Nevada Politics

North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee made good on his promise to change his city — it’s whether his leadership has the city on the road to reform or the fast track to failure that people can’t agree on....

The Clark County elections warehouse has a history of problems that have required the attention of engineers for the better part of a decade but the county decided in 2008 to pay $11.8 million for the property anyway....

RENO — A federal judge has granted class-action status for a lawsuit that more than two dozen cooks and kitchen workers want to join accusing northern Nevada’s largest chain of sports taverns of misclassifying them as...

A combination of flat projections for state General Fund revenues and the impact of tax credits given to Tesla, film companies and others blew a near $170 million hole in the proposed Nevada state budget on...

The Obama administration will provide $20 million in grants to local police departments to help buy body cameras for officers, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday....

Top economists Friday were in general agreement that Nevada should collect around $6.3 billion in tax revenue in the upcoming two years to fund state government....

The Fallon City Council recently met for its regularly scheduled meeting and approved all items that were on the agenda. Items approved or discussed include the following:Approved Jessica Sanders-Walker r...

What you saw in Catherine Cortez Masto as Nevada attorney general is what you’ll see if she wins a seat in the U.S. Senate, she said Thursday in her first interview since announcing her campaign to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev....

By spending excess reserves and eliminating the wellness program, Nevada lawmakers were told on Thursday the state will be able to provide workers with the same health benefits they now receive at a slightly lower cos...

The effort to recall Assembly Speaker John Hambrick has failed, with organizers only gathering 270 of the more than 4,000 signatures needed....

A now amended bill in the Nevada Assembly would lighten the proposed workload for doctors who prescribe certain controlled substances....

The Nevada Assembly give final legislative approval Thursday to a measure designed to help those who provide care to friends and loved ones after they are released from the hospital....

Nevada U.S. Reps. Joe Heck and Dina Titus took slightly different approaches Thursday, but both bids to remove or divert $150 million in Yucca Mountain funds from a 2016 Department of Energy spending bill were killed by voice vote in the House....

The Nevada Senate on Thursday approved one of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s education measures, a bill to provide more low-income students with breakfast at the start of the school day....

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, launched a long-shot bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday, a move likely to pressure Hillary Clinton from the left....

A diverse group of 18 Nevadans, from former U.S. Senator Richard Bryan to Latino leader Otto Merida, on Thursday endorsed Catherine Cortez Masto to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev....

This month North Las Vegas will mark another year as a city. For many municipalities the anniversary of incorporation is just a date, but for Nevada’s fourth most populous city that date carries meaning....

Las Vegas area homeowners who have done minor repairs without permits can get them inspected during May without paying any penalty as part of an “amnesty” initiative....

I have already written here and here about a group of 200-plus lawyers writing a threatening letter to va...

Homeland security official defends handling of Las Vegas visas...

Las Vegas’ two longest-tenured planning commissioners — Ric Truesdell and Byron Goynes — are now on their way out, according to the city attorney....

The Assembly Ways and Means agreed on Wednesday to add five major positions in the Attorney General’s office including a deputy Solicitor General.But they balked on AG Adam Laxalt’s request for a veterans services coo...

Statewide taxable sales increased 9.1 percent in February to a total of $3.83 billion.For Carson City, the increase was even larger — 10.8 percent overall to $65.6 million. That percentage matches the gain in Carson’s...

Statewide gaming win dipped 3.15 percent in March, reporting a total of $951.2 million.But casinos were up against a tough comparison as March 2014 had one more Saturday and a strong showing on the Baccarat tables. At...

A measure seeking to jump Nevada forward to daylight saving time and then keep the state an hour ahead in perpetuity saw no opposition Wednesday at a hearing in a Senate committee....

Nevada and 38 other states elect judges....

Those underage who call for emergency medical help if they or a friend are intoxicated and need assistance would be exempt from prosecution on alcohol charges under a bill heard by an Assembly committee Wednesday....

Supporters of a bill allowing Nevada college campuses to ban tobacco received blow-back Wednesday from Republicans on an Assembly panel who suggested the move is hypocritical when tobacco taxes help fund higher education....

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday expressed “deep repentance” over Japan’s role in World War II, even as he declared Tokyo’s emergence as a global security player in the face of China’s rising power in Asia....

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is hearing historic arguments on gay marriage, a major topic for presidential candidates in the 2016 season, and are reportedly on the cusp of declaring it legal nationwide....