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Nevada AG’s office says UNR’s mine exempt from state taxes

The Nevada attorney general’s office has concluded the University of Nevada, Reno, is exempt from a state tax on profits at a Humboldt County mine owned by its School of Mines.

Ryan Zinke denies wrongdoing after leaving Trump Cabinet

As former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke exits Washington amid a cloud of unresolved investigations and criticism of his actions favoring industry, he told The Associated Press that he has lived up to the conservation ideals of Teddy Roosevelt and insisted that the myriad allegations against him will be proven untrue.

 
Pelosi takes helm in House, Democrats work to reopen government

Cheering Democrats returned Nancy Pelosi to the House speaker’s post Thursday by a 220-192 vote as the 116th Congress ushered in a historically diverse freshman class eager to confront President Donald Trump in a new era of divided government.