The communications director for U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore has resigned amid the Alabama Republican’s efforts to combat allegations of sexual misconduct that have roiled his campaign.
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The suit filed by the Nevada Policy Research Institute argued that state Sen. Heidi Gansert, R-Reno, violated the state Constitution by simultaneously working for the legislative and executive branches of government.
Judge puts off hearing scheduled for Nov. 29, saying separate lawsuit in state court could render the federal case moot. At issue are efforts to recall three Nevada state senators.
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Nevada’s congressional delegation fired off a letter Wednesday urging the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to send $11.3 million in unused funds to the state keep a health program for low-income children until early next year.
Sign-ups increase 40 percent over same period last year, calming fears among state officials that confusion over the future of the Affordable Care Act would cause them to tank.
Democrats are slightly more likely than Republicans to say they’re uneasy about political discussions at the table, 39 percent to 33 percent. And women are more likely than men to say they dread the thought of talking politics, 41 percent to 31 percent.
President Donald Trump started off his first day of Thanksgiving vacation by resuming his taunts of the father of a UCLA basketball player detained for shoplifting in China.
Silent for more than a week, President Donald Trump all but endorsed embattled Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore on Tuesday, discounting the sexual assault allegations against him and insisting repeatedly that voters must not support Moore’s “liberal” rival.
Nevada Democrats want to see what talks Attorney General Adam Laxalt had leading up to his controversial vote against pardoning a man who spent two decades in prison for a murder he did not commit.
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The Las Vegas Monorail Co. received permission Tuesday from Clark County to expand its route from the MGM Grand to Mandalay Bay.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., on Tuesday said President Donald Trump’s tax reform plan should set aside 5 percent of funding for transportation projects and infrastructure that will accommodate the next generation of “smart” vehicles.
A civil rights organization filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Republican state Senate leader Michael Roberson’s anti-sanctuary city amendment, claiming it misleads voters and jeopardizes public safety in the state.
Another complaint alleging misdeeds in the attempt to recall state Sen. Joyce Woodhouse was filed Tuesday with the Nevada secretary of state’s office.
