Nevada Government News

An Oregon judge has sentenced a Nevada couple who received $229,000 in unjustified payments from state and county agencies and an insurance company.

Fifty-four fourth and fifth grade students from Ethel W. Staton Elementary School have been recognized as "Great Americans, Great Nevadans" for their efforts to learn about the United States and the state of Nevada.

The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it became the newest in the nation to join the madness over Powerball, which saw its jackpot soar Thursday to $550 million.

SRJ13 was approved Thursday by the Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections.

From his spacious office in the Silver State's historic Capitol, Gov. Brian Sandoval keeps one eye focused on Washington, D.C., as he attempts to mitigate the political and economic minefield that has become the implementation of Obamacare.

A 12-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his 8-year-old sister in their Central California home is due in juvenile court Wednesday after his attorney said the boy had been charged with murder.

Tribune file photo) Dave Baker, a third-generation Snake Valley rancher, looks at the Stateline Spring which is a critical source of water for farmers and ranchers near the towns of Baker, Nev., and Utah's Garrison and EskDale.

The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada released a handful of videos from last week's testimony regarding a resolution that would repeal language from Nevada's constitution that excludes same sex couples and replaces it with language recognizing all marriages, regardless of the couple's gender.

The Bureau of Land Management , the Nevada Department of Agriculture and the Nevada Department of Corrections are hosting the second of three annual saddle-trained horse adoption events in Carson City on Saturday at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center , off Snyder Avenue on the south side of Carson City.

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With respect to the columns regarding the proposal to change from a per-gallon tax to a mileage tax, the transition would not be as difficult as indicated if Nevada established a system similar to that of New Jersey.

O.J. Simpson will return next week to the Las Vegas courthouse where he was convicted of leading an armed sports memorabilia heist to ask a judge for a new trial on the grounds that his lawyer botched his case.

A Native American leader from Nevada recently appointed to the U.S. Commerce Department's national tourism advisory board says tribes need to learn more about how to tap into the interest travelers have shown in American Indian heritage and the culture and history of the West.

The Mini-Golf Tax. The 'Iron Man' Tax. The Burning Man Tax. I'm pretty sure most Nevadans enjoy one or more of those activities, which means if Democrats in the Legislature pass their new Nevada Entertainment and Admissions Tax, every Nevadan will curse them when they try to enjoy themselves on the weekend after a long workweek.

But it wasn't the typical joyous time for the exuberant woman who was usually the life of the party.

Samantha Szesciorka has the gear, the clothing, the food and water, and now, a donation of 600 pounds of feed for her horse.

A Clark County Grand Jury has indicted a Las Vegas man on several charges in connection with a prostitution business.

Rep. Melvin Watt is not the only sitting House member facing Senate confirmation in the weeks ahead - there's also the curious case of Republican Rep.

O.J. Simpson will return next week to the Las Vegas courthouse where he was convicted of leading an armed sports memorabilia heist to ask a judge for a new trial on the grounds that his lawyer botched his case.

The Mini-Golf Tax. The "Iron Man" Tax. The Burning Man Tax. I'm pretty sure most Nevadans enjoy one or more of those activities, which means if Democrats in the Legislature pass their new Nevada Entertainment and Admissions Tax, every Nevadan will curse them when they try to enjoy themselves on the weekend after a long workweek.