Washoe County filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy this week, seeking to block plans to downsize operations and relocate its outgoing mail processing facility from Reno to Sacramento.
Nevada
Seven jails are now fully in compliance with a law that requires the facilities create a process for inmates to vote while in jail.
Workers in Nevada will see a bump in the state’s minimum wage this summer.
Imprisoned for a Las Vegas fatal DUI, former NFL player Henry Ruggs is in a prison work program that placed him at the Governor’s Mansion.
Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks died after he was hit by a vehicle near the district courthouse in downtown Reno, the Reno Police Department said. He was 80.
Republican Rep. Mark Amodei cruised to re-election while three Democratic incumbents were locked into close races with GOP challengers in the Las Vegas Valley.
The agreement by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection allows 33 packages of unapproved waste to remain at at the site.
The bill filed by the Nevada representative would create a national vaccine lottery to dole out $1 million each to 100 randomly selected winners.
House and Senate lawmakers will vote this week on a one-week temporary spending bill to keep the government open, as Nevada representatives push for relief in a final legislative package.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he would push for a vote as early as this week on a slimmed-down coronavirus stimulus bill.
Bob Halstead, who fought Yucca Mountain on behalf of the state of Nevada for decades, has decided to retire as the federal government puts plans for the waste repository on hold.
The Senate is poised to take up an emergency relief bill Thursday that adds $250 billion in loans for small businesses that the Trump administration seeks.
Congress returns from its August recess to a long to-do list, including funding the government and gun control legislation.
Nevada senators and Energy Secretary Rick Perry will visit the Nevada National Security Site on Friday as part of a deal to remove weapons-grade plutonium from the state.
Wild horses and burros — iconic symbols of the American frontier — have become a priority for lawmakers and federal agencies grappling to balance the health of public land and herds of wild animals that populate Western states.
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