Nevada Government News

A trial is still more than a year away, but a federal judge on Monday cleared the way for neighbors of an abandoned, toxic mine in northern Nevada to move forward with a class-action lawsuit against Atlantic Richfield Co.

U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., who faces a difficult bid for the U.S. Senate, is walking a careful line on whether religiously affiliated organizations should be required to provide female employees insurance coverage for contraception.

A federal judge in Nevada has temporarily barred a Nevada prison from refusing to serve Kosher food to an Orthodox prisoner.

As more loopholes are added to the tax structure, the principles of simplicity, transparency, and neutrality would be broken.

A major Democratic power-player in Nevada is under FBI investigation for illegal campaign contributions.

When Rep. Mark Amodei explains his undiminished support for the Stop Online Piracy Act , he makes reference to a band rarely identified with its Nevada roots: The Killers.

Frustrated sales workers, rejoice. You no longer have the hardest sell in town. The new front-runner for the most ridiculous, laughable, are-you-kidding-me pitch in Nevada? The Clark County School District.

Pump It Up's next Bounce It Forward Playdate will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 8 for children ages 2-11. Eastbound Wells Avenue on- and off-ramps from Interstate 80 are closed this weekend as part of the Nevada Department of Transportation and Granite Construction's $72 million Design Build Project.

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When it comes to jobs, the current economic situation continues to be dire, the worst in our lifetime.

If it's dry and cold where you live, work or play, it's winter skin season, but the... Harvey Whittemore, center, cheers for the Nevada basketball team in 2007 with then-U.S. Rep.

Ann Romney took care of the thank yous. She praised the Nevada volunteers, the leaders of the state campaign and offered "a special shout-out to Dema Guinn," the wife for former Nevada Gov.

CARSON CITY The Nevada Legislature's Interim Finance Committee today approved a request from the Department of Taxation for $260,000 to hire a team of auditors to track cigarette sales to protect a $40 million a year payment to Nevada from the nation's major tobacco companies.

Tribune/Dan McGee Senator Dean Heller makes a point about his efforts to stop limits regarding access to public lands during a meeting Friday at the Peppermill.

A federal judge issued an injunction Friday that bars the Nevada Department of Corrections from serving its new "common fare" menu to an Orthodox Jewish inmate who adheres to a kosher diet.

Single Sign-On: You can use Facebook account to log in to LasVegasSun.com. Motorists this weekend may want to avoid the U.S. 95 southbound off-ramp to Craig Road, which will be closed until Saturday evening.

Drivers will want to avoid the Rainbow curve again this weekend. Nevada Department of Transportation crews will be closing down the 95 at Rainbow in both directions tonight so they can continue installing that high occupancy vehicle fly-over bridge.

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Following an evening with Mark Twain at Piper's Opera House last month, a jovial looking fellow handed me a Chur chill-sized cigar and ex tended a rare invitation.

Maine has been caucusing for a week now and will announce the results tomorrow. Turnout tends to be very, very low, and Paul was third there in 2008 with 18 percent, one of his best states when it was still a three-way race then.

SNAPSHOT TOPIC: Economic development OUR VIEW: Gov. Brian Sandoval's new plan for the state is a good start, but the proof will be in the good jobs that are created for jobless Nevadans.