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Pence breaks Senate tie on family-planning funds rollback

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence made a rare journey to Capitol Hill on Thursday to break a tie in a Senate vote to roll back federal funding for family planning and reproductive health.

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Nevada Legislature looks to reform guardian program

Four measures aimed at implementing reforms to Nevada’s problem-plagued guardianship programs are intended to clarify “who is watching the guardians,” a Senate panel was told Wednesday.

Death penalty bill prompts hours of debate in Nevada Legislature

Members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee listened to more than three hours of testimony on Wednesday about Assembly Bill 237, which would abolish the death penalty in Nevada.

State Department employee charged with lying to FBI

A veteran State Department employee has been charged with making false statements to the FBI about gifts she had received from Chinese intelligence agents, the Justice Department said Wednesday.