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Republicans are sponsoring a bill that would make background checks for gun sales free and prevent more people with mental illness from having a firearm. SB240 was introduced in the Nevada Senate on Tuesday. It would expand ......

As a New Jersey Democratic senator comes under fire in a corruption investigation, Republicans are taking aim at another Democrat: Sen. Harry Reid. The Senate minority leader has not ......

Democratic leaders in the Nevada Legislature announced their plans and priorities for the 2015 session Monday, claiming Republicans are pushing an agenda for special interests over the middle class....

Many Nevada dirt bike and all-terrain vehicle riders could leave registration forms and fees in the dust if a group of legislative Republicans get their way.

Assembly Bill 217 would gut recently adopted requirements that off-roaders in the Silver State register their rides of choice and pay a $20 fee that's used to fund everything from trail development to conservation to law enforcement in the backcountry.

Now part of the ruling party in Washington, D.C., U.S. Congressman Mark Amodei of Nevada's second congressional district, which includes Carson City, will bring to light what is happening in the nation's capital since the election and give his unique insight into changes, if any, now that the Republicans are in charge of both the House and the Senate.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech urging Congress to take a firmer hand on Iran than what is being pursued by President Barack Obama was applauded by Nevada Republicans but was greeted with frustration by Democrats....

The House of Representatives approved full fiscal-year funding for the U.S. domestic security agency on Tuesday, dealing a blow to conservative Republicans who had wanted the bill to include language blocking President Barack Obama’s recent executive orders on immigration....

Senate Republican leaders announced they will introduce a stand-alone, emergency bill authorizing school districts to roll over bonding authority for school construction projects unless the Assembly passes a comprehensive measure that includes prevailing wage exemptions by the end of the week....

California Republicans broke from their own platform on Sunday and voted overwhelmingly at their state party convention to give official recognition to a gay rights wing of the GOP that has long been marginalized....

If this week was any indication, Republicans could spend much of the 2016 presidential election attacking Democrats as weak on national security, rather than focusing on the economic concerns that have preoccupied voters in recent years....

Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday urged Republicans in Congress to pass a homeland security bill by deadline this week and avert a shutdown that could disrupt millions of dollars in grants to Nevada and more than 1,500 government workers....

Las Vegas’ once-battered housing market has improved the past few years but remains riddled with problems such as foreclosures, underwater borrowers, flat wages and high unemployment. So why are Republicans in the Legislature pushing an overhaul of Nevada's construction-defect law as a way to boost...

Nevada Republicans have introduced a bill that would require a form of identification in order to vote. Senate Republicans introduced SB169 on Tuesday. It would require proof of identification in order to ......

The Nevada Republican Party, a continuing cavalcade of cuckoo's nests, has sent out a long missive attacking the Establishemnt Republicans, the governor and lawmakers who rightly

Far-right Republicans are ready to begin a campaign to recall Nevada GOP Assembly Speaker John Hambrick, continuing months of party infighting over tax increases. The recall effort, dovetailing with an extortion case involving ......

As a gun-loving state where Republicans have launched a wave of pro-firearm proposals since taking control of the Legislature in 2014, Nevada might seem like anything but ......

When Republicans swept Nevada’s ballot in November, political insiders handed a big slice of credit to one man — Chris Carr. Carr funded a nonprofit called ......

A week after Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt broke rank with GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval in joining an immigration lawsuit aimed at the federal government, more of the state’s top Republicans are turning away from the governor....

A national Democratic group is condemning legislative Republicans for daring to suggest a reapportionment of districts, but may have gone too far in saying such a move would be illegal....

GOP leaders inserted redistricting language into the rules governing the 78th legislative session, a maneuver designed to keep an important bargaining chip in play while limiting mischief from within the Ass. GOP Caucus....

President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a $3.99 trillion budget that drew scorn from Republicans and set up battles over tax reform, infrastructure spending, and the quest to prove which party best represents the middle class....

As state lawmakers prepare for the start of their regular session Monday, there has been a stir in the Assembly about the potential recall of several Republicans.

UPDATE, 2:30 PM: Guess who is registered to vote at that address where Metro served the search warrant? Rob Lauer, the failed GOP candidate for secretary of state a couple of cycles ago, according to Clark County Election Department records. Lauer also tried to get appointed to the Assembly seat vac...

Efforts to recall Nevada Assembly Republicans took a blow Wednesday after the Clark County Republican Party filed a complaint accusing a conservative PAC of ......

That didn't take long.

Less than a month after he was sworn in, Adam "Call me General!" Laxalt has created a rift with the governor, catalyzed a potential constitutional crisis and created a political problem for his fellow Republicans. Now that's talent!

A conservative activist and anti-tax firebrand has helped organize three political action committees with the goal of recalling Nevada Assembly Republicans that he says haven't come out strongly enough against the governor's proposed tax increases.

Accusing Republicans of “declaring war on immigrants,” U.S. Rep. Dina Titus took to the House floor today to blast Attorney General Adam Laxalt’s go-it-alone plan to join a lawsuit to ......

Republicans are attacking working families with their proposals to upend collective bargaining in Nevada, Danny Thompson, executive vice treasurer of the Nevada AFL-CIO, said at a press conference this morning. Thompson’s words come as some state lawmakers ......

A conservative activist and anti-tax firebrand has helped organize three political action committees with the goal of recalling Nevada Assembly Republicans that he says haven't come out strongly enough against the governor's proposed tax increases. The move by Chuck Muth came as ......

Unemployment in Nevada's capital city fell 2.2 percentage points over the year, ending December with a rate of 7 percent, said Bill Anderson, chief economist for Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Carson City follows the rest of the state in terms of improvements, with Nevada's rate ending in 2014 at 6.8 percent, down from 6.9 percent in November and 9 percent in December 2013. This is the lowest the rate has been since June 2008 when it was also at 6.8 percent.