Nevada Politics

Nevada’s resorts and recreation industries say they work hard to conserve water and more cuts are increasingly difficult to find. “We have to now reach for the high-hanging fruit,” said Virginia Valentine, president o...

CARSON CITY (AP) — Former Nevada Rep. Jim Santini, who served four terms in Congress as a Democrat in the 1970s and 1980s, died Tuesday after being diagnosed with advanced-stage esophageal cancer. He was 78...

RENO — Federal agencies deciding how to deploy firefighters during one of the West’s worst wildfire seasons are considering a new factor in their deliberations: an imperiled bird that inhabits a vast stretch of sagebr...

UPDATE: After I posted this, Reid spokeswoman Kristen Orthman finally gave me answer, saying the names would not be released out of privacy: "It was donors who had passed away and had already given to the general election."
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Carson City Republican Party General Meeting at Silver State High School, 788 Fairview Dr., Carson City, NV 89701. Social 6:30 p.m. Meeting 7:00 p.m.

The Fallon City Council approved at its Tuesday night meeting to award a contract to Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc., for resurfacing various streets within the city. City Engineer Jim Souba sa...

The Churchill County Commissioners discussed at their Wednesday meeting the possibility of delaying payments for connection and impact fees associated with building permits. At the moment Churc...

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Thursday he thinks his call for smaller and less intrusive federal government that returns most powers to the states is beg...

In a development that could dramatically change the dynamic of the race for GOP Rep. Joe Heck’s congressional seat, Heather Murren confirmed Thursday that she is “very seriously considering” the race....

The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California has been awarded two grants totaling $1.37 million.The tribe will receive $1 million for a corrections program and $372,123 for a tribal youth program. Both programs are focus...

In the wake of those controversial videos showing conversations about fetal tissue after abortions, Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt has sent a letter to the Nevada chapter seeking information on the group's practices.
The letter is careful not to accuse the local chapter of anything and acknowle...

State Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald, who essentially has bankrupted the GOP and who is involved in a murky financial deal involving a charity, has been working at a six-figure job created for him by st...

The Nevada Department of Transportation board has approved a project to repave the I-580/U.S. 395 freeway through Washoe Valley.A spokesman for the department said the heavily used stretch of roa...

I don't even know where to start with newly minted state Senate candidate Heidi Gansert's refusal to embrace (or reject) the tax increase pushed through the Legislature by her former boss, Gov....

The conservative activists seeking to have voters block the tax hikes approved by the 2015 Legislature want the legal case challenging their petition moved to federal court.Chuck Muth filed the motion in U.S. District...

Nevada’s senate Republicans have voted to endorse Heidi Gansert to replace Greg Brower in Reno’s District 15.Brower announced last month he’s not seeking re-election to the post.“Heidi’s legislative experience and her...

Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske told Carson Rotary members on Tuesday the 2016 elections are critical and her office’s challenge is to make sure they run smoothly and fairly.To that end, she said she and her staff...

The National Association of Manufacturers is running a major television ad campaign that charges proposed EPA rules reducing allowable ozone in the air are punishing businesses including those in Nevada for pollution ...

The second County Commission meeting of September will be conducted today at 1:15 p.m. at the Churchill County Administration Building chambers, 155 N. Taylor St. Among the items commissioners will discuss and that ar...

Tom Skancke, a Southern Nevada member of the Nevada Department of Transportation board, says the state is being cheated by the way federal Highway Fund money is allocated.“If you look at population growth in the last ...

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, will visit Carson City Thursday morning, the day following the second Republican presidential debates.“Here is your chance to meet the other doctor in the race,” said organizers in announ...

Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Klaich is a really, really good guy.

That was the consensus of Nevada's Political Class last week as it rose to defend one of its own. Klaich was under fire for burying a draft report about the governance of Nevada's community colleges and ordering the document re-written by a pliable consultant.

State lawyers say local governments can't deny a business license to ride-hailing companies if they've met all the other requirements that apply to businesses in general.

The Legislative Counsel Bureau released the legal opinion Friday. It comes as Clark County officials work to amend their business license ordinance to create a special category for companies like Uber and Lyft.

The cabs have hired lobbyists (again), and some commissioners think they can slow Uber through the business licensing process.
But, Legislative Counsel Brenda Erdoes says, you can't. Check out her opinion below, requested by Uber backer Michael Roberson, that says the county can't put any special re...

Two members of the Nevada Legislature have now endorsed Marco Rubio for president.Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, R-Reno, whose district includes Carson City, made his endorsement official Thursday saying “Rubio has outlined a c...

On a wintry day at Bagram Air Field in northwestern Afghanistan about 30 miles from the capital city of Kabul, Spc. Jason Disney Sr. began the day like those before.As an Ar...

On a wintry day at Bagram Air Field in northwestern Afghanistan about 30 miles from the capital city of Kabul, Spc. Jason Disney Sr. began the day like those before.As an Ar...

While July’s gaming numbers were essentially flat statewide, the Carson Valley Area had a banner month, reporting a 10.35 percent increase in total win to $8.98 million.Game and Table win was up just 1.5 pe...

The Churchill County Commissioners reluctantly agreed to adopt the Churchill County Bicycle Plan that was endorsed by the Nevada Department of Transportation. Bill Story from NDOT said the Chur...

A dozen Nevada lawmakers were pleasantly surprised a week or two back when their constituents received full color fliers in the mail urging support for their vote in favor of taxes to improve K...