Information on Nevada's economy, government, culture, state map and flag, major cities, points of interest, famous residents, state motto, symbols, nicknames, and other trivia.
In 1932 McCarran defeated Republican incumbent Tasker Oddie for Nevada's Class 3 Senate seat to become the state's first U.S. Senator born in Nevada; he was reelected three times, and served from 1933 until his death. In his Senate career, McCarran served as chairman of the District ...
With Republicans in a super-minority in the State Assembly, the only line of defense against tax hikes and for sustaining Gov. Lombardo’s vetoes is in the Senate, where Democrats are just one seat shy of getting a super-majority there as well. Two Republican senators – Minority Leader H...
State and federal health authorities are investigating ongoing outbreaks at Nevada hospitals and nursing homes of a drug-resistant “superbug” that can lead to serious illness and even death...As of mid-April, the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services has been investigating outbreaks of ...
much of it within the Great Basin. Areas south of the Great Basin are within the Mojave Desert, while Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada lie on the western edge. About 86% of the state's land is managed by various jurisdictions of the U.S. federal government, both civilian and military....
“Over the past several weeks, I have been inundated with text, emails, and phone calls from people of all walks of life across the state of Nevada who are upset with Dean Heller for campaigning one way in Nevada and voting the exact opposite in Washington DC. The refrain is the same:...
Sherman R. Fredrick: Biden camp ignores the obvious Dear Abby: Husband likes to get high but keeps lying about it Our View Federal bill would negate right-to-work laws A month ago the U.S. House passed on a near party line vote of 224-194 a bill dubbed the Protecting the Right to ...
Word guy," while Klobuchar noted that Post-It notes were invented in her home state of Minnesota. Klobuchar also touted her support for implementing a public option, saying that most Democrats in the Senate did not support the Medicare-for-All bill proposed by Sanders and supported by Warren....
Other sweeteners were added in a last-minute amendment to SB461, the “waterfall” funding bill directing allocations of the state’s expected $2.7 billion in federal American Rescue Plan dollars. The $15 million in appropriations include:
Judge Scotti was facing a tough re-election race. Nevertheless, he risked political blowback by ruling in a DUI court case that a pair of double-dipping Democrat state senators can’t simultaneously enforce the laws they vote on as lawyers for the Clark County district attorney’s office. ...