Nevada Politics

Nevada Treasurer Dan Schwartz and state Controller Ron Knecht, two fiscal conservatives swept into office by the Republican wave, have released an alternative Nevada budget to rival GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval’s spending plan....

North Korea tested what it described as a new type of “cutting-edge” anti-ship missile with its leader Kim Jong Un pictured beaming at the launch, as shown in state media on Saturday....

Republican lawmakers made it clear in the first week of the 2015 Nevada legislative session that there is a new sheriff in town....

The Internal Revenue Service has limited the amount of free federal tax forms it will provide to places that participate in the Tax Forms Outlet Program, including libraries in the Las Vegas Valley and Boulder City....

Session after session, local governments have brought their case to the Legislature asking for at least some control over purely local issues and problems.Their pleas have largely fallen on deaf ears in a ...

All eyes and most of the talk has been focused on the $1.1 billion worth of extended sunsets and new taxes in Gov. Brian Sandoval’s recommended 2016-17 budget.That includes $544.5 million over the biennium by extending the “tem...

Henderson city employees could be fired for talking to a news reporter under a new and highly unusual policy....

State Health Officer Tracey Green told lawmakers on Friday despite the concerns raised by some parents, there’s no proven connection between vaccinations — including for measles — and autism in children.Green said she and count...

None of Las Vegas or North Las Vegas’ City Council incumbents will win re-election without a fight. Three might even have to fight a soccer stadium....

A panel of lawmakers spent Friday afternoon learning about Nevada’s live entertainment tax, a levy that generates more than $150 million a year but is filled with loopholes....

The head of the Democratic National Committee met Friday with Nevada activists to discuss strategies to defeat a proposed voter ID law that could hurt the party’s turnout here in the 2016 presidential election....

The standing ovation for retired Army Staff Sgt. Shilo Harris was so long and loud that he pulled his ears off — the artificial ones doctors had made for him during his long road to recovery from a bomb blast in Iraq....

A Senate committee has passed a Republican-sponsored bill that would provide money to build new schools but suspend wage rules favored by unions. The Senate Government Affairs Committee approved ......

In a devastating setback for proponents of a stadium funded partially with public money, Judge Jerry Wiese ruled Friday that the measure can go on the June ballot.
In so doing, Wiese parsed the meaning of the constitutional definitions the city had relied on, shredded the government's arguments and ...

Nevada state Sen. Debbie Smith was scheduled to undergo a four- to five-hour surgery at a Texas hospital on Friday to remove a brain tumor and determine whether it's cancerous. The Sparks Democrat, 59, was diagnosed with a tumor last Thursday and is ......

State Sen. Debbie Smith was resting Friday at a Houston hospital after undergoing surgery for a brain tumor....

Two gun-related bills, including a measure that would do away with a handgun registration requirement in Clark County, were introduced Friday in the Assembly....

In a piece about what The Sandoval Sweep has wrought for the governor, National Journal's Scott Bland distills it quite nicely:
SPOTLIGHT: The Downside of Coattails...

With the economy on the rebound and city finances looking stronger, incumbents from North Las Vegas and Henderson will have a ready made talking point to support ......

The Public Employees Retirement System presented its budget before the Senate Finance Committee Thursday.However, not a single question was raised about the 2.25 percent premium increase approved by the PERS Board.The increase ...

A proposed law in conservative Utah aimed at clarifying its definition of consent in sexual assault cases has drawn widespread attention after a state representative questioned how it might work between married couples....

All three Henderson City Council members who are up for re-election this year now have challengers, but Municipal Court Judge Douglas Hedger is running unopposed....

The largest fire department in Nevada named a 25-year agency veteran as chief Thursday. Gregory D. Cassell, new chief of the Clark County Fire Department, was “the most qualified and capable person to lead,” County Manager Don Burnette said in a release....

The Churchill County Commissioners approved Social Services Director Shannon Ernst as the new public guardian and with doing so the county will be hiring for a full-time human services specialist. Ernst said as of ...

The Secretary of State’s Elections division is asking upwards of $53,000 to continue and expand participation in a multi-state program seeking to identify people registered to vote in more than one jurisdiction.Elections Deputy...

Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada on Thursday demanded the Department of Veterans Affairs add staff “immediately” to attack a backlog of benefit appeals....

Likely Republican presidential contender Marco Rubio will sign copies of his new book in Las Vegas later this month. ...

President Barack Obama will send Congress a proposal to authorize the use of force against ISIS shortly, both the White House and House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday, setting up a what’s sure to be a fierce political fight on Capitol Hill....

The Nevada Senate on Thursday appointed alternates to three committees while Sen. Debbie Smith undergoes treatment for a brain tumor....

A bill to address the problem of people running for offices in areas where they don’t live is back in the Nevada Legislature. But can it really work?...