Nevada News

CARSON CITY, Nev. - A group backed by a conservative businessman took aim at Nevada's highest earning casinos Tuesday, filing an initiative to raise gambling taxes in a move that could intensify tax battles and test alliances going into next year's legislative session.

CARSON CITY, Nev. &#8212 A group backed by a conservative businessman took aim at Nevada's highest earning casinos Tuesday, filing an initiative to raise gambling taxes in a move that could intensify tax battles and test alliances going into next year's legislative session.

Preliminary results of an entrance poll shows Nevadans participating in today's caucuses were focused on the economy and which candidate could best defeat Obama.

In his Nevada victory speech, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney vowed "defend religious liberty" and "overturned" any mandate "that tramples on our first freedom, our right to believe as we choose.

Flanked by four young grandchildren, a buoyant-looking Mitt Romney strode across the tarmac here early Saturday afternoon, creating a perfectly posed American family tableau on the day that Nevadans voted for their choices to be the Republican presidential nominee.

Ron Paul may have placed a lot of his chips in the Nevada caucus, but the Republican presidential hopeful has his eyes set on winning delegates in upcoming caucuses.

Florida's presidential primary is history now, and the four remaining Republican contenders are turning their attention to Nevada, where the GOP will hold its caucuses on Saturday.

Jessica Bates of Rockwall looked to be covered in blood as she lay face down on the cement in Royse City.

Before a rally at his Nevada headquarters Tuesday night, Rick Santorum reacted to the news that Mitt Romney had cruised to victory in the Florida primary just wrapping up across the country.

According to the Department of Public Safety, 54-year-old Catheline Peppers of Nevada, Texas was traveling westbound on 380 when she stopped her Accord at a traffic light.