U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz dismissed speculation Wednesday that a nuclear waste repository could open at Yucca Mountain near Las Vegas because of local opposition to the project.
Politics and Government
Black lawmakers said Wednesday that Sen. Jeff Sessions at times has shown hostility toward civil rights, making him unfit to be attorney general.
A spokesman for President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday denied allegations that the Kremlin has collected compromising information about President-elect Donald Trump deriding the claim as a “complete fabrication and utter nonsense.”
As Congress prepares for the political brawl over the dismantling of Obamacare, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller rolled out a bipartisan bill Tuesday to repeal a tax on high-end insurance plans.
Conceding disappointments during his presidency yet offering vigorous encouragement for the nation’s future, Barack Obama issued an emotional defense Tuesday night of his vision to Americans facing a moment of anxiety and a dramatic change in leadership.
A Las Vegas-area environmental group is invoking Nevada’s anti-SLAPP law in an attempt to dismiss a lawsuit filed last month by Clark County, according to a court motion filed Monday.
Top intelligence officials last week told President-elect Donald Trump about an unsubstantiated report that Russia had compromising personal and financial information about him, a U.S. official said Tuesday.
The top two Democrats in the Nevada Legislature are calling on U.S. Sen. Dean Heller to explain how Republicans in Congress will replace key provisions of the Affordable Care Act if they repeal it.
Two Republican state lawmakers are revising an attempt to make English the official language in Nevada.
Democratic lawmakers from Nevada received committee assignments Tuesday as the U.S. House rumbled into its first week of the 115th Congress.
Nevada’s three Democratic House members have written a letter to Gov. Brian Sandoval and legislative leaders asking them to take action to provide for the removal of the statue of Patrick McCarran from the Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.
Nevada Highway Patrol troopers will soon wear body cameras with the approval Tuesday of a $1.25 million five-year contract to purchase and operate the devices for its uniformed officers.
A state panel on Tuesday approved a nearly $900,000 request from the Department of Taxation to prepare Nevada for the establishment of recreational marijuana sales by next year.
Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions said on Tuesday he would recuse himself from investigating Hillary Clinton if confirmed as attorney general.
North Las Vegas voters will cast ballots at vote centers rather than polling places this year as part of an effort to save nearly $55,000.
