United Airlines and Chicago airport officials missed a deadline for answering questions from by key U.S. senators about the dragging incident aboard a United Express plane.
Politics and Government
Elevated expressways would cost more than $100 million to build but could shave several minutes off a drive to McCarran International Airport, Clark County commissioners were told this week.
The U.S. Secret Service says it has permanently restricted public access to a sidewalk and adjoining areas south of the White House to make it more difficult for people to jump the fence in the latest attempt by the agency to tighten security and deter potential intruders.
CARSON CITY — The board of Nevada’s Public Employees Retirement System voted Thursday to give its support to a bill that required the disclosure of retiree names. PERS chair Mark Vincent even said he sees “value” to the public in releasing the names, if directed to do so by the Legislature.
“The internet has become a necessity in today’s society, and no Nevadan should be without access, regardless of where they live,” U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said during a speech to the joint session of the Nevada Legislature Thursday night.
“Screw Nevada Two.” That’s how Nevada’s chief critic of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project views legislation that will be discussed next week in a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee titled the “Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017.”
A local organization contends Las Vegas City Council candidate Steve Seroka, a retired Air Force colonel, is violating multiple military regulations with his campaign materials.
A bill that started out to abolish Columbus Day was amended Thursday by the Nevada Senate to set aside a separate day to honor indigenous people.
A proposal solidifying the Clark County School District reorganization passed out of the Nevada Senate education committee Thursday and is headed to the full Senate.
Domestic workers who perform household duties would have new protections for working conditions and pay under two bills approved by the Nevada Senate.
On Thursday’s international marijuana holiday, a special surprise greeted lawmakers in their offices and on their desks on the floors of the Nevada Legislature.
There were 8,402 ballots cast for the April 4 primary, accounting for 7.73 percent of voters registered in North Las Vegas.
A case involving a man who was deported to Mexico despite having permission to be in the U.S. under a program that shields young immigrants has landed in the courtroom of a judge whose impartiality was questioned by Donald Trump during the presidential campaign because of his Mexican heritage.
Bill O’Reilly will receive a maximum of one year’s salary following his ouster Wednesday from Fox News, according to a source familiar with the situation.
CPR, name changes and protection orders highlight day 74 of the 2017 legislative session.