Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s proposals for more education funding drew support even from Republican lawmakers following his first state of the state address Wednesday, but that welcome from across the political aisle didn’t extend to the Democratic’s proposals for labor, housing and business.
As the partial government shutdown drags into its fourth week, the patience of security agents at the Las Vegas airport is growing thin.
Many of Tuesday night’s attendees wore green T-shirts printed with the phrase “Save Black Mountain.”
A proposal to regulate short-term rentals in Las Vegas multi-family developments was criticized Wednesday by residents of a downtown high-rise who cast the measure as a reversal in the longstanding fight against illegal home-sharing.
Gov. Steve Sisolak proposed significant increases in funding for health care and education in Nevada, including a 3 percent pay raise for teachers, and expressed his desire to increase minimum wage in his first State of the State address to lawmakers Wednesday night.
Nevada Rep. Steven Horsford was selected Wednesday by the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee to serve as a representative on the House Budget Committee, which oversees investment of taxpayer dollars and budgeting.
A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State killed two U.S. soldiers and two American citizens in northern Syria Wednesday, less than a month after President Donald Trump declared he was pulling U.S. forces and that IS had been defeated.
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul plans to undergo hernia surgery at a private hospital in Canada because of injuries he suffered when a neighbor tackled him while he was doing yard work at his Kentucky home.
Citing security concerns arising from the furlough of Secret Service personnel, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump to put off his State of the Union speech this month — or deliver it in writing.
