Six Republican defendants are accused of plotting to give Donald Trump Nevada’s electoral votes in 2020, even though Joe Biden won the state.
Politics and Government
Direct investments into mining companies have come without needed congressional oversight, three lawmakers say.
There have been increased calls by critics of Homeland Security to require all of the department’s officers who are responsible for immigration enforcement to wear body cameras.
The jobs report and other key economic statistics were previously delayed by a record 43-day government shutdown last fall.
President Donald Trump said Sunday he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for two years starting in July for construction.
Nevada lawmakers are steamrolling into the final two weeks of the 2013 session — a time when action behind the scenes can move at a dizzying pace while the public process dissolves into a mode of hurry up and wait.
When the 2013 legislative session adjourns at midnight June 3, Gov. Brian Sandoval and Republicans can tell Democrats “I told you so.”
Two rural colleges in Northern Nevada will feel less budget pain than initially proposed under actions taken by legislative money committees Saturday.
The Nevada Legislature’s money committees on Saturday approved nearly $6.5 million in new funding for mental health programs, using money from a windfall tobacco settlement as recommended by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
It was do or die time for many bills in the Nevada Legislature on Friday. Most did. A few died.
The Legislature’s two budget committees approved a public school spending plan Friday that follows the governor’s recommendations and allocates basic state support of about $5,500 per pupil.
A constitutional amendment that would let voters decide whether to legalize gay marriage passed another hurdle Thursday when an Assembly panel voted in favor of Senate Joint Resolution 13.
The Legislature’s two tax committees did what was expected Thursday — vote for the so-called “More Cops” tax increase bill to hire more police in Clark County and advance a resolution to let voters decide next year whether to approve a constitutional amendment that could lead to higher taxes on mining.
Nevada Parks Division employees violated a state law by purchasing 22 of their agency’s 61 surplus weapons that were supposed to be forwarded to the weapons manufacturer as part of a trade for new staff weapons, a legislative audit has discovered.
Members of a joint legislative panel formally adopted a new funding formula Wednesday for Nevada’s universities and community colleges, a change that would shift more general fund support to campuses in Southern Nevada.