Nevada Government News Archives

Nevada posted its 10th straight month of double-digit declines in taxable sales in August, as a major federal incentive to boost car sales failed to drive consumer purchases into growth territory.

Rural Nevada has benefited the most from federal highway stimulus dollars so far, receiving 63 percent of Federal Highway Administration funding for roads and other transportation projects, according to an Associated Press analysis of reporting records.

Main Category: Abortion Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 29 Oct 2009 - 3:00 PDT An antiabortion ballot measure in Nevada could mobilize the state's Democratic voter base if it is placed on the 2010 ballot, some political experts say, the Las Vegas Sun reports.

Nevada is expecting to receive more than $92 million in stimulus grants from the Department of Energy for geothermal exploration and technology projects ranging from finding new sources of power to adding power generation to existing plants.

Federal officials will investigate workplace safety programs across the country after the deaths of 25 workers in construction accidents in Las Vegas over an 18-month period.

A Nevada judge's sternly worded ruling blasting a water giveaway as "arbitrary" with "oppressive" consequences has tossed a huge roadblock in the way of a controversial pipeline opposed by Utah ranchers and farmers.

Karen Todd-News 4 Senator Harry Reid says a public option will be included in the healthcare reform bill that will be debated on the Senate floor.

A former state pilot who raised safety concerns about another pilot has been fired again by the Nevada Department of Transportation after a judge ruled the agency was within its rights to fire him.

A major early season cold front brought gusting winds and cool temperatures to the Southwest and prompted warnings of heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions in parts of Wyoming and Colorado.

The decision to add a public option onto the health care reform bill is getting mixed reaction on Capitol Hill.

Nevada's jobless rate climbed to another all time high in September but that rise was the smallest since March 2008, while the employment gain for the same month was the strongest in nearly two years.

A crane that buckled at the CityCenter site closed Las Vegas Boulevard for more than an hour in June.

Once again, the truth appears to be a moving target for the editorial board of the Review-Journal. Just about every time I read your editorial page the facts are either misleading, twisted or absent.

This Oct. 13, 2009 file photo shows Senate Finance Committee member Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. on Capitol Hill in Washington during the committee's hearing regarding health care reform.

The Nevada Department of Corrections director says he won't include a proposal to close two halfway houses when he presents a plan to cut prison system costs without having to use furloughs next month.

The Obama administration's decision to no longer prosecute medical marijuana users won't have any effect in Nevada, which never has had an approved patient face federal charges, state and law enforcement representatives said today.

Richard Ziser, who helped ban gay marriage in the state, today filed an initiative petition to prevent the state from intruding in people's lives at the beginning to the end, which would prevent any death panels from deciding who lives and dies.

Conservationists and tribal leaders in Nevada are part of a coalition that has filed a lawsuit challenging two U.S. mining regulations they say provide illegal subsidies to the mining industry and result in serious damage to the environment.

Submitted Article Reno--The Nevada State Health Insurance Assistance Program , a federally funded statewide network of volunteers offering information, counseling and assistance to Medicare beneficiaries in Nevada at no charge, will be available this fall to assist Medicare recipients in evaluating their current Part D prescription drug plans and ...

A new report says more than 61,000 residents of Nevada lost health insurance through August this year.

In a bold push to pass a public option for insurance coverage, a progressive advocacy group is launching an ad campaign directly calling into question the toughness of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is going up on air in Nevada starting Wednesday with one of its most direct and aggressive ads to ...

Vice President Joe Biden visited economically troubled Nevada on Friday to promote the progress of the federal stimulus program and boost the re-election campaign of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has troubles of his own.

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, trailing potential 2010 challengers in a public opinion poll, insisted Thursday that his reelection prospects were "fine." Reid's defeat by a Republican could sorely complicate President Barack Obama's efforts to drive his agenda through the Senate.

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The owner of a northeast Nevada gold mine has signed a consent decree with state environmental regulators that will allow it to resume operations.

An inadequate highway system, combined with rush-hour traffic and poorly maintained roads, is costing Nevadans $1.8 billion a year in extra vehicle operating costs and lost time - about $972 annually per motorist in the Reno area and $1,481 in Las Vegas, a new report said Tuesday.

Elaine Casey gave up her season tickets for Wolf Pack football and took a part-time job.

Forty-nine percent of Nevadans oppose President Barack Obama's health care reform proposal and 43 percent support it, according to a statewide poll.

As Nevada gears up to celebrate the 145th anniversary of its admission to the United States, parade organizers are hoping Nevadans will want to get more involved than ever.

How many times do you glance over at the driver next to you and he or she is just texting away? They can keep doing it because there are no laws in Nevada stopping them.

AFTER President Barack Obama and the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid is the next-most-powerful Democrat in America.

In the book "No Harm, No Foul," the protagonist questions the usefulness, timeliness and quantity of the government vaccine necessary to counteract a terrorist initiated virus.

The state Health Care Financing and Policy Division says the number of Nevada residents receiving care through Medicaid would nearly double by 2015 under provisions of a health care bill being developed in the U.S. Senate Finance Committee.

Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign on Tuesday announced more than $5.9 million for law enforcement and public safety across the state.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid moved swiftly to ensure that his home state of Nevada wouldn't be hurt by Medicaid changes included in the health care reform bill moving through the Senate Finance Committee.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that nearly $72 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is being awarded to 7 states and territories to support energy efficiency and conservation activities.

Nevada's secretary of state issued domestic partnership certificate No. 1 at the state Capitol on Thursday as a state law providing many of the same legal rights as marriage to gay and straight partners went into effect.

The former leader of the state Republican Party in Nevada has announced plans to run for U.S. Senate next year, joining a growing list of candidates looking to deny Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid a fifth term.