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Nevada has been an early presidential caucus state since 2008 and is third-in-line to cast votes in the Democratic presidential primary next year ...

In response to concerns from gun advocacy groups, Booker said that a buyback program doesn’t mean federal agents would show up at a citizen’s home demanding their weapon ...

Former Vice President Joe Biden, in his first trip to Nevada since House Democrats announced an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, told supporters Friday that Trump had violated his oath of office ...

As Democrats race to outpace President Donald Trump's aggressive online operation ahead of the 2020 election, the left's largest super PAC touched down in Nevada this week to help ...

Las Vegas and Parkland, Fla., are connected by tragedy: both have seen a mass shooting. U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., and U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., among House Democrats working on ...

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Donna Walden, President of GreenUP!, a nonprofit that has established a green dining district along Carson Street. The district's purpose is to help restaurants reduce all waste streams, with a strong focus on food waste. Accompanying her will be Angela Bullentini Wolf of Gather, who will describe that restaurant's experience implementing green practices.

Rank-and-file Democrats appear to be shifting to the middle on health care, worried about what's politically achievable on their party's top 2020 issue. While "Medicare for All" remains ...

Heading into the first day of the work week, if you're an early, early riser or are settling in for the night, you'll want to step outside at around 3 a.m. for the peak of the Perseid shower, which will be in the eastern sky. If you missed them, there will be a viewing party hosted by Carson City Parks and Rec at the Jack C. Davis Observatory at WNC beginning at midnight Tuesday morning, August 13. Otherwise, it's onward and upward into the day with a Cooperative Extension presentation, Shred Kids mountain bike camp, Red Cross sitter certification class, West Coast swing dancing and more.

Molly Forgey, the communications director for the state Democratic Party, said that while participation on caucus day was still important, the addition of a virtual option was meant to …

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada is joining about 100 Democrats in the U.S. House in calling for an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Titus, a Democrat who represents ...

“Job growth was about 227,000 in June but 46 percent of the people surveyed say they are not better off. Democrats claim the 50 percent growth of the stock market does not help the common people because most do not invest in stocks, except those with 401(k) plans. But the stock market indicates companies are willing to invest, which leads to job growth. Please explain.”

A thoughtful reader’s good points.

Democrats in the early presidential contest states of Nevada and Iowa will be able to cast their votes over the telephone instead of showing up at their states' traditional neighborhood caucus meetings next ...

Dozens strolled the streets and soaked in the summer heat during the Carson City Downtown Wine Walk on Saturday.

Swathed in an elegant suit of red, white and blue and enveloped by a huge crowd of the same beautiful hues, President Donald J. Trump announced his re-election campaign Tuesday night.

After reviewing the failures and treachery of his opposition and the Fake News, he counted at length the accomplishments of the American people and his administration. He ushered in the summer of our politics, economy and culture and outlined the challenges we face and how we will Keep America Great.

Nevada lawmakers passed their core budget bills Monday afternoon, fulfilling their constitutional requirement to fund the government hours before they were set to adjourn for two years ...

Senate Democrats have passed a bill extending a payroll tax by removing a requirement that mandates a two-thirds vote to pass. The measure has shaped up to be one of the largest political fights in ...

Democrats in the Nevada Senate have approved a bill to let authorities confiscate guns from people judged to pose a danger to themselves or others. The omnibus firearm bill includes a ...

A bill to raise Nevada's minimum wage has passed the Assembly in a party-line vote. The measure approved Tuesday by Democrats seeks to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour for workers not offered health insurance and $11 an hour for employees who are.

Sen. Cory Booker told a crowd of Henderson voters today that Democrats need to avoid the mistake of defining themselves by what they’re against, and to instead talk more about ...

A sprawling criminal justice reform bill that aims to curb the state's growing prison population has inched one step closer to becoming law. Democrats in the state Assembly passed the amended ...

Nevada Democrats face an end-of-session deadline as they work to pass key legislation that would overhaul the state's education funding formula ...

Two potential school funding sources were introduced Tuesday in the Nevada Legislature. One — Senate Bill 545 — would take the 10% excise tax collected on legal marijuana sales and put it in the state’s public education account. The other, an amendment to Assembly Bill 309, would allow counties ...

The Nevada Democratic Party, hoping to expand accessibility to its first-in-the-West presidential caucuses next February, has sent proposed changes to ...

Holman W. Jenkins, a great columnist, recently speculated something I had also imagined: Some organ of the lamestream media will soon decide it has made a cosmic mistake in following the anti-Trump story line, perhaps issue a mea culpa for its biased and corrupt coverage to date, and at least get on the truthful side of the story.

A long-held progressive policy goal of raising Nevada’s minimum wage is again surfacing at the Legislature, with its best chance to pass in nearly two decades coming even as some advocates are asking lawmakers to raise the floor even higher.

While celebrating that President Trump and his people have been completely cleared of the Russia collusion lie, it’s important to note the fine and ever better job he’s done as President despite all the harassment.

Democrats and their deep state allies and politically correct left-wing press mouthpieces have insisted for over two years that the President and his team colluded with Russians to steal the 2016 election and then engaged in obstruction of justice to cover it up.

Kimi Cole is chair the Douglas County Democratic Central Committee and chair of the Rural Nevada Democratic Caucus and said misinformation is fueling a hysteria among Republicans in Douglas County.

Senator Jacky Rosen will keynote the Carson Dems' Capital Blue Dinner on Wed, April 17th from 5:30 - 9:00 pm in the Nevada Room of the Governor's Mansion, 606 Mountain Street. Food to be prepared by A Catered Affair. There will also be a no-host wine bar, raffles and silent auctions. Assigned seating available for four or more.

A month after the November 2018 election, I wrote an analysis of the results of recent statewide elections. From total statewide voter turnout data, I came to one clear conclusion: 2014 was the outlier year and the most recent results were quite in line with the long-term trends in Nevada.

Nevada state senators split on party-lines over a major vote requiring background checks on most private gun sales or transfers, with Democrats continuing the rapid processing of the bill designed to finally implement a stalled ballot initiative approved by voters in 2016.