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U.S. Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada entered the fray in the pre-Super Bowl fracas over deflated footballs Thursday, saying that as the only state where money can legally be wagered on games, Nevada can ill-afford a scandal affecting the National Football League.
A retirement system official said Thursday a report showing that some Nevada public employees who retire collect more in pension benefits than they did while working was based on less than 2 percent of beneficiaries.
A bill re-introduced Thursday by Rep. Dina Titus is the latest bid by Congress to get its arm around the handling of disability benefits for military veterans.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the convictions of Arizona resident Shawn Rice, who was an activist in the anti-government “sovereign citizens” movement.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada said Thursday he expects to recover vision in his right eye following surgery that will restructure broken bones in his face and drain blood that has gathered in the front and back of the socket.
Nearly 24,000 driver authorization cards have been issued in Nevada since the program allowing people in the country illegally to attain driving privileges began a year ago, the state Department of Motor Vehicles reported Thursday.
A 4.5 magnitude earthquake rattled a remote area where Nevada, California and Oregon meet Thursday morning.
Most people who make the decision to retire have to figure out how to live on fewer dollars, but that is not always the case with Nevada state and local government employees, a new analysis has found.
“Extremely rugged” mountains near the California-Nevada border are making it tough for search and rescue crews to reach wreckage of what could be a small plane that disappeared on its way to Henderson.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada will undergo needed surgery on his right eye that was seriously injured in a New Year’s Day accident, an aide said Wednesday.
A new initiative proposed by Gov. Brian Sandoval to have the state take over under-performing schools will likely involve only a handful of the troubled institutions initially, a state official said Tuesday.
After years of keeping state buildings patched together on a shoestring budget, Gov. Brian Sandoval is proposing $234 million in projects involving everything from keeping the lights on and paving parking lots to moving forward with a new hotel college and Department of Motor Vehicles office in Las Vegas.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada made his first appearance of the year in the Capitol on Tuesday, still recuperating from injuries suffered in an exercise accident on New Year’s Day.
The North Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday will consider partnering with Ledcor Construction Company to study the feasibility of running water to the sprawling industrial park known as Apex.
Two U.S. senators, including Dean Heller of Nevada, are seeking to make permanent a law that allows people to deduct state and local sales taxes on their annual federal returns.
