Nevada Politics

Nevada lawmakers are hoping to breathe new life into a film tax credits program that was gutted while the state worked to attract Tesla. The measure would remove a cap that ......

A federal court on Friday temporarily halted the Obama administration policy of detaining mothers and children seeking asylum in the United States....

Legislation making extensive changes designed to reduce the number and impact of construction defects litigation won final legislative passage Friday.Assembly Bill 125 now heads to Gov. Brian Sandoval’s d...

A bill aimed at curbing frivolous lawsuits over construction defects has passed the Senate and will be the first major bill of the session to go to the governor. The Senate passed AB125 on Friday in an 11-8 party-line vote. Democrats opposed the ......

You may have heard that the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the state's largest and least complete newspaper, has been sold after many budget cuts and with fears of more to come.
The new owne...

A Republican-backed bill overhauling Nevada’s construction defect law was approved Friday by the state Senate on a party-line vote....

Michele of the Thousand Tax Liens and the Mouth That Gored (Herself) talked to The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Read it and weep.
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Las Vegas’ once-battered housing market has improved the past few years but remains riddled with problems such as foreclosures, underwater borrowers, flat wages and high unemployment. So why are Republicans in the Legislature pushing an overhaul of Nevada's construction-defect law as a way to boost...

A bill that would make it easier for some immigrants to teach in Nevada's classrooms is gaining momentum in the Legislature because it would help alleviate ......

Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell to 15,572 in January, the lowest for that month since 2007.A spokesman for the Department of Employment Training and Rehabilitation said historically, seasonal layoffs cau...

Rising enrollments and teacher step increases will require the state to pump more than $200 million more into the K-12 education budget just to maintain current levels of service.Superintendent of Education Dale Erqui...

The first in what is expected to be a series of tort reform bills introduced by the Republican majority was heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, sai...

Nevada is poised to “take off” as a major player in the aviation industry and could reap near immediate economic benefits by enacting aviation tax abatements, a transportation economist told state legislators Thursday....

The city of Henderson has revoked a policy that said employees could be fired for talking to the media....

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency on Friday asked Nevada lawmakers to support Gov. Brian Sandoval’s recommended budget to fund a total of $750,000 a year to protect Lake Tahoe from invasive aquatic species.Specifical...

Costumed square dancers who do-si-doed in a legislative meeting room say their hobby is good for everything from losing weight to picking up on women. The Assembly Government Affairs Committee heard testimo...

The Churchill County Commissioners agreed at their Wednesday meeting to move forward with enacting dog ordinances in the county.Sheriff Ben Trotter said after the Dec. 4 board meeting, the Dist...

Officials at Coral Academy of Science, a charter school with three campuses, want to open its fourth in a long-vacant Henderson shopping center, but more than 600 residents of Sun City MacDonald Ranch have signed a petition to oppose it....

Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske has no position on the governor's tax plan for education, leaving Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison as the only constitutional officer elected in The Sandoval Sweep backing the titular head of the GOP....

Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday night he doesn’t believe President Barack Obama “loves America,” according to a report....

The third bill of the Nevada legislative session dealing with collective bargaining was introduced Thursday in the Assembly....

Jim Marchant wants Assembly Speaker John Hambrick’s job. The owner of a Las Vegas water and ice vending business said Thursday that hopes to run against the Republican Las Vegas assemblyman in a potential recall election....

President Barack Obama on Thursday urged countries to tackle violent Islamist militancy around the world and rejected as “an ugly lie” suggestions that the West was at war with Islam....

Veteran Reporter Jon Ralston Joins PBS Stations in Nevada
Governor Brian Sandoval Scheduled as First Guest
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Harry Reid has been injured both politically and physically, but those close to him say that those who think he won't run for re-election in 2016 are missing a fundamental understanding of ......

Attorney General Adam Laxalt will appear before the House Judiciary Committee next week to discuss a Nevada-backed lawsuit against President Barack Obama's new immigration deal ......

A centerpiece of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s plan to give parents more choice in where their children attend school generated emotional testimony at an Assembly Education Committee hearing Wednesday....

GOP activist and political consultant Tony Dane’s attorney has filed a motion seeking the return of Dane’s property, which Metropolitan Police Department detectives seized when executing a search warrant at Dane’s Virginia residence....

The Silver State Exchange, the agency tasked with governing the state’s subsidized health insurance marketplace, is pushing for overhauls that could give the insurance industry ......

Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore has drawn criticism over a comment about concealed weapon permits. The Las Vegas Republican came under fire from Assembly leaders and women's groups after ......