Nevada Politics

A wide-ranging Nevada bill discussed Wednesday would bar people from owning a gun after a domestic violence conviction. But it also drew strident criticism for broadening the definition of justifiable homicide and exp...

Citing issues ranging from construction defects and tort reform to education, tourism and economic development, Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison told a breakfast meeting of business leaders on Wednesday this legislative sessio...

Nevada lawmakers continued to push their extensive reform agenda Wednesday, passing a bill sharply reducing the size of a bond that must be posted to appeal a construction defects award.The vote on SB134 by Majority L...

The Nevada Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved SB37 allowing the use of Global Positioning System devices to track parolees, probationers and other offenders under state supervision.Testimony in committee indicat...

Political journalists often think they are smarter than politicians and could do a better job. But newsman Terry Care didn’t just bloviate. He put his smarts on the line, proving that he could do a better job than many lawmakers....

A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday signaled support for a Muslim woman who filed a lawsuit after she was denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch Co clothing store in Oklahoma because she wore a head scarf for religious reasons....

Nevada represented both sides of the country's immigration debate today at separate events discussing President Barack Obama’s stalled immigration deal ......

Just as Bill O’Reilly was trying to move on from a dispute over his war stories, the Fox News host suddenly has more questions to answer. This time, the scrutiny is being directed at an account of his investigation into John F. Kennedy’s assassination....

Employees would have to work more than 40 hours a week before receiving overtime pay under a bill introduced Wednesday in the Nevada Legislature....

Republican activist and political consultant Tony Dane’s attorney is sharply denying that Dane illegally funneled conduit contributions to his political action committee through his political consulting company....

Debate over a gun bill in the Senate raises the question of when killing is justified in Nevada....

CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers are proposing a special seal for the diplomas of bilingual high school graduates. Members of the Assembly Education Committee are expected to review AB166 at a meeting on Wednesday. The ...

CARSON CITY — A bill to change the makeup of Nevada’s public employee retirement board has died in an Assembly committee after meeting stiff opposition in a hearing last week from Democrats and union representatives. ...

In the ongoing attempt by the secretary of state and the attorney general to probe GOP activist Tony Dane's suspicious quarter-million-dollar PAC contribution, the AG pointed out that the subject of the probe's lawyer apparently missed the point. The attorney then responded, in what seems to be his ...

A wide-ranging Nevada bill discussed Wednesday would bar people from owning a gun after a domestic violence conviction. But it also drew strident criticism for broadening the definition of justifiable homicide and ......

North Las Vegas is seeking a legislative fix that would allow it to take action when Clark County gets cold feet on political “hot potatoes” such as the More Cops sales tax....

A new bill would relax Nevada’s reciprocity standards when it comes to concealed weapons....

The Assembly Government Affairs Committee today rejected a bill to change the governing board of the state Public Employees’ Retirement System. The bill was strongly opposed by ......

When President Barack Obama rejected a bill approving the Keystone pipeline Tuesday, he opened a new era of governing — one where vetoes are a lot more common....

State lawmakers took up the first of three 2nd Amendment bills Wednesday, with the Assembly Judiciary Committee hearing testimony on a bill that would require Nevada to recognize concealed carry weapon permits issued to individuals from all other states....

Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt on Wednesday presented Congress the case against President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration, delivering an argument he said should focus on constitutional law and not partisan politics....

Legislation to add members of the general public to the PERS oversight board rejected by lawmakers....

Appearing before Congress, Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt elaborated on his controversial decision to join a lawsuit against President Barack Obama’s immigration actions, telling lawmakers it’s a matter of defending the rule of law. “This suit is not about immigration,” Laxalt told members of ...

University officials asked a combined hearing of the Assembly Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees on Tuesday to restore the merit pool funding that provides professors and other professionals with raises.The ...

Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday signed the first major Republican-backed reform bill of the 2015 session, a measure making changes to Nevada’s construction defect law....

A proposal to change auto emissions testing to once every two years instead of annually is facing an uphill battle in the Nevada Legislature....

State Sen. Joe Hardy thinks Nevada’s schoolchildren should exercise their bodies as well as their minds, but his bill to mandate at least 30 minutes of physical education a day for students from kindergarten to the 11th grade isn’t expected to proceed this session in its current form after a hea...

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed a bill aimed at curbing frivolous lawsuits over construction defects. The Republican governor signed the measure into law on Tuesday, saying AB125 will strengthen ......

Controller Ron Knecht says he and his staff are hoping a new electronic tracking system will help them collect at least some of the $92 million owed to the state.But his assistant controller Jim Smack admit...

Lawmakers have introduced a bill allowing gun owners with concealed carry permits to bring their weapons to schools and portions of airports. Republican Assemblywoman Michele Fiore introduced AB 148 on Friday, and the...