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Governor Sandoval creates Nevada drought forumWASHOE VALLEY — Standing amid the tufts of grass poking through the sandy bottom of what used to be Washoe Lake, Gov. Brian San...

With Nevada withering in a fourth year of drought, Gov. Brian Sandoval on Wednesday announced formation of a panel of experts to explore a situation creating widespread problems across the nation's most arid state.

The Nevada Drought Forum — composed of state resource agency officials, local water providers, scientists and other experts — is expected to release a list of suggested ways to respond to extended drought by the end of the year.

Nevada State Board of Education member Alexis Gonzales-Black resigned last week after moving to California to launch a business venture....

Assembly Bill 165, one part of the Republican governor’s ambitious education agenda, authorizes $10.5 million in tax credits over the upcoming two-year budget cycle. The total would increase 10 percent per year thereafter....

Likely Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush, who was popular among Spanish-speaking voters while Florida governor, marked himself as “Hispanic” on a 2009 voter registration application, The New York Times reported on Monday....

The rainbow flag, a symbol of gay rights, flies prominently on the Visit Indy website and Indiana’s Republican Governor Mike Pence personally phoned the head of a Seattle company that gathers 56,000 gaming nerds in the heartland each year....

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a religious freedom measure into law on Thursday after state lawmakers overhauled their proposal so that it mirrors the federal law....

Following the lowest snowpack ever recorded and with no end to the drought in sight, California Gov. Jerry Brown announced actions on Wednesday he says will save water, increase enforcement to stop wasteful water use, streamline the state's drought response and invest in new technologies that will make California more drought resilient.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson told state legislators Wednesday to go back to the drawing board to amend the bill that would have made Arkansas the 21st state with a “religious freedom” law on the books....

Gov. Mike Pence pledged Tuesday to “fix” Indiana’s controversial religious freedom law to clarify that it does not allow discrimination against gays and lesbians....

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says concerns that his state’s new “religious freedom” law will allow businesses to turn away LGBT customers is the result of a “tremendous amount of misinformation and misunderstanding.”...

Former Arkansas governor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Saturday in Carson City he will announce later this spring if he plans to run for president.Huckabee, who finished fo...

Former Arkansas governor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Saturday in Carson City he will announce later this spring if he plans to run for president.Huckabee, who finished fo...

This is what happens when you go see the faithful and give them red, anti-taxing meat: You might make the governor mad.
Remember when Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske claimed she was neutral o...

Their own polling shows he is fine. But Gov. Brian Sandoval and his men are taking no chances with the recall effort directed at Speaker John Hambrick....

Gov. Brian Sandoval, in Fallon on Friday for the launch of a new young entrepreneurs program to start businesses and then to visit several schools, deflected questions on running for Sen. Harry Reid’s open ...

Indiana Governor Mike Pence is coming under fire after signing into law a controversial religious freedoms bill that could allow businesses to refuse service to gays....

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval says he's disappointed in the state's largest business organization after it issued a report critical of a proposed tax increase. The popular Republican governor said ......

Why do you nuke Switzerland?
When it's faux neutral and its consultant out a study destroying your tax plan. Methinks the governor is a tad upset:...

As state lawmakers begin to consider education reforms, inlcuding both a reaffirmation (by the governor) and rejection (by Tea Party lawmakers) of education standards, Common Core backers will start a media campaign later this week.
The first ad will start on radio and feature Reagan-era Education S...

The legendary 1860s mail carrier trail known as the Pony Express, which used horses and riders to deliver letters and parcels from Sacramento to east of the Rockies, remains a big part of Nevada's Wild West history because the trail went through the Silver State. Beginning next month the Pony Express will become a permanent fixture and a Carson City visitor destination.

Gov. Brian Sandoval will testify before the entire Nevada Legislature on a plan raising business license fees to help fund K-12 education. The popular Republican governor will speak Wednesday afternoon during ......

Former Arkansas governor, Mike Huckabee, is coming to Carson City, and one resident, in particular, is tuning up his voice for the conservative icon's visit.
Singer Rick J. Radecki has been in northern Nevada for just over two years now, but is already making a name for himself and his special brand of music — a mix of Romantic Standards and Classic Country, with just a hint of a Broadway Show Tune and Patriotic favorite stirred in.

I have been calling it the Business License Tax since it was released by the governor.
Why?
1. Because it is a tax. 2. Because BLT is acronymically funnier.
Now tax maven Carole Vilardo has revealed she agrees at the top of a line-by-line explanation of the tax bill that will have its first hearing ...

Nevada’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up slightly to 7.1 percent in January, from a revised 7 percent in December. Nevertheless it is 1.4 percentage points below the 8.5 percent rate for last January. Additionally, employers have added jobs relative to the previous year in 49 straight months.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, a Republican presidential hopeful, signed a bill into law on Monday that stops private sector workers from being required to join a union or pay dues as a condition of employment....

Gov. Brian Sandoval made it clear Monday he has serious questions about the Nevada Department of Transportation request for a computer program to help decide which road and highway projects should have to...

Many sunny and warm days are ahead and it goes without saying that we will have an increase in motorcycle, pedestrian, bicycle and scooter traffic. For the motorist this means paying attention to your driving and surroundings.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed a bill into law exempting school construction projects from paying contractors a prevailing wage. The Republican governor announced the signing ......

The Clark County Education Association plans to give Gov. Brian Sandoval political cover with supportive TV ads about his education plan.
Here are the first two, which are slated to start next week.

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