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Gov. Steve Sisolak and Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo answered questions as part of a debate sponsored by the Nevada Independent, a non-profit news website.
Mark Kampf, who repeated the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen, has been appointed Nye County clerk, where he will oversee the 2022 general election.
The Supreme Court’s decision not to block a restrictive Texas abortion law — or any future decision it may make on Roe v. Wade — won’t have any effect on Nevadans.
A bill that would legalize lounges for the public use of marijuana is also aimed at giving an economic boost to people disadvantaged by the war on drugs, its sponsor says.
The rural county voted Tuesday to oppose a key part of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s proposal to allow tech companies to create county-like governments.
About one-third of Nevada’s corrections staff have been vaccinated for COVID-19, while just one inmate has received the vaccine, the department said Tuesday.
Youth baseball, soccer and other non-contact sports can start again across Nevada this weekend after a more than a six-month absence due to COVID-19, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Friday.
The state Senate approved a controversial election bill that will see elections conducted during a state of emergency mostly by mail, over the objections of all the chamber’s Republicans.
The Nevada Police Union is criticizing Gov. Steve Sisolak and legislative leaders for scheduling a special session on the same day as a slain Nevada Highway Patrol sergeant’s funeral.
Nevada’s top medical official says it’s a matter of when, not if, the coronavirus appears in Nevada.
Nevada law doesn’t require consulting with Native American tribes in some cases if legal construction projects turn up a burial site.
The Democratic presidential hopeful stuck mostly to themes such as curbing corruption in Washington, D.C., reforming elections and making the mega-wealthy pay more in taxes.
Republicans have introduced a last-minute bill to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21.
Democrats in Nevada are again pushing to join an interstate compact to let the national popular vote determine the winner of the presidency.