The Colorado River, which provides Las Vegas’ main water supply via Lake Mead, is in crisis in more ways than one.
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Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo launches “Protect Girls’ Sports” ballot initiative to bar transgender athletes from female leagues and amend state constitution.
Carrie Cox alluded that she, Councilwoman Monica Larson and others were offered payments from people who had pending business before the City Council, according to an interview transcript.
Michele Fiore is officially seeking re-election to her Pahrump justice of the peace seat.
A bipartisan bill aims to help Nevada nonprofits like the YMCA expand affordable child care access and reduce long waitlists for working families.
A complaint filed against a Henderson assemblywoman over her involvement in a homeowners association legal dispute has been dismissed by a panel of the state Ethics Commission.
Judges and some lawmakers raised concerns Tuesday about a bill that would impose a $500 assessment on DUI offenses to fund Nevada specialty courts.
Only six bills out of the 1,026 bills introduced in the 2013 Nevada Legislature have become law in the first 86 days of the 120-day legislative session.
The Nevada Assembly overwhelmingly voted for an effort Tuesday that calls on the federal government to pass legislation ensuring current and future immigrants have opportunities to achieve the American dream.
CARSON CITY — Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, said Monday that legislative Democrats as early as Thursday will release their proposals to increase taxes that he says are needed to sufficiently fund education and state employees.
CARSON CITY — A Republican lawmaker said Monday that his bill to consider fundamental changes to the state public pension plan for new hires will not get a hearing after all.
It was political maneuvering and hyperbole with a hint of class warfare thrown in for good measure on Tuesday when some Republican lawmakers raised the “Armani suit” card during a debate over a campaign transparency bill in the Nevada Senate.
When Kelvin Atkinson on Monday night unexpectedly told fellow state senators: “I’m 44 years old, I have a daughter, I’m black, I’m gay,” the latter admission was not that much of a jolt to onlookers.
It’s that time in the Nevada Legislature when all thoughts turn to money, money, money.
Gov. Brian Sandoval said Friday that he opposes an Democrat-passed Assembly bill that would allow voters to register as close as three days before elections.