Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday called on President Barack Obama not to send any Syrian refugees to Nevada until the administration completes a review of protocols for eligibility and security.
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Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who ruffled the feathers of Gov. Brian Sandoval when he joined a lawsuit challenging sage grouse protections, won’t be allowed to argue Tuesday when a federal judge considers an injunction to block new public lands regulations, the judge ruled.
Law enforcement agencies in Nevada reported 24 hate crimes in 2014, according to the FBI.
The battle over rooftop solar will be re-engaged this week as state regulators take up permanent rules for net metering that could dramatically alter the future of the industry in Nevada.
The United States and Nevada flags will be flown at half-staff at all state buildings and public grounds through sunset Thursday.
The Senate last week voiced its opposition to a trucking industry proposal that would allow longer double-trailer rigs on all the nation’s highways, citing issues of safety and state rights.
The Nevada Republican Party tapped Michael McDonald as the party’s chairman Saturday, giving him a third term at a central committee meeting in Las Vegas.
The showdown over sage grouse in Nevada heads to a federal courtroom, where lawyers for the attorney general’s office and rural interests will ask a judge to block federal land-use restrictions intended to protect the bird and its habitat.
A man is dead after a single-vehicle rollover Saturday morning on Interstate 15, south of Las Vegas, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
Lawyers for a Las Vegas man serving a life sentence for a 1994 murder he says he didn’t commit urged the Nevada Supreme Court on Friday to reopen the case based on new evidence they say exonerates their client.
A state official said Thursday that Nevada is “well positioned” to comply with the new carbon dioxide reduction requirements by 2030 recently mandated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
CARSON CITY — Lawyers for the family of a Nevada inmate shot and killed by a corrections officer a year ago at High Desert State Prison are in negotiations with the attorney general’s office to try to reach a settlement, court records show.
The manager of the Mustang Ranch brothel in Northern Nevada is calling out the Los Angeles Times over an article last month that suggested the state’s legal sex industry is “outdated,” “distasteful” and on its last legs.
The fate of the old Boulder City Hospital now rests solely in the hands of owner and developer Randy Schams, who wants to demolish the historic building and construct homes on the property.
Republicans in Congress want the Bureau of Land Management to answer for an “ineffective” strategy that has failed to halt the explosion of wild horse and burro populations both on the range and in captivity.