Nevada Politics

After state GOP Chairman Michael McDonald was hired by his pal, state Treasurer Dan Schwartz for a six-figure job and then forced out, I wondered what he had done to earn $16,000 before his ...

On the eve of the one-year anniversary of President Obama's executive action on immigration, SEIU and iAmerica Action, an immigrant rights organization, are launching a national campaign, with customized digital ads in Nevada.
The campaign's national TV spot and Nevada digital ad (similar ones a ...

The governor’s Drought Forum meets Friday to continue working toward a set of recommendations to rescue Nevada from years of drought.Conservation and Natural Resources Director Leo Drozdoff told the L ...

RENO — A federal judge put a Nevada lawsuit challenging U.S. sage grouse protections on the fast-track Wednesday but said she isn’t ready to decide in the meantime whether to temporarily suspend the regulations cr ...

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are way ahead in a new poll conducted for Morning Consult of registered voters in Nevada.
This should be taken with a grain of salt because caucusgoers and registered voters are much different universes. And Nevada is very hard to poll, especially for low-turnout ...

The Nevada Supreme Court has denied a man an appeal of his 11-year sentence for brandishing a gun and threatening patrons at the Olive Garden restaurant in July 2013.David Paul Lane went to the restau ...

No matter how far deployed service members are from their families, they still can take an active role in the care of their children, the military’s top noncommissioned officer said here yesterday.“Un ...

Gov. Brian Sandoval joined with other political leaders on Monday who say admitting Syrian refugees into the United States could pose a risk to citizens.

Democrat Susie Lee has raised much more than anyone else in that crowded Congressional District Four primary, so she has decided to spend some of it.
Lee, who has raised $650,000 ($100,000 of her own), dropped a huge mailer this week to introduce her relaively unknown self to primary voters and ...

All Chuck Muth does is abuse the legal process, try to raise money for his "causes," support puppets (Michael McDonald, Michele Fiore) and, yes, lose.
It's time he was ignored. (And I should follow my own advice.)

LAS VEGAS — Authorities say samples have been obtained from a blast crater and fire-damaged storage drums at a closed radioactive waste dump that exploded and burned almost a month ago northwest of Las Vegas. Offi ...

Ah, Victoria Seaman, you do entertain, if nothing else.

The Nevada Republican Party re-elected Michael McDonald to a third term as chairman on Saturday after a heated election that included the last-minute near-disqualification of his opponent, former Clar ...

Nevadans should know in a week or so whether nascent automaker Faraday will build its factory in Southern Nevada.The company, funded by a Chinese billionaire, announced last week what has been rumored ...

Gov. Brian Sandoval has decided to endorse Assemblyman Erv Nelson against Assemblywoman Victoria Seaman in a pivotal state Senate primary, perhaps signaling he is willing to be active in legislative campaigns to protect those who voted for his tax/education plan.

Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who this summer hosted a successful presidential forum in Northern Nevada, will use the occasion of the Dec. 15 debate at The Venetian to raise money and his profile.
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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 ...