Jim Gibbons News

The U.S. Army considers Carson City's Derek Castro a hero, recently awarding the Nevada National Guardsman the Purple Heart and Bronze Star medals.

" 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.

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons has ordered the flags at state buildings to be flown at half-staff through Wednesday to honor those killed in a mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas.

CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Nevada Tax Commission has violated state law for more than 10 years by failing to issue a statutorily required tax-policy manual to ensure that the state's 17 county assessors uniformly and equally appraise property parcels across the state.

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

Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons says he has appointed the manager of a job placement and training firm to the state's economic development commission.

Rick Eaton, Nevada's homeland security chief, is resigning at the end of the month.

By now, the instant post-mortems on Election 2009 results will have been written, either overstating or understating their significance for Campaign 2010.

Last August in this column I commented on the bombshell announcement by 46-year-old Brian Sandoval he was resigning his lifetime appointment as a federal district court judge effective September 15.

A woman who alleges she was improperly fired by Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons for leaking information about his texting has been hired by the controller's office to oversee stimulus reporting.

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.

One year before the 2008 election, GOP Rep. Jon Porter seemed like a good bet for reelection.

California, Oregon, and Nevada have taken a harsh battering in the Great Recession, but lawmakers in the three Far West states have reacted very differently.

The stimulus bill passed by Congress earlier this year has created or saved more than 6,000 Nevada jobs and even more when a business debt restructuring provision is factored, U.S. Sen.

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.

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's campaign has released the police report from a 1981 attempted car bombing that lists the incident as an attempted homicide.

The official dedication ceremony for Nevada Geothermal Power Inc.'s 49.5 MW Blue Mountain Faulkner 1 Geothermal Power Plant recently was held, and the plant has been operating for about four weeks.

Robin Reedy, chief of staff for Gov. Jim Gibbons, has canceled a weekend fundraiser for her boss "out of caution" when questions were raised about the legality of her hosting the event.

Taxable sales in Nevada plunged 24.1 percent in August, marking that 10th straight month of double-digit declines, the Nevada Department of Taxation reported Wednesday.

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's campaign has released the police report from a 1981 attempted car bombing that lists the incident as an attempted homicide.