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Vice President Kamala Harris spoke Friday at an event in Las Vegas, addressing President Joe Biden’s debate performance Thursday evening.
Wrapped in a bitter fight to save Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge from new mining claims, advocates are betting on a tiny fish.
Two recent polls show former president Donald Trump and President Joe Biden in a statistical dead heat in Nevada.
Steven Brooks was the first lawmaker to be expelled from the Nevada Legislature after he threatened to kill an assemblywoman.
Nevada has received a $978,000 federal grant to combat and reduce recidivism among inmates convicted of property crimes and drug offenses, the state Department of Corrections announced Wednesday.
Warbirds and the Thunderbirds’ red-white-and-blue jets demonstrated the nation’s airpower Saturday for 135,000 spectators who flocked to Nellis Air Force Base for the first Aviation Nation public open house in two years.
Nevada Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford announced committee assignments Wednesday, laying thegroundwork for the 2017 legislative session.
The state Department of Corrections is establishing a designated mental health facility at Northern Nevada Correctional Center to provide coordinated treatment for inmates housed around the state, Director James Dzurenda said Tuesday.
Gov. Brian Sandoval said he isn’t going to abandon his longstanding opposition to creation of a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, whether or not President-elect Donald Trump or Congress renew efforts to entomb radioactive materials at the site 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
The general contractor overseeing construction of the Faraday Future electric car manufacturing plant in North Las Vegas said the manufacturer has “temporarily adjusted” its construction schedule with plans for resuming work early next year.
The long-stalled plan to stash radioactive waste at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain is set to be revived with the arrival of President-elect Donald Trump in Washington and the departure of the project’s most ardent Senate opponent, Harry Reid.
The Assembly Republican Caucus has named Paul Anderson, R-Las Vegas, as minority leader for the upcoming 2017 legislative session.
Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday said he wants to take a wait-and-see approach before deciding whether to fast-track at least $899 million in freeway improvements to accommodate construction of a new 65,000-seat stadium.
The switch by Farley, who represents Las Vegas’ Distict 8, will give Democrats a 12-9 voting edge, if she also votes with the party.