Nevada Politics

Veterans turned out in force on Tuesday to back construction of a Northern Nevada Veterans Home.At present, the only veteran’s home in the state is in southern Nevada and, with 180 beds, is at capacity.Kat Miller, hea...

County assessors would no longer be required to publish annual property tax rolls in the local newspaper under a Nevada legislative proposal that would save taxpayers statewide hundreds of thousands of dollars at the expense of newspapers....

A bill designed to give lift to Nevada’s aviation industry cleared its first legislative pylon Tuesday with passage by a Senate committee....

A bill up for debate in the Nevada Legislature would allow the state to verify that the charities behind specialty license plates are spending the money the way ......

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada said Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s refusal to allow the Senate to vote on a nuclear deal with Iran left him “no choice” but to sign the provocative message that Republicans delivered to the Middle East power this week....

Newly elected U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy tours Las Vegas distribution center where his predecessor once pitched packages....

A bill detailing Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposal to overhaul Nevada’s business license fees to fund his education priorities is expected to be introduced in the Nevada Senate on Wednesday....

Republicans are sponsoring a bill that would make background checks for gun sales free and prevent more people with mental illness from having a firearm. SB240 was introduced in the Nevada Senate on Tuesday. It would expand ......

A bill seeking to change Nevada’s public employees retirement system for future hires by switching to a mostly defined-contribution plan has a hefty price tag in the neighborhood of $800 million a year, according to a fiscal note submitted for the measure....

Ah, Nevada.
No open-toed shoes or blouses without collars. Why? "Hot brass is not fun."
You can buy the rifle package or the machine-gun package.
Get ready you anti-Nevadan Bloombergians!
 

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Opponents of a bill to possibly raise the speed limit on rural stretches of Nevada highways to 85 mph urged state lawmakers to put the brakes on the proposal for public safety....

The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles is facing a perfect storm of new responsibilities and program changes that is generating a huge jump in customers and growing wait times at its offices, a panel of state lawmakers was told Tuesday....

Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill that would allow the state to raise highway speed limits to 85 miles per hour. Republican bill sponsor Sen. Don Gustavson testified ......

Likely Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton will hold a news conference on Tuesday to try to defuse a controversy over her use of private email for work while she was U.S. secretary of state....

For years, Sen. Harry Reid has declared a proposed project to store nuclear waste in Nevada’s Yucca Mountain dead. But just in case the project comes back to life ......

As a New Jersey Democratic senator comes under fire in a corruption investigation, Republicans are taking aim at another Democrat: Sen. Harry Reid. The Senate minority leader has not ......

A bill introduced Tuesday by four Nevada lawmakers would give the state new veto power over storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain....

Nevada lawmakers are pushing a bill that would require uniformed law enforcement officers to wear body cameras. Introduced Monday by Assemblyman Harvey Munford, D-Las Vegas, Assembly Bill 162 is one of 87 pieces of body camera legislation being considered in 29 states ......

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, a Republican presidential hopeful, signed a bill into law on Monday that stops private sector workers from being required to join a union or pay dues as a condition of employment....

Congressman Mark Amodei, R-Nev., told the Nevada Legislature on Monday the federal government is finally stepping up to meet its responsibility in the battle over...

Gov. Brian Sandoval made it clear Monday he has serious questions about the Nevada Department of Transportation request for a computer program to help decide which road and highway projects should have to...

Rep. Mark Amodei says Nevada lawmakers have nothing to fear from working with the federal government on sage grouse preservation efforts ......

Nevada’s legislative Democrats unveiled an ambitious agenda of policy ideas today, but the chances of most of them getting through the Republican-controlled Legislature are slim....

A Nevada state senator is attempting to repeal a state constitutional provision setting a basic minimum wage ......

A Nevada bill that would exempt businesses from paying minimum wage to independent contractors earned praise Monday from business owners who say they want the flexibility to hire people on contract. However, critics s...

Nevada could soon have a need-based grant program in addition to the Millennium Scholarship to help its graduates pay for college ......

A scholarship program sought by Gov. Brian Sandoval that would help low-income students attend private schools, including religious schools, won approval on a party-line 8-6 vote in the Assembly Education Committee on Monday....

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will speack at March 28 dinner in Carson City....

A bill seeking to define independent contractors in Nevada ran into stiff opposition in a Senate committee hearing Monday with critics arguing it would prevent some minimum wage workers from recouping unpaid wages and help employers avoid taxes....

A bill aimed at helping lower-income students afford private schools has cleared its first hurdle. It would allow businesses credit toward ......