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Changes coming to Nevada monuments, Heller confirms

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., said Monday that “minor” changes are coming for two of Nevada’s national monuments, Gold Butte and Basin and Range.

 
New book a significant addition to Nevada history

Those interested in Nevada history can check out a significant new addition on the subject with the publication of “Mister Speaker to Madam Speaker,” a labor of love for Carson City resident Cindy Southerland.

Study says Senate bill would halve federal Medicaid funding to Nevada

Health care legislation before the U.S. Senate could cost Nevada half its federal Medicaid funding and leave one-quarter of the state’s adult residents under 65 without health insurance, according to a new analysis.

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Trump extends disaster declaration for Northern Nevada

The declaration extension gives state, tribal, eligible local governments and some nonprofits more time to apply for federal funds for emergency work, replacement and repairs.

President Obama declares Gold Butte a national monument

President Barack Obama stepped into a swirling land-use controversy in Nevada on Wednesday and declared a swath of desert known as Gold Butte a National Monument.

Nevada’s new gun background check law ends before it begins

A new law requiring background checks for private party gun sales in Nevada is unenforceable because it specifically prohibits the state from running those checks through its databases, the attorney general’s office said in an opinion issued Wednesday.