Nevada’s new law expanding firearm background checks to private-party sales and transfers is facing another challenge: a lawsuit contending that it violates of the state Constitution.
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Some Republicans in Congress say they will fight to overturn the designation of Nevada’s Gold Butte and Bears Ears in Utah for federal protection, but President-elect Trump doesn’t have the power to turn back the clock, experts say.
President Barack Obama stepped into a swirling land-use controversy in Nevada on Wednesday and declared a swath of desert known as Gold Butte a National Monument.
A new law requiring background checks for private party gun sales in Nevada is unenforceable because it specifically prohibits the state from running those checks through its databases, the attorney general’s office said in an opinion issued Wednesday.
Women will make up 40 percent of the Legislature in 2017, tying Nevada with Colorado and Vermont as the states with the highest percentage of women legislators. That will benefit all Nevadans, they say.
President-elect Donald Trump’s plans regarding site for high-level nuclear waste remain unclear, but his pick for energy secretary endorsed plan to temporarily store it at site in Texas during his governorship.
Harry Reid is stepping down from leadership and leaving the chamber with few regrets and an armful of legislative victories from three decades of serving the Democratic Caucus and his home state of Nevada.
Sen. Harry Reid, who is retiring after a three-decade political career that saw him rise higher than any Nevada politician before him, has always been the go-to lawmaker on all things related to gaming, tourism and transportation.
Harry Reid’s machine, it turns out, has outlasted the political career of Nevada’s senior senator.
The son of rancher Cliven Bundy, arguing on his own behalf, told the judge he can’t adequately prepare for his case while detained and asserted that his right to a speedy trial has been violated.
Nevada officials restored the state’s online registration system for medical marijuana cards a week after a “problem” forced them to take it down.
Utah and Nevada ranked as the nation’s two fastest-growing states over the past year, according to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for 2016 released Tuesday.
Chuck Allen said his decision not to run again in 2018 stems from a desire to spend more time with his family.
Nevada will have an advocate in the American Gaming Association against any effort to revive the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository northwest of Las Vegas.
Nevada’s six Democratic presidential electors cast their ballots Monday for Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, who won the state by 2 percentage points over Republican Donald Trump in the November election.
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Vegas Stronger CEO Dave Marlon said the most effective members of the organization’s street team have personal experience with homelessness, substance abuse and mental illness.
The Friday high should be around 109 with slightly lower temperatures on Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
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