The Donald Trump campaign and Republican officials filed a lawsuit over a Nevada law that accepts mail ballots up to four days after an election.
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Grand jury transcripts provide more details in the murder case against the former pro wrestler and House candidate Daniel Rodimer, who denies the allegations.
Stan Colton, a longtime political and legal figure in Southern Nevada and friend of the late U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, died April 25 in Henderson, his family members said.
The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles’ modernization of its computer system could take longer than anticipated and cost the state more than $300 million in additional funding.
The bill, introduced by Sens. Jacky Rosen and John Cornyn, would reduce out-of-pocket costs by requiring coinsurances to be based on the net price of a medication.
Assembly Bill 307 would have required the hosts of special events, like concerts and sports, in counties with more than 100,000 residents — as of now, Clark and Washoe counties — to plan ahead with first responders as to how emergency resources would be allocated in the event of an issue.
Background checks on private gun sales in Nevada would start in 2020 under a bill introduced in the Senate Monday with majority support of the Legislature.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren has scheduled a campaign stop in Las Vegas on Sunday.
But Neal said he never saw losing as losing. As a skilled orator, defeat was an opportunity to put his issues with a bill on the record, even if it earned him the nickname “19-to-1” from his colleagues.
New Nevada Senate Majority Leader Kelvin Atkinson has come a long way since he was the freshman “getting into all kinds of trouble” some 16 years ago.
Baseball star Bryce Harper remains on the free agent market, but the outfielder has one fan hoping he returns to the Washington Nationals where the Las Vegas slugger has played since he was drafted with a No. 1 pick in 2010.
During his 30 years in the Senate, former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid was revered by Democrats and reviled by Republicans.
What is often a sluggish second week in the Legislature will ramp up swiftly Monday with the expected introduction of a gun sales background check bill that could be heard in committee, approved by lawmakers and signed by the governor before the end of the week.
State health officials gave legislators an overview of Nevada’s Medicaid program in an Assembly committee meeting Friday, during which the program’s new administrator said the state program will be tackling a decrease in federal funding in coming years.
Gerald Antinoro, the embattled sheriff of rural Storey County, facing charges of workplace sexual harassment and discrimination and with three confirmed state ethics violations already, has three new ethics cases pending that threaten his removal from office.