Nevada Politics

President Barack Obama will remember Beau Biden, the late son of Vice President Joe Biden, during a funeral Mass in Delaware on Saturday, the White House says....

As the 2015 regular session of the Nevada Legislature closed down Monday night, an often-heard word to describe the session was "historic."

Certainly, the $1.3 billion plan of new and extended taxes is the largest in state history. Ditto with the state's new $7.4 billion general-fund budget for the next two-year budget cycle.

The 2015 Legislature ended Monday night with neither a bang nor a whimper.While the Senate finished in anger, the Assembly finished in confusion as the clock struck 12 on day 120.Senate Democrats flashed anger as Majo...

Lawmakers shut down the 2015 Legislature Monday night after approving a state budget totaling more than $19 billion ...

Road and Highway Builders of Sparks starts construction of the final phase of the Carson City Bypass project June 15.The company was awarded the contract for $42.24 million to pave the final four miles of roadway betw...

Prevailing wages for school construction projects were resurrected Monday on the last day of the legislative session in an end-game concession to the Democratic minority....

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry left Europe for the United States aboard a special military aircraft on Monday after breaking his leg in a cycling accident....

Lindsey Graham announced his presidential bid in his hometown of Central, South Carolina, on Monday. He hopes that his track record on foreign affairs will give him the advantage in a wide-open primary fight....

The Assembly Ways and Means Committee on Monday approved legislation that allows the state to designate underperforming public schools as turnaround schools and requires school districts to lay off the least effective teachers and administrators when staff reductions are necessary....

Republican members of the Assembly still staunchly opposed to the proposed tax plan complained bitterly on Sunday that leadership wouldn’t even allow a caucus discussion of the plan following Saturday’s hearing on AB4...

The bill wrapping together the puzzle pieces that make up the tax plan that designed to balance the General Fund budget has cleared the Senate and is on its way to the governor.Senate Bill 483 is...

The Nevada Senate voted on Gov. Brian Sandoval's tax plan today, with 18 yes votes, to three against. The legislation passed the Assembly Sunday night and now goes for the governor to sign.

The Nevada Legislature came to a halt at midnight Monday, capping a day that saw approval of a record $1.1 billion general fund tax package to fund Gov. Brian Sandoval’s aggressive education package and a dizzying day of dealmaking....

Hillary Clinton will return to Nevada on June 18 as part of her official launch for the presidency, her campaign said Monday....

The bill that will pay for the governor’s education and general fund budget made it through the Nevada Assembly on Sunday despite passionate opposition from conservative Republicans and did so wi...

Assemblyman Randy Kirner, R-Reno, said Sunday his bill to convert the Public Employees Retirement System into a hybrid system offering new hires a modified 401K is dead this legislative session.He said the bill will i...

The legal authority for U.S. spy agencies’ collection of Americans’ phone records and other data expired at midnight on Sunday after the U.S. Senate failed to pass legislation extending the powers....

The upscale Las Vegas community of Lamplight Estates is trying to fight off plans to build a 261-unit apartment complex next door....

The Nevada Assembly voted 30-10 Sunday evening to approve Gov. Brian Sandoval's $1.1 billion tax plan. Carson City Assemblyman P.K. O'Neill voted in favor of the bill, which now goes to the Senate where it is expected to pass. You can see more coverage on Twitter and on the Nevada Politics page.

With a critical Assembly vote Sunday approving Gov. Brian Sandoval’s controversial new gross receipts tax, all of the moving pieces were falling into place to ensure that the 2015 legislative session will adjourn by midnight Monday....

Rep. Cresent Hardy, R-Nev., on May 13 reintroduced a bill that would name one of the peaks of Frenchman Mountain to the east of Las Vegas for President Ronald Reagan. The peak would become known as Mount Reagan....

With the 2015 session of the Nevada Legislature set to end at midnight Monday, lawmakers are working into the night on many bills still pending, including Gov. Brian Sandoval's tax plan. You can track all the action on our Nevada Politics page.

Nevada lawmakers have revived a proposal to raise the state’s minimum wage and ease restrictions that would have made it harder for workers to qualify for overtime pay. Assembly members and senators agreed Sunday to...

Nevada lawmakers have approved a measure requiring all Nevada Highway Patrol troopers to wear portable body cameras by 2016. Assembly members voted to approve SB111 on Monday, and the measure now goes to Gov. Brian ...

The long-sought clean-up of the convoluted Live Entertainment Tax won approval in the Assembly late Monday.Senate Bill 266 by Sen. Mark Lipparelli, R-Las Vegas, clarifies that all indoor and outdoor music and performa...

Nevada lawmakers have revived a proposal to raise the state’s minimum wage and ease restrictions that would have made it harder for workers to qualify for overtime pay. Assembly members and senators agreed Sunday to r...

The Appropriations Act, which spells out how state General Fund money will be spent over the coming two years, includes a total of $4.95 million in cash added to help Western Nevada and Great Basin colleges make the t...

Without a public hearing or discussion of its cost, lawmakers have added language to the Appropriations Act repealing the statute mandating Nevada’s Supreme Court shrink from seven to five members.The language in NRS2...

A joint legislative conference committee approved a change to Nevada’s overtime and minimum wage law Sunday....

Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $1.1 billion package of new and extended taxes was headed for a vote on the Assembly floor Sunday afternoon, with all indications signaling passage by the lower house and adjournment of the Legislature by the midnight deadline Monday....