The gunman who shot a top GOP congressman and several other people Wednesday at a baseball practice outside the nation’s capital had a long history of lashing out at Republicans and recently frightened a neighbor by firing a rifle into a field behind his Illinois house.
President Donald Trump’s decision to allow his Pentagon chief to set U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan won’t mean an immediate infusion of troops but should improve management of the war effort, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday.
A pared-down but still contentious plan to develop the shuttered Badlands golf course will be heard next week by the Las Vegas City Council, the third time in seven months the panel has mulled a large-scale residential proposal for the 250-acre property.
UNLV officials say they will step up efforts to distribute more than $12 million that has accumulated over the past few years in the university’s financial-aid coffers.
A rifle-wielding attacker opened fire on Republican lawmakers as they practiced for a charity baseball game Wednesday, critically wounding House GOP Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and hitting aides and Capitol police as congressmen and others dove for cover.
Henderson City Council incumbent John Marz celebrated his likely win for the Ward 3 seat with an intimate group of friendsand family at his home Tuesday night in the city’s Green Valley section.
Gov. Brian Sandoval signed 11 bills on Tuesday, enacting laws that regulate the ride-sharing industry, target bullying and give Nevada businesses an edge when competing for state government contracts.
Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore will return to public office after pulling out a narrow victory over Kelli Ross in the Ward 6 City Council race.
Two political newcomers look to be on their way to joining the Boulder City Council.
The Las Vegas City Council will have a decidedly different look for the next four years, as Steve Seroka triumphed in his challenge to defeat Councilman Bob Beers in Ward 2.
A longtime prosecutor won a seat on the Las Vegas Municipal Court on Tuesday, knocking off the incumbent after a race that turned unusual and contentious just days before the election, according to unofficial results.
A Clark County District Court judge has denied U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen’s motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by her Republican opponent in the 2016 election.
Three Republican nominees to serve on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which would oversee a license application for the Yucca Mountain project, sailed through a Senate committee hearing Tuesday despite questions by Nevada lawmakers.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is praising Nevada elected officials for passing Senate Bill 259, making Nevada the 30th state to require ignition interlocks after a drunk driving offense.
A Carson City district court judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by liquor distributors against the Department of Taxation over the distribution of recreational marijuana to pot dispensaries.
