A district court judge is considering arguments made Wednesday in the lawsuit challenging a pair of state Senate recall efforts.
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Colton Lochhead covers pot and politics for the Review-Journal, where he started as an intern covering crime and breaking news in 2012. Raised in Las Vegas, the life-long desert rat graduated from Bonanza High School before earning his journalism degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Republican governor candidate and state Treasurer Dan Schwartz said he wants to strip the $750 million taxpayer subsidy earmarked for the Raiders’ stadium and use it to fix Nevada’s much maligned public education system.
Democrat Steve Sisolak said Monday that if elected Nevada governor he will donate his state salary to nonprofits until the state’s public education system improves.
Danny Tarkanian made an “illegal corporate contribution” from a charity he runs to his 2012 congressional campaign, according to a complaint filed the Federal Elections Commission.
Two recalls targeting Democratic state Senators will come to a head this week when a district court judge hears arguments about the validity of the efforts.
Deonne Contine, the departing director of the Nevada Department of Taxation, announced this week that she is running for an open Assembly seat in Reno.
A Las Vegas police sergeant confirmed Wednesday that Oct. 1 gunman Stephen Paddock was dead before any officers breached his Mandalay Bay hotel suite.
Arizona resident Douglas Haig, whose name had not been previously released, said he sold ammunition to gunman Stephen Paddock but did not know him.
A trio of current and former high-ranking Metropolitan Police Department officers hope to make the jump into state politics this year.
A national group aimed at electing Republican attorneys general across the country is touting a banner fundraising year in 2017. And a good chunk of it could make its way to out here to Nevada.
G3 Labs, a Las Vegas marijuana testing facility, has been reinstated after five months of suspension, the Nevada Department of Taxation said Friday.
Sandoval, who appointed Contine as the director of the Tax Department in Nov. 2014, praised her as someone he could trust with difficult of tasks.
Democrat Steven Horsford, who held the seat from 2012 to 2014, announced Thursday that he intends to enter the race in a move that could set up a potential rematch between two former Nevada Congressmen.
Republican Nevada governor candidate Adam Laxalt says he wants to tackle veterans issues “head-on” if elected.
Nevada regulators are cracking down on marijuana testing labs, as nearly half of the state’s marijuana labs have had their license suspended in the last five months.
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