Plans to turn Yucca Mountain into the nation’s nuclear waste repository have long received opposition from both sides of the aisle. But, is that changing?
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Farmers have shown overwhelming interest in getting paid to retire rights to pump groundwater in rural Nevada. Could a state-run program save the water below us?
A Las Vegas woman was arrested Thursday for her alleged participation in the U.S. Capitol riot after the 2020 presidential election.
Where’s the outrage? Strip giant stands up to extortion — and ends up under federal investigation.
Legislation that would allow mining companies to use public land regardless of whether mineral deposits have been found on the land passed the House and will head to the Senate.
Democrat Beto O’Rourke has told a Texas TV station that he’s running for president in 2020.
Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris will headline a fundraiser in northern Nevada for liberalgroup Battle Born Progress next month.
The Nevada State Democratic Party has hired an organizing director who worked on Democrat Hillary Clinton’s 2016presidential campaign to direct the state party’s presidential caucuses next year.
Two bills before the Nevada Legislature are aimed at helping children with autism, by increasing funding and coordinating information about state-run programs.
A bill forbidding Nevada hotels and motels from giving law enforcement agencies details on the immigration status, citizenship or nationality of their guests without a warrant is likely to get some tweaks, partly to address concerns that it might discourage crime reporting.
Public and charter schools in Clark and Washoe counties would be required to have libraries and employ certified teacher librarians under two new Senate bills heard before the Senate Committee on Education on Wednesday.
Nine finalists for three openings in Clark County District Court were selected this week by a state panel.
A glitch in a two-year-old bill meant to strengthen campaign finance reporting has actually weakened transparency in eight Nevada cities, the Review-Journal has found.
A last-minute effort by Senate Republicans to avoid a vote on a resolution disapproving of President Trump’s push for funds for a Southwestern border wall appeared to fail Wednesday.
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to a total of seven and a half years in prison Wednesday after a federal judge rejected his appeal for no additional time and rebuked him for his crimes and years of lies.