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Schwartz calls for Laxalt to quit governor’s race or resign as AG

Nevada Treasurer and Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Schwartz on Friday called for Attorney General Adam Laxalt to either quit the governor’s race or resign as the state’s top law enforcement officer.

Pressure builds on Kihuen as second woman alleges sexual harassment

A House Republican lawmaker facing sexual harassment allegations announced Thursday he would not seek re-election as a second accuser leveled accusations against Nevada Rep. Ruben Kihuen, a Democrat.

Rosen introduces bill to close gun loophole in military code

Rep. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and a Republican lawmaker introduce legislation to to close a loophole in the military judicial code and ban armed services personnel convicted of domestic abuse from legally purchasing weapons.

Cortez Masto pushing for DACA solution before end of 2017

Congressional Democrats, including Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, are making a last-minute push to pressure Republicans and the White House to act by the end of the year on legislation to extend protection from deportation for undocumented children who have grown up in this country — kids known as Dreamers.

State awards $2.7M to Las Vegas police for rape kit testing

Nevada is awarding $2.7 million to Las Vegas police to continue to pay for testing a backlog of thousands of sexual assault evidence kits, including some that went untested for up to 30 years.