Nevada Politics

The fact Nevada’s gaming win was flat in November compared to a year ago is actually good, not bad. Gaming Control board Analyst Mike Lawton said November 2013 was “a significant tough comparison.” A year ago, Game and Table wi...

Conservative activist Chuck Muth has registered a Political Action Committee to try to recall Assembly Speaker Designate John Hambrick from office. Hambrick, a Republican, was re-elected in District 2. It includes the western s...

A total of 284 people died in traffic crashes during 2014. That is 18 more than were killed the previous year. A spokesman for the Nevada Department of Transportation said fatalities have increased in recent years af...

Gov. Brian Sandoval recognized John Matthews as Nevada’s December 2014 Veteran of the Month in a recent presentation at the state capitol. Nevada Department of Veterans Services manages the monthly program. “As I r...

Newly elected Churchill County officials were sworn in Monday at the Churchill County Commissioners’ first meeting of 2015. County clerk/treasurer Kelly Helton swore in the elected officials, wh...

Gov. Brian Sandoval told a crowd of more than 200 he would dedicate his second four-year term to Nevada’s young people and their education. He made th...

The first County Commission meeting of January will be conducted Monday at 8:15 a.m. at the Churchill County Administration Building chambers, 155 N. Taylor St. Among the items commissioners will discuss and that a...

There are now nearly 11,000 Nevada Sesquicentennial license plates on the road, making the plate honoring the state’s 150th anniversary of statehood one of the most popular in DMV’s inventory. The dark blue plate with a full-co...

The Nevada Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision issued Wednesday, lifted the injunction preventing Reno from laying off 32 firefighters. The layoffs were ordered in May after the federal gover...

James Hardesty will assume the title of Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court with the new year. Hardesty takes over from Justice Mark Gibbons in the post, which rotates among the justices each year. Justices become eligibl...

The Nevada Rural Housing Authority is offering an online course in the responsibilities of owning a home. The court, titled “After the close — Homeowner Education,” was originally created for new homeowners who take advantage o...