Nevada Politics

The U.S. House last week voted to end the National Security Agency’s mass collection of telephone records, a piece of the Patriot Act decried as a privacy invasion but which the Obama administration says is crucial to detect potential terrorist attacks....

A bill allowing hearsay evidence in some preliminary court proceedings was approved by the Nevada Senate on a party-line vote Saturday....

Brace yourself, Nevada. If nasty commercials and mailboxes stuffed with campaign fliers incite annoyance, it will get a whole lot worse if a bill making its way through the Legislature becomes law....

While the debate over how to fund Gov. Brian Sandoval’s 2015-17 budget remains unresolved, lawmakers on Saturday finished work on his $7.4 billion general fund spending plan by approving the public education budget....

The Nevada Senate approved a key component of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s tax plan Friday, amending and approving a bill to make some temporary taxes permanent and increasing cigarette taxes, but it was too early to determine whether the other key component, a tax hike deal that the governor worked ou...

A “campus carry” bill that failed to get a hearing in the Nevada Senate was resurrected in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Friday in a bit of legislative legerdemain that keeps the gun proposal alive, at least for the time being....

The U.S. Congress is more effective when political “extremists” have less clout, most Americans said in a Reuters-Ipsos poll that also showed the public still has a dim view of Congress, despite a run of legislative achievements this year....

A Las Vegas bank that had planned to offer accounts to medical marijuana businesses has backed off, citing the astronomical cost of complying with federal regulations....

George Stephanopoulos, the chief anchor of ABC News, apologized on Thursday for not telling viewers or his bosses about $75,000 in recent donations to the Clinton Foundation....

Henderson might impose a moratorium on new massage parlors as it plans to rewrite city laws — yet again — to combat a small number of businesses that officials say are fronts for prostitution....

Former Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry will announce his “intentions” for a 2016 presidential run next month in Dallas, two sources close to the governor confirmed to CNN Friday....

One of the last major deadlines of the 2015 Legislature hits today: committee passage in the second house of all legislation not granted an exemption.That means all non-exempt bills which originated in the Assembly mu...

Gov. Brian Sandoval released an updated tax proposal Thursday he said improved upon a plan he introduced earlier in the session and incorporated ideas from leaders in the Assembly, which has the next move on taxes as ...

St. Patrick’s Catholic Church will host the annual Fallon Portuguese Festa this weekend at the church’s new St. Patrick’s Parrish Hall at 850 W. 4th St., to celebrate a historical act ...

The U.S. House approved an amendment Thursday that seeks to ensure Air Force activities in central Nevada are not hampered by a 1,100-square-mile federally protected national monument area being weighed by the Obama administration....

The compromise tax plan unveiled today takes the best parts of the Assembly GOP bill and the governor's original proposal, along with a new Commerce Tax (don't call it gross receipts!) to esnure all businesses contribute something to fund education.
The plan, which I have attached here along with th...

Gov. Brian Sandoval unveiled a compromise tax plan Thursday, a blend of competing proposals floated in the Legislature that would raise $262 million a year to fund his $7.4 billion budget....

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A bill sought by Wynn Resorts that critics said would have substantially weakened Nevada’s anti-SLAPP statute is dead after a lawmaker said Thursday it won’t come up for a vote in his committee....

Republican Jeb Bush, seeking to end a controversy related to his brother’s legacy, said on Thursday that based on information known now, he would not have launched an invasion into Iraq....

Upgraded security for one of the most sensitive laboratories in the federal government’s nuclear weapons complex quadrupled in cost and fell years behind schedule before the Nevada project was put on hold to await a restart, according to an audit made public Wednesday....

A move to delay debate on an anti-bullying bill was ignored in the Assembly today was ignored, as a majority voted to approve the bill and send it to the governor’s desk....

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks, a measure strongly opposed by the White House....

Clark County firefighters would get a 2 percent cost-of-living increase under a proposed collective bargaining agreement with the county....

A major piece of legislation sought by Gov. Brian Sandoval to combat bullying in schools was approved Monday by the state Assembly, but not before some members questioned the need to rush the measure through....

A “campus carry” bill believed to be dead in the Senate will be amended into another Second Amendment measure on Friday, Assembly Judiciary Chairman Ira Hansen said Wednesday....

U.S. senators reached a deal on Wednesday to move forward this week with legislation key to the proposed 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, a day after a Democratic rebellion dealt a blow to the White House’s trade agenda....

Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a bill Wednesday allowing more noncitizens to obtain teaching certificates in Nevada, a move that could help ease a critical teacher shortage in Clark County....

During my eight years as District Attorney of Carson City, I never hesitated to prosecute people who broke the law. But no matter how many convictions I won, I knew then as I know now that our streets will be a lot safer if we prevent more people from turning to crime in the first place.

An informal presentation on the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the ramifications of pending legislation in the Nevada Legislature drew about 125 people to the Oasis Community Church on...