A spate of new laws passed by the 2019 Legislature are set to take effect Jan. 1, covering everything from gun rights to equal pay, sick leave and hunting tags.
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Storey County has approved a $250,000 payment to a onetime top deputy sheriff to settle her pending federal lawsuit suit against the county’s sheriff.
The Patient Protection Commission proposed by Gov. Steve Sisolak at the start of his term and established by the Legislature last spring now has its leadership and board.
The Nevada Corrections Department has moved to make testing and treatment for hepatitis C standard procedure, but lawmakers have questioned the additional cost.
The Democratic senator from Massachusetts said she called for Trump’s impeachment after the release of Mueller report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Gov. Steve Sisolak denounced a move by the Trump administration to tighten eligibility requirements for the food-stamp program, which could cut aid to some 80,000 low-income Nevadans.
A citizens group filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the state’s new gun control red flag law, which empowers authorities to seize firearms from people deemed a threat.
Nevada’s 1970s shield law protecting journalists from having to reveal sources applies to digital as well as legacy media, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday.
A Carson City judge has ruled legislative Democrats cannot rely on attorneys with the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
Some of Nevada’s 34 occupational licensing boards have hired lawyers and lobbyists with user fee money, some of whom occasionally advocate against the interests of the state.
A two-day court hearing on a controversial and embattled proposal to pump groundwater from rural eastern Nevada to the Las Vegas Valley gets underway Tuesday in Ely.
Peter Long, who replaces Deonne Contine, has headed the state human resources division since 2016 and previously served 12 years as division deputy.
Three Nevada Board of Dental Examiners members resigned Thursday and two staffers were terminated after a Review-Journal investigation into the board.
Frank LaPena who spent decades in prison after being convicted of being the mastermind behind the murder of a Caesars Palace executive’s wife, was granted a pardon by the state Pardons Board on Wednesday.
Nevada’s Pharmacy Board collected fees from drug wholesalers, but only erratically conducted the checks, Gov. Steve Sisolak reported Tuesday.
Las Vegas is largely defined by its ability to defy expectations, and recent forecasts predicting a decline in its appeal to younger travelers are no exception. Contrary to these gloomy predictions, which suggest that an aging core visitor base might render the city’s 150,000 hotel rooms less appealing to new generations, the reality is strikingly […]
The former president addressed reporters at his namesake tower in Manhattan Friday, returning to campaigning a day after he was convicted.
In a ceremony with Clark County officials, José Manuel Carrera became the first sidewalk vendor to become licensed with the county.
The Clark County district attorney’s office has filed a motion accusing District Judge Erika Ballou of failing to follow orders from the Nevada Supreme Court.
Residents throughout the Las Vegas Valley were reacting to the news that Donald Trump had become the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes.