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.
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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.
New commemorative plaque, letter from Gov. Sandoval aimed at ensuring that state’s namesake battleship and crew continue “inspiring sailors for as long as there is a United States Navy.”
Sen. Harry Reid heard tributes from Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Reid’s successor as minority leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer, in a ceremony for the unveiling of a portrait of Reid that will hang in the Capitol.
Results of a second vote tally requested by independent candidate Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente may not be announced until next week.
“I’m not sure we have gained an awful lot from that experience,” says survivor Lenoard Nielsen, 94, of Las Vegas.
KIT’s Kitchen in Henderson isn’t just any restaurant — it’s an experimental, not-for-profit eatery designed to help youths gain hospitality industry experience and to serve affordable meals to the community.
About 80 protesters parade from the state Capitol to nearby Wells Fargo bank branch.
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million workers from taking effect, imperiling one of the outgoing president’s signature achievements for boosting wages.
Hillary Clinton captured state with 47.92 percent of the vote, marking only the second time in 108 years Nevadans didn’t side with the president-elect.
A dearth of hospitals and medical professionals, an increasingly strained emergency care network and sharply escalating costs are threatening the quality of life in many of the state’s small towns and communities.
Two brothers at Bunker Elementary School cried tears of joy Thursday when their National Guardsman dad unexpectedly walked into the gym during a Veterans Day program after a nine-month deployment in the Mideast.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was hustled off stage at a rally Saturday but returned after a brief, hectic interlude involving someone attending the event.
Donald Trump rallied supporters Sunday in Las Vegas, homing in on the news that the FBI is looking into additional emails potentially tied to its investigation of the private server Hillary Clinton used while secretary of state.
When Nevada inherited the closed Beatty nuclear waste dump in 1997, it accepted $9 million from the firm that operated it. After a frightening fiery accident last year, the cost of a retrofit is likely to be far in excess of that.
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Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
A weak trough passing north of Las Vegas will bring some gusty winds as the only blemish on a Memorial Day weekend forecast, says the National Weather Service.
Nicholas Bott, 44, had been facing a felony charge of child abuse and a gross misdemeanor count of contact with a minor.
Safety while boating at Lake Mead National Recreation Area has long been an issue, leading to several deaths almost every year since 2000.
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