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By Ryan Tarinelli Associated Press CARSON CITY — Nevada Senate Democrats named new leadership postings Wednesday while trying to recover from a political bombshell in which its former majority leader […]
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Las Vegas bets on Elon Musk for tunnel transit system
By Regina Garcia Cano Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Entrepreneur Elon Musk’s dream of an express tunnel transit system could finally become a reality in Las Vegas after major setbacks […]
Democrats list top legislative policy priorities in ‘Blueprint’
By Riley Snyder and Megan Messerly The Nevada Independent Nevada’s Democratic legislative leaders are vowing to increase the minimum wage, tackle surprise emergency room bills and ban for-profit, private prisons […]
Nevada lawmaker set to revive brothel ban debate
By Ryan Tarinelli Associated Press CARSON CITY — Nevada’s legal brothels are holdovers from the state’s Wild West past that draw customers and the curious to the rural areas where […]
Nevada lawmakers hear arguments on assisted suicide bill
By Ryan Tarinelli Associated Press CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers are once again considering legislation to allow terminal patients to kill themselves with medication prescribed by a doctor. Republican lawmakers […]
Barrick goes after Newmont to create $42 billion gold giant
Associated Press Barrick Gold will try to acquire Newmont Mining Corp. in an approximately $18 billion all-stock deal that would create a mining behemoth worth about $42 billion. Colorado’s Newmont […]
Colorado plane lost radio contact before crash in Nevada
Associated Press ELY — Air traffic controllers lost contact with a small plane in bad weather before it crashed in eastern Nevada this month, killing a Colorado couple. The National […]
Amtrak service unlikely to resume soon due to Sierra storm
Associated Press RENO — Amtrak passenger train service between Reno and Sacramento, California, is unlikely to resume until at least Friday because of a lingering winter storm that sent an […]
Lawmakers propose ending death penalty, citing costs
By Ken Ritter Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Two Democratic state lawmakers proposing an end to capital punishment are pointing to costly appeals and court-ordered postponements of a lethal injection […]
After background checks bill, lawmakers prepare wide variety of gun bills
By Riley Snyder The Nevada Independent Hundreds of impassioned supporters and opponents flooded the halls of the Nevada Legislature last week to testify on a contentious measure requiring background checks […]