Nevada’s Medicaid program, caught in the political crossfire over rising health-care costs, is far different than the limited federal-state health insurance partnership for the “deserving poor” that President Lyndon Johnson unveiled in 1965.
Politics and Government
Arguably the most successful element of Donald Trump’s presidency involves a campaign promise that hasn’t been enacted or funded by Congress. The mere threat of a wall — a “big beautiful” wall — along the Mexican border has transformed the immigration equation as fewer undocumented immigrants cross the border into the United States.
The Clark County School District may be violating the law that forced its reorganization by not adequately funding rural schools, officials say.
With a contested primary on the horizon for the Nevada U.S. Senate race, some big Republican names have thrown their support behind Dean Heller, the vulnerable GOP incumbent.
In his 24 years as metro Phoenix’s sheriff, Joe Arpaio survived scandals and dodged investigations that would easily have sunk the careers of many politicians.
Carrying a price tag of nearly $1 million, a high-speed, laser-scanning microscope — the first of its kind in the state — will be coming to UNLV next spring.
Laxalt’s upcoming but as-of-yet unannounced gubernatorial campaign was the underlying theme of his third annual Basque Fry.
Speakers at the third annual Basque Fry gave red meat speeches to an appreciative crowd of 3,000 who flocked to the conservative Republican gathering in Northern Nevada.
Interior Department, White House remain mum on what actions the secretary recommended after his review of 22 national monuments created since Jan. 1, 1996, including Gold Butte and Basin and Range in Nevada.
North Las Vegas is bringing the functions of its human resources department back in-house, more than two years after outsourcing the work to a consultant as a way to save more than $1 million, city officials said Friday.
Darren Adair retired after serving four years as finance director for North Las Vegas, helping guide the cash-strapped city toward solvency.
President Donald Trump on Friday directed the Pentagon to extend indefinitely a ban on transgender individuals joining the military, but he appeared to leave open the possibility of allowing some already in uniform to remain.
The Nevada Department of Corrections named a former state prison warden as its new deputy director of operations Friday.
Not one to let a summer Friday pass without some drama, President Donald J. Trump pardoned Maricopa County’s controversial former sheriff, Joe Arpaio, late Friday.
Five-term Republican Assemblyman John Hambrick will have a primary challenger next June.
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