Nevada Politics

RENO — It sounded like one of those win-win situations that are so hard to find when divvying up public lands in the West. A rural Nevada town near the Utah line would get to build their new water storage tank, an ...

The Senate finished its work on the Faraday Future tax package Friday night. The Senate passed Senate Bill 1, the Assembly bill and two water infrastructure bills late ...

The Nevada Assembly passed AB1, Friday evening, 37-4. The vote is part of the Special Session, called by Governor Brian Sandoval. The session was called to allow tax $335 million in tax incentives and infrastructure costs to bring Faraday Future to the Silver State.

Senate Bill 1, the primary piece of legislation to make the Faraday Future deal happen, got hung up in the Senate Thursday night.Opponents say legislative language m ...

CARSON CITY — State lawmakers Thursday dissected details of two bills that would give Faraday Future hundreds of millions of dollars in tax credits and abatements, and establish a workforce training program to prepare Nevadans to work at the electric car maker's $1 billion assembly plant proposed for the Apex industrial site in Southern Nevada.

The Nevada Legislature convened in special session Wednesday evening to consider three bills that will implement the deal bringing electric carmaker Farad ...

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson made an appearance in Carson City Wednesday to discuss his political platform in a “Meet Ben Carson” rally.Nearly 400 ...

The legislative Interim Finance Committee on Wednesday approved using $3.68 million in federal and civil settlement money to begin testing the state’s huge backlog of untested rape kits.The kits conta ...

It looks like everyone is coming to Carson City for the Special Session.

CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval late Tuesday issued a proclamation calling the Nevada Legislature into session beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday to consider a package of tax incentives to bring the startup electric car manufacturer Faraday Future to Southern Nevada.

Assemblywoman Victoria Dooling, R-Henderson, on Tuesday told the legislative Sunset Committee the existing committee that reviews the pay of Nevada elected officials lacks the power to take politics o ...

Giving lawmakers and the Legislative Counsel Bureau less than 24 hours to pull things together, Gov. Brian Sandoval late Tuesday issued a proclamation calling a special Legislative session to give F ...

A powerhouse Washington, D.C., lobbying firm founded by Paul Laxalt, a native Nevada son and former governor and U.S. senator, is shutting its doors, his daughter said Tuesday.

Michelle Laxalt said her father's declining health forced the decision to close the Paul Laxalt Group that took root nearly three decades ago.

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s campaign swing through Nevada during the past five days renewed a long-standing friendship with a Fallon pastor.Sam Stanton, pastor of the ...

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, one of a handful of Republicans running for his party’s presidential nomination, made a quick two-day campaign swing to Carson City, Fallon an ...

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, one of a handful of Republicans running for his party’s presidential nomination, made a quick two-day campaign swing to Carson City, Fallon an ...

Members of the Economic Forum were told on Thursday less than half way through Fiscal 2016, General Fund revenues are $27.8 million below the forecast used to build the state budget.Fully half of that ...

Economists told the Economic Forum on Thursday Nevada’s jobs growth rate is once again the best in the nation.The growth rate was tops until the 2007 recession but dropped to last in the nation in 200 ...

Former Arkansas governor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will make a short swing through western Nevada early next week including a stop in Fallon on Monday morning ...

Dr. Ben Carson, Republican presidential candidate, will visit the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St., on Wednesday, Dec. 16. Doors will open at noon. Seating is limited and on a first ...

The Chinese billionaire behind Faraday reveals himself!
Huge news: Read all about it, one week before a special session is about to be called. Deal with Faraday scheduled to be announced Thursday.
 

The DCCC won't take "no" for an answer.

 
Nevada may remain out of reach for the GOP presidential nominee if the Latino vote rises as expected in 2016, making up more than a fifth of the vote, according to a new analysis.

The Churchill County High School Advanced Placement Chemistry class presented its community survey of the Yucca Mountain Oversight Project to the Churchill County Commissioners at Thursday’ ...

The Board of Examiners on Tuesday approved spending $346,507 to expand and update equipment at Silver State Industries.Deputy Director of Corrections Brian Connett told the board headed by Gov. Brian ...

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said on Tuesday negotiations with electric car company Faraday are continuing but not final yet.Faraday has been reported nearing a deal with the state for well over three ...

I have been reporting that a special session for Faraday Future, the electric car company, is expected to be called this week and take place on Dec. 16, and the word has reached many who want to piggyback onto the agenda.

Here's the draft of the form presented by staff to the Tax Commission on Monday, and it ain't that complex, especially with that $4 million deduction:

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval is hitting back at comments California Gov. Jerry Brown made about other states' gun laws after the deadly shooting in San Bernardino.
Brown said earlier this week that Nevada and Arizona's looser gun laws are "a gigantic backdoor through which any terrorist can walk."