Nevada Politics

Leaders of a House subcommittee have set an April 9 tour of Yucca Mountain, part of a campaign to draw new attention to the mothballed Nevada nuclear waste site....

Clark County on Tuesday approved an $85,000 settlement of a lawsuit filed by the father of Roderick “RJ” Arrington, a 7-year-old boy beaten to death in 2012 despite a call for help to a county child abuse hotline....

The recall effort against a North Las Vegas municipal judge is a witch hunt, according to a political consultant who formed a group to counter the campaign to oust the judge....

New measures seeking reforms to Nevada’s public employee pension system have been introduced at the Nevada Legislature, including a measure that would prohibit the purchase of service credits to retire at an earlier age....

Three Southern Nevada Democratic state senators introduced a bill Tuesday that would abolish Nevada’s modified business tax for non-financial institutions and impose a new fee based on gross receipts over $25,000....

A Nevada senator has introduced a bill that would allow pets to use pot. Democratic Sen. Tick Segerblom is sponsoring the bill that was introduced Tuesday. SB372 calls on state officials to issue ......

A bipartisan group of Nevada senators have introduced a bill legalizing physician-assisted suicide. SB 336 was introduced in the Nevada Senate on Monday evening and would allow terminally ill patients to take medication ending their lives. Republican senators ......

On Monday, Sens. Ben Kieckhefer, R-Carson City, Washoe, and David Parks, D-Las Vegas, introduced Senate Bill 336, the Nevada Patient Self-Determination Act. The bill outlines the process and strict safeguards required for terminally ill individuals to request and receive a prescription medication from their physician to hasten death.

House Speaker John Boehner called on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to turn over her email server to a “neutral third party” for review....

It happens every year -- thousands of voters knocked off the active rolls in Clark County because they have not cast ballots in several cycles and cannot be found.
It usually disproportionately hurts the Democrats, who have more transient voters -- and this month is no different: At the end of Febru...

Mitt Romney is jumping into the ring — an actual boxing ring — with ex-heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, a Romney aide confirmed on Monday....

The sponsor of a bill seeking to raise Nevada’s speed limit on some highways tapped the brakes Tuesday with an amendment lowering the permissible speed by 5 mph to 80 mph....

Neighbors are fighting a proposed Blue Bell ice cream distribution center in Henderson, with one filing a lawsuit Monday seeking to stop the project....

Businesses and lobbyists are singing the praises of Gov. Brian Sandoval as he prepares to lobby for his $438 million business license fee proposal. But how much they ......

Nevada Department of Transportation officials open bids to construct the final phase of the Carson bypass project on April 2.The NDOT Board headed by Gov. Brian Sandoval is expected to formally award the pr...

Potential White House contender Hillary Clinton criticized the Republican-led U.S. Congress on Monday in a pair of tweets, calling Capitol Hill fights over a key Obama administration nominee and a human trafficking bill a “trifecta against women.”...

Over the past two weeks, 28 workers in 19 cities filed complaints against McDonald’s about injuries they suffered on the job. Many say they’ve been burned on bubbling cooking oil or hot grills, a union-backed group said Monday....

Senate Finance Chairman Ben Kieckhefer, R-Reno, told his committee on Monday that lawmakers are a full week ahead of schedule in reviewing the governor’s proposed budget.“We’re about to begin clo...

Cat lovers and bird lovers are taking opposite sides on a Nevada bill that would allow local governments to adopt no-kill programs to reduce the feral cat population. The Assembly Government Affairs Committee held a h...

More than 16 million Americans have gained coverage since President Barack Obama's health care law took effect five years ago ......

As the deadline for introduction of bills nears, the Nevada Legislature gives itself an extra day to come up with proposed laws. But some of the ideas to amend the Constitution should be cause for concern....

Harry Mortenson, the retired nuclear physicist who served in the Nevada Assembly, was known for being quiet but steadfastly persuasive in his policy approach. He died Wednesday at 84....

A Nevada lawmaker is introducing a bill that would allow industrial marijuana farming ......

North Las Vegas is trying to tell a story that’s different than the tale of woe it’s been saddled with for decades, and on Wednesday the City Council will decide if it wants to continue to entrust its spokesman with that job....

Equal rights, voter rights, divorce, sex education and campaign laws were among throngs of bills introduced in the Nevada Legislature on Monday, the deadline for lawmakers to get their individually sponsored measures into the 2015 legislative hopper....

Ron Knecht, the State Controller will be the speaker at the Carson City Republican Women's March Membership Luncheon and Meeting to be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at the Carson City Nugget (507 N. Carson St., Carson City). Social time will start at 11:00 am, the luncheon/meeting will begin at 11:30 am, and the cost of the luncheon will be $20.00 (Cash only please, no checks). Please RSVP to Judy Wakefield at 882-6842 or themadknitter007@gmail.com.

I have been calling it the Business License Tax since it was released by the governor.
Why?
1. Because it is a tax. 2. Because BLT is acronymically funnier.
Now tax maven Carole Vilardo has revealed she agrees at the top of a line-by-line explanation of the tax bill that will have its first hearing ...

Boutique distilleries that tout “grain to glass” spirits want to be able to sell more bottles directly to consumers, a move opposed by distributors who say allowing too many direct sales would upset Nevada’s wholesale and taxing protections....

Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to run a primary campaign for the Democratic nomination that will be focused on the four traditional early-to-vote states. In doing so ......

Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill that aims to curb predatory short-term lending. Republican Sen. Michael Roberson is sponsoring SB242, which would enact the ......