Nevada Politics

Assembly Bill 120 would allow students to sue if they believe their free exercise of religion rights have been violated....

The sponsor of a bill heard in the Assembly Education Committee Monday said he wants to protect students like 2008 Henderson valedictorian Brittany McComb, whose commencement speech was cut off when she spoke about her Christian faith....

In testimony slated to be given Wednesday before the House Judicary Committee, Attorney General Adam Laxalt plans to try to steer the discussion away from the political hot button of immigration to "the President’s attempt to change the law through unconstitutional executive action."
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Conservative Assemblyman Ira Hansen wants to prohibit licensed Nevada contractors from hiring people who are in the country illegally....

Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday urged Republicans in Congress to pass a homeland security bill by deadline this week and avert a shutdown that could disrupt millions of dollars in grants to Nevada and more than 1,500 government workers....

CARSON CITY — Legislative Democratic leaders Monday announced plans to introduce a bill requiring equal pay for equal work in Nevada....

Latino voter turnout fell in 2014 below both 2012 and 2010, accounting in part for the drop in Democratic votes and the rising Republican wave that gave the GOP control of the U.S. Senate and both houses of the Nevada Legislature....

I think we should start a betting pool on just how many insane effusions will come out of Assemblywoman Michele Fiore's mouth every week.
Last week it was the "hot li...

A bill seeking to change the public employees retirement system for future hires by switching to a mostly defined-contribution plan was introduced Monday in the Assembly....

After a week away, Steve catches up on some news that broke while he was on staycation....

Local governments want to limit presumed benefits for public safety workers who develop heart or lung disease, cancer or hepatitis, but police, fire and other labor organizations Monday denounced cost concerns as unfounded....

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman launched her first attack against challenger City Councilman Stavros Anthony this morning when she accused the former Metro Police officer of ......

A state takeover of local schools. Those words and little more have been revealed about Gov. Brian Sandoval's plan to yank Nevada's worst schools out of their local districts and into state control.

All that's been provided is the name of a new state agency — the Achievement School District — under which these failing schools would be placed, and a list of 78 schools put on watch by the Nevada Department of Education.

Two disparate events Wednesday will showcase Nevada with the ongoing immigration reform debate as a backdrop....

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday formally requested an emergency stay to put on hold a Texas judge’s decision that temporarily blocked President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration from taking effect....

Some of Las Vegas’ most influential players don’t have offices in the Capitol or answer to constituents. They’re lobbyists, political strategists and former lawmakers — players in a $3 billion industry trying to win over lawmakers for a cause. Here’s a look at six of Nevada's strong team of behind...

The legacy of one of Nevada’s early leaders is under fire in one of the more upscale neighborhoods of the nation’s capital....

Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt, on the job less than two months, is getting some national exposure this week....

Not even a year on the job and North Las Vegas’ director of neighborhood and leisure services has decided to call it quits....

Bill O’Reilly’s account of a 1982 riot in Argentina is being sharply contradicted by seven other journalists who were his colleagues and were also there at the time....

Ed Vogel loved people.
That made him different from many journalists.
Ed Vogel loved human interest stories....

A flurry of firearm and Second Amendment related bills introduced in the Legislature have already generated plenty of controversy even though none of the major proposals have even had hearings yet....

For nearly a century, the gasoline tax has provided the financial foundation for the nation's roads. For each gallon they pump, motorists have paid several additional cents in taxes to their state and federal governments....

Per-capita federal highway funding going to Nevada, which had been climbing, fell 6 percent from 2008 to 2013 and faces an uncertain future even as the state's population grows and infrastructure ages....

Touted as one of the first interstate highways, a 200-mile span of Interstate 70 between suburban St. Louis and Kansas City stands as a prime example of the challenges facing the nation's roads ......

Although taxes got the lion’s share of attention in the run-up to the 2015 Legislature, the subject has almost disappeared through week three of the session.For now.Instead, the focus has been on a collection of issue...

Forty-six years ago in Vietnam, Steve Lowery risked his life in a battle for Hill 1308. Now the decorated Marine veteran is fighting his way up a paperwork mountain that the Department of Veterans Affairs has created....

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 admitted the rea...

CARSON CITY — Nevada Sen. Aaron Ford said a film tax credit program launched a year ago has helped attract nine TV shows and films and more than $69 million in spending to the state. F...

U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy drew mixed reactions from Hispanic business leaders Friday afternoon while discussing immigration reform and the state’s struggling education system. The congressman got a mostly warm reception at ......