Contribution and expense reports filed Friday provide a final look at candidate war chests before voters decide city council races Tuesday in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson.
Politics and Government
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whose contacts with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential campaign have sparked questions, agreed Saturday to appear before the Senate intelligence committee as it investigates alleged Russian meddling in the election.
For months, lawmakers engaged in a political battle that came down to the final hours of the Nevada Legislature.
The Henderson City Council has chosen three finalists to attend a special meeting Thursday to fill the Ward 2 vacancy.
Republican senators from states that expanded Medicaid support a slow phase out of that expansion — an issue at the center of negotiations as lawmakers scramble to write compromise legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Friday signed a bill increasing the cost-of-living raises for state workers to 3 percent per year from 2 percent.
A federal judge this week rejected a Service Employees International Union member’s request to immediately restore local control of the union’s Nevada chapter.
Nevada Legislators passed a comprehensive law to mandate the testing and tracking of sexual assault forensic examination kits, but questions remain about the law signed by the governor Thursday.
President Donald Trump denied on Friday that he had told then-FBI chief James Comey he hoped Comey could let go an investigation into a former national security adviser, adding he was willing to give his version of events under oath.
White House social media director Dan Scavino has been issued a warning by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel for using an official-looking Twitter account for campaign purposes.
A 34-year-old man facing sex trafficking and child pornography charges in Las Vegas was ordered held without bail Friday as authorities in southern Illinois investigate the killing of his 6-year-old daughter.
President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer plans to file a complaint early next week about former FBI Director James Comey’s disclosure of conversations with the president, a person close to the legal team said on Friday.
Gov. Brian Sandoval signed 71 bills into law late Thursday and vetoed seven others, including measures to raise the minimum wage, ban the use of private prisons, and protect patients from “surprise” emergency hospital billings.
Days before the Las Vegas city election, a municipal court judge has fired her re-election campaign manager, walked back a Facebook post, apologized for a highly criticized mailer and lost major political endorsements.
Former FBI Chief James Comey gave a few news editors headaches in the course of his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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