Nevada Government News

An animal protection group is asking a federal judge to block the government's planned roundup of thousands of wild mustangs in Nevada next month.California-based In Defense of Animals says in a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. that the helicopter-aided roundups are illegal because they "traumatize, injure and kill" ...

Northern Nevada's League of Women Voters is keeping a close eye on what's happening in Washington, D.C. They're excited to know a discussion will take place.

Nevada Mayor Mike Hutchens presents a proclamation recognizing the 25th anniversary of Nevada's Parents as Teacher orgainzation during a recent City Council meeting.

Employees at GE Energy and volunteers prepared about 700 packages for deployed Nevada National Guard soldiers and airmen Thursday at the Minden business.

" Nevada's tax system hits hardest at low and middle-income wage earners and gives the rich a break, according to a new tax study.

Five months after Sen. John Ensign admitted to having an extramarital affair with a staffer , the scandal is still in the headlines - in large part because the husband of his onetime lover keeps making them.

Harry's health care woes are just one reason to scream. Congressional Democrats and mainstream media have heaped high praise on Speaker Pelosi for finally delivering the House health care reform bill, all 2000+ pages of it.

The GOP is pushing back on recent stories that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's re-election isn't going to be tough.

The owner of a Nevada brothel featured on the HBO reality show "Cathouse" said Thursday he fears one of his employees is among the four people whose bodies were found in a burning house in Oklahoma City.

In Arizona, the budget has grown so gloomy that lawmakers are considering mortgaging Capitol buildings.

Nevada's correctional system will avoid furloughs under a plan approved today to transfer money from a inmate fund and seeking to lease an empty Southern Nevada prison to a private company.

" Health care costs are rising but half of Nevada hospitals are losing money. Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, D-North Las Vegas, said some charges by physicians are "exorbitant" and the problem exists primarily in Clark County.

A California company might become the first from another state to practice "telemedicine" in Nevada.

The state Department of Employment Training and Rehabilitation says about 8,000 Nevadans may qualify for extended jobless benefits under a bill signed by President Obama.

Nevada is joining more than 40 other states that have special license plates for families of those who died while serving in the military.

Last year, almost 25,000 animals were put down at the four Las Vegas Valley shelters.

Unemployed Nevadans could soon receive more financial help following a vote by Congress to extend unemployment benefits.

Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice James Hardesty has announced his re-election bid to the state's highest court.

Several candidates hope to alter the composition of the Nevada State Legislature.

Legislation introduced in Congress would expand the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act and authorize $415 million over eight years to combat the worst environmental threats to the Sierra Nevada lake and surrounding basin.