conducted today at 1:15 p.m. at the Churchill County Administration Building chambers, 155 N. Taylor St. Among the items commissioners will discuss and that are up...

The Senate Government Affairs Committee was urged on Friday to let the citizens of Ely decide whether they want to be a city or not. Ely has been a city for 100 years but White Pine County Commissioner Richard Howe sa...

And "Ralston Live" makes its debut in a political ad campaign, the race for Las Vegas mayor:
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Democratic Sen. Pat Spearman has unveiled an alternative tax plan that she says would generate as much revenue as Gov. Brian Sandoval's proposal ......

Sen. Rand Paul is set to make official a presidential bid that has long been expected, a senior adviser to the Kentucky Republican said Tuesday, pointing to April 7 as ......

The City Council seats up for grabs in cash-strapped North Las Vegas ride on when question: Who can be trusted to make sure the city stays on the upswing?...