State and national Democrats are leading a lawsuit that seeks to block Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from appearing on Nevada’s presidential ballot, citing state law.
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The Washoe County District Attorney’s Office says the family of Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks will host a Celebration of Life in his memory in Reno next week.
A district court judge approved a motion to dismiss the fake electors case Tuesday, pointing to issues with jurisdiction.
Regent Donald McMichael made comments at a Nevada System of Higher Education board meeting this month that many considered antisemitic.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on Nevadans to vote for President Joe Biden and cast former President Donald Trump as a danger to abortion access.
The same day state lawmakers heard a marathon of testimony on a bill that stands to enact enforceable background checks on private-party gun sales and transfers, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced he was moving ahead with a separate strategy.
The Southern Nevada Health District will prioritize expanding services offered in rural Nevada through its mobile health unit, chief health officer Dr. Joseph Iser said in a presentation to the Assembly health and human services committee Monday.
A series of Republican-sponsored bills seeks to tighten rules on elected officials running for another office and for minor party office seekers who switch parties to run.
The Clark and Washoe county school districts voiced opposition on Monday to a Senate bill that would establish a license for paraprofessionals and transfer the authority to revoke or suspend a teaching license to the Commission on Professional Standards in Education.
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.
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.
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.
As more and more drivers with ride-hailing services take to Nevada roads, their impact is being felt at the department charged with overseeing them.
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