Nevada Politics

From journalismjobs.com, the Review-Journal, a k a Las Vegas' "newspaper," advertises for a publisher, and I helpfully annotate part of it (I am not applying, FYI):...

Assemblyman Brent Jones, a key member of Team Fiore and foaming attacker of fellow pro-tax Republicans, wrote a letter in which he fretted about "cherished legal protections for workers and unions are under attack."
The missive, which you can see below, was responding/pandering to an AFL-CIO postcar...

A poll of 300 likely Nevada voters suggests that state lawmakers could suffer at the polls come election time next year if they do not support expanding rooftop solar efforts through a net metering program....

The city of Las Vegas is about to lose one of its longest-tenured planning commissioners — Byron Goynes — and it’s not at all clear why....

The U.S. House on Tuesday renewed passage of a bill to allow volunteer groups easier access to search public lands for victims of crime or accidents....

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Tuesday applauded the Las Vegas man who made up a story about him being beaten up by his brother and successfully planted the tale with some conservative bloggers and radio talk show hosts....

A group of Democrats including U.S. Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada launched a bid on Tuesday to repeal a section of the federal health care law that will tax high-priced insurance plans starting in 2018....

Nevada lawmakers delayed action on the biggest project in the proposed Capital Improvement Projects budget Tuesday amid questions whether to turn control over the hotel college construction to University of Nevada, La...

A Tweet regarding an amendment brought by U.S. Sen. Dean Heller brought a heap of criticism from all quarters today. Here’s the story, in fuller context....

After 2-1/2 hours of arguments, The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided along ideological lines on whether the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage, but the “swing vote,” Justice Anthony Kennedy, appeared in favor of legalizing gay marriage nationwide....

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday changed the colors of her presidential campaign logo Tuesday on social media to the rainbow colors symbolizing the gay rights movement, less than an hour before the Supreme Court on Tuesday was set to hear oral arguments on same-sex marriage....

Nevada has received a $2.1 million grant as the first phase of the competition to create the Department of Energy’s geothermal research laboratory.Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the Frontier Observatory fo...

A spokesman for the Peace Officers Research Association on Monday urged lawmakers not to approve pay raises for Nevada’s elected county officials saying employee bargaining groups haven’t gotten guaranteed raises duri...

I've never seen anything like this in writing during a legislative session -- a letter to elected officials from a bunch of lawyers on a measure that would allow hearsay evidence into certain criminal proceedings:...

The Las Vegas philanthropist and community leader on Monday said she’s considering running for Congress against U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev....

The spring meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition — sometimes called the “ Sheldon Adelson Primary,” because it’s held at his hotel on the Strip and features Republican candidates addressing his No. 1 issue, Israel — was packed this weekend....

More than 200 defense attorneys are threatening elected officials who support a bill that would allow for hearsay in Nevada courts....

Key employees at swanky nightclubs in casino resorts in Nevada would be required to register with state gambling regulators under a bill designed to prevent unsavory workers from club-hopping and taking trouble with them....

Loretta Lynch was sworn in as the new U.S. attorney general on Monday, replacing Eric Holder. Lynch, the country’s first African-American woman to serve in the role, had her nomination held up more than five months over politicking in the Senate....

When it first surfaced weeks ago, I called the bill to change Nevada from a caucus state to a primary state and make it the first one to cast ballots in the White House race the Screw Bill Gardner and Terry Branstad Bill, a reference to New Hampshire's omnipotent secretary of state and Iowa's govern...

Personalities trumped policy yet again in the Nevada Assembly last week when Assemblywoman Michele Fiore lost her temper with a GOP colleague during a hearing on her “Cliven Bundy” bill....

Like Jesus driving the money changers out of the temple, the Rev. Courtney Edward Krier has managed to shoo the city of Las Vegas away from his downtown church’s doorstep....

Personalities trumped policy yet again in the Assembly last week when Assemblywoman Michele Fiore lost her temper with a GOP colleague during a hearing on her “Cliven Bundy” bill....

Republican presidential hopefuls in Iowa and elsewhere have recently begun sounding a call to arms to Christian conservatives, describing what they say is an urgent threat to religious liberty....

North Las Vegas’ Municipal Court is declaring its independence from City Hall after a monthslong battle between the two branches of government....

Nevada’s Economic Forum meets Friday to gaze one final time into its crystal ball and project how much money the state will have to fund government operations over the next two years....

At the gathering he jokingly called “a night when Washington celebrates itself,” President Barack Obama took light-hearted aim on Saturday at a range of political friends and foes, including the people running to succeed him....

The U.S. Senate broke a five-month impasse last week in voting to confirm federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to become attorney general....

Before two of her grandchildren died while in the care of their meth-addicted mother, Mary Lafia called in multiple reports to the Clark County Department of Family Services’ child abuse hotline. The children died in a 2012 fire and the grandmother says the county bears a share of the blame....

It’s going to be more difficult than ever for tourists to bump into things on the Strip. Clark County has started relocating posts, sign poles and fire hydrants....