Nevada Politics

State Treasurer Dan Schwartz and his chief of staff Grant Hewitt Tuesday defended their selection of a marketing company saying the Reno-based business didn’t get inside information to help it win the ...

In New Hampshire this week, Hillary Clinton referred to undocumented immigrants as "illegal," pointed to her support for a border fence and mentioned the impossible logistics of rounding up 11 million people, a stark contrast to the overt pitch to DREAMers and the Hispanic vote she has made in N ...

The Nevada Department of Transportation board on Monday approved the largest contract in state history.The $559.4 million contract with Kiewit Infrastructure West will pay for Project NEON, a 3.7-mile ...

ELKO, Nev. — Several Nevada counties are acting prematurely in suing to block U.S. regulations intended to protect the greater sage grouse, said Gov. Brian Sandoval, who says he supports the lawsuit but not its ti ...

Very low marks for the state's purchasing process, internal auditing and lobbying disclosure dragged Nevada far down in the national rankings for public integrity, coming in at 46th out of 50 in a recent survey for its overall governance and anti-corruption efforts.

As he did with the first lawsuit challenging the school vouchers law, Attorney General Adam Laxalt has filed a motion to dismiss the second similar lawsuit.The first lawsuit against the so-called Educ ...

The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday restored the drivers’ license of a man charged with DUI because the chemist who presented his blood test evidence wasn’t certified as an expert witness.Vincent Val ...

Carson City Mayor Robert Crowell announced this morning he will seek a third term. “Today I am going to announcne that I am going to run for a third term for mayor,” Crowell said at a break ...

Mayor Robert Crowell will seek a third term, he announced Friday.The mayor, during a breakfast meeting that included a range of ethnic and business people at La Posada Real restaurant, said ...

The Supreme Court’s second hearing to study major changes in how defendants are released from jail before trial drew a crowd on Thursday, many of them bail bondsmen concerned what could happen to thei ...

A group headed by Sharron Angle, Sen. Don Gustavson and education activist John Eppolito on Thursday urged support for a constitutional amendment to restrict access to public school student data.They ...

You’re invited to a FREE “Roots of Liberty” two evening seminar, Nov 11 & 12, 6PM -9PM, presented by KrisAnne Hall, an incredibly passionate speaker at Silver State Charter High School, 788 Fairview Dr., Carson City.

It is important to know not only what your rights are, but why you have them. KrisAnne travels the country teaching the Constitution and the history that gave us our founding documents. KrisAnne will connect the dots for you like no one else can!

The committee charged with reviewing whether or not Nevada’s 200 boards and commissions are doing their jobs well has tentatively picked out 16 for examination this interim.The panel chaired by Sen. J ...

A Senate resolution that would nullify the so-called “Waters of the U.S.” expansion of the Clean Waters Act was approved by the Senate Wednesday.Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., said the plan to expand feder ...

Total gaming win fell 6.85 percent in Churchill County in September. The primary culprit was the slots that make up the vast majority of that area’s gaming win — down 5 percent to $5.15 mil ...

The first regularly scheduled meeting of November for the Churchill County commissioners will be held Thursday at 8:15 a.m. Churchill County Administration Building chambers, 155 N. Taylor St., suite ...

Newly minted congressional candidate Michele Fiore, who has had run-ins with the state over her home health care business and owes the IRS hundreds of thousands of dollars ...

RENO — The Sierra’s first winter storm of the season slowed travel Monday on snowy mountain highways, dumped rain across most of Northern Nevada, caused temporary power outages around Reno and Lake Ta ...

RENO — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the latest attempt to halt construction of a major road bypass project under construction on the edge of Reno. The appellate court in San Fran ...

It’s survived an IT meltdown and attempts to kill it in the Legislature. It’s now facing the loss of two insurance carriers and an effort to constitutionally ban it.But leaders of the Silver State Hea ...

It’s survived an IT meltdown and attempts to kill it in the Legislature. It’s now facing the loss of two insurance carriers and an effort to constitutionally ban it. But leaders of the Silver State He ...

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., says a report issued by Georgetown University is proof the Affordable Care Act is working in NevadaThat report says Nevada, Colorado, West Virginia and Mississippi reported th ...

The group trying to block a ballot vote to repeal the business tax imposed by the 2015 Legislature filed suit Thursday in Carson District Court charging the proposed referendum violates Nevada’s const ...

Clear skies with temperatures in the 50s, ascending to the low 70s, is the Carson City forecast for the Nevada Day parade., which begins Saturday at 10 a.m.Despite a taste of ear ...

The Churchill County Commissioners approved a letter to be written on their behalf opposing the proposed consolidation of the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (UNCE) and the Colle ...

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Carson area casinos recorded another net gain in gaming win in September.The reporting area, which includes valley casinos in Douglas County as well as the Capital, posted a 1.64 percent increase to $ ...

During his appearance in Sparks on Thursday, Donald Trump said he had heard the same nonsensical conspiracy theory about Secretary of State John Kerry's daughter's connection to Iran -- the implication being that this affected his negotiations on the nuclear deal.

Nevada students’ scores stayed mostly flat in a national test administered every two years, although 8th grade math scores fell and the state’s overall performance continues to lag near the bottom nat ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded tribal governments in Nevada $4 million for community programs.“Tribes have made great progress in protecting the environment and improving public health in Indian C ...