Stan Colton, a longtime political and legal figure in Southern Nevada and friend of the late U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, died April 25 in Henderson, his family members said.
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Film industry experts say expanding Nevada’s film tax credit program would bring more movie production projects to the Las Vegas Valley.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that she was hired by a nonprofit a month after lawmakers voted to appropriate $250,000 to it.
Former President Barack Obama called on Nevadans to unite, reject political division and to vote Democrat on Tuesday night at Cheyenne High School with one week to go until the 2022 midterms.
Justin Andersch, the man accused of threatening Gov. Steve Sisolak and his wife at a restaurant gave a brief statement Tuesday and said he “will not apologize” for the encounter.
UNLV’s chapter of a fraternity that sponsored a charity boxing match after which Nathan Valencia died was suspended Wednesday, according to a statement from the university.
Local transportation agencies say a federal mask mandate that went into effect Monday doesn’t change much as far as enforcement goes.
Joe Neal, Nevada’s first African-American state senator who served nearly three decades in the legislative chamber and championed the poor and working-class, has died.
Gov. Steve Sisolak signed the emergency regulation relaxing hiring restrictions for public school districts and charter schools last week.
Citing the Las Vegas Strip shooting, a bipartisan group of Western states’ senators, including Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, filed a bill Thursday to ban bump stocks, which increase the rate of fire of semi-automatic rifles to nearly that of fully automatic weapons.
A year after Nevada health officials closed a taxpayer-funded home where mentally ill people lived in filthy conditions, a mental health clinic continued placing people there — until reporting by the Las Vegas Review-Journal prompted state regulators to shut it down again this week.
Ward 2 challengers aim to make it a battle for Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Beers to claim another four-year term.
When Clark County commissioners convene for their Nov. 15 meeting, they’ll have the option of codifying two hotel room tax increases to fund the upgrade of the Las Vegas Convention Center and the construction of a domed stadium in one fell swoop. But if Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani has her way, commissioners will take their time before raising the tax to finance $750 million in bonds for the $1.9 billion stadium project.
Las Vegas police investigating an alleged Nevada Assembly extortion scheme are looking for evidence that Republican political consultant Tony Dane conducted illegal wiretapping and filed false public documents.