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Neil Gorsuch nomination expected to set up showdown

Judiciary Committee Republicans are expected to vote Monday to advance the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the full Senate, setting up a showdown this week with Democrats threatening to block his confirmation.

 
Remembering Nevada’s ‘Wild West’ division in World War I

At the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into the “war to end all wars,” the improbable tale of the Army’s 91st “Wild West” Division — a ragtag legion of shopkeepers, cowboys, farmers, miners, Native Americans and immigrant railroad workers who helped change the course of history — demands one more telling.

Native Americans fight bill that would cut funding of Nevada’s historic Stewart school

Several of the more than 60 stone structures on the 110-acre Stewart campus, many built by Hopi stone masons, are in disrepair and there are concerns about their seismic stability. The federal government opened the school in 1890 and operated it until it was shut down in 1980.

Furious pace on tap as midway point of Nevada Legislature looms

As lawmakers rush to get bills heard by a looming drop dead date for action, a milestone will be reached in Week 9 on Thursday when the 2017 session hits the halfway point. It’s downhill for the 120-day session that must conclude June 5.