The Department of Interior announced a $700 million investment in water conservation projects in the Lower Colorado River Basin.
- Home
- >> News
- >> Politics and Government
Nevada
Lithium abounds in Nevada’s federal lands and could hold the key to moving away from fossil fuels. But some worry about the environmental impact of lithium mining.
County fair horse races in White Pine and Elko counties are among rural Nevada’s most important tourism events.
As part of the Oakland Athletics’ nonrelocation agreement, the team could play seven home games per season away from Las Vegas and its planned Strip ballpark.
The Nye County Commission is responding to concerns about mining claims being established around Amargosa Valley and how they could affect groundwater.
District Judge Erika Ballou granted a petition that challenged Nevada Medicaid’s coverage ban on abortion services.
The Nevada Supreme Court has found that rules making some Family Court hearings automatically closed to the public are unconstitutional.
U.S. Attorney Jason Frierson became the first African-American man to serve as Nevada’s top federal law enforcement officer in April 2022.
Two recent lawsuits filed against the Nevada Department of Corrections allege a pattern of corrections officers allowing prisoners to be attacked by incarcerated gang members at High Desert State Prison.
In overturning a District Court ruling, justices held that shield law protections did not die with Jeff German when he was murdered in 2022.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced Wednesday that Nevada has finalized its litigation over the opioid epidemic through a settlement with Walgreens.
Nevada has reached a $193 million settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals in an opioid-related lawsuit, the attorney general’s office announced.
A group of incarcerated firefighters from a women’s prison facility in Nevada were told to keep working while their boots and socks melted according to a lawsuit filed this week by the ACLU of Nevada.
Gov. Joe Lombardo appointed two judges on Thursday to fill vacancies in Family Court.
The Nevada Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Thursday over a rule change in Clark County’s Family Court that makes it easier to close hearings to the public.