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$3.4 billion Indian land royalty settlement upheld
A panel of appellate judges on Tuesday upheld a $3.4 billion settlement between the U.S. government and hundreds of thousands of Native American plaintiffs whose land trust royalties were mismanaged by the Interior Department. The ruling means that settlement checks could be mailed to members of the class-action lawsuit within ...
Reno assemblyman calls for campaign reforms
Assemblyman Pat Hickey called for tightening Nevada's campaign contribution reporting laws and shortening election cycles Monday, saying under the current system lawmakers spend too much time raising money and taxing the patience of voters. "Not only the public, but politicians as well, know that we are spending too much time, ...
Board names Rocha, Paher as Distinguished Nevadans
Two men who hail from Las Vegas and share a love of Nevada history have been honored as Distinguished Nevadans by the Board of Regents. Former Nevada state Archivist Guy Rocha and Reno history writer and publisher Stanley Paher were recognized during an advanced-degree ceremony Friday at the University of ...
DC court: Tribal faction can't block land payments
A federal appeals court is telling an Indian tribal faction it can't block the long-fought distribution of money that Congress allocated to settle land claims in a vast area that includes California's Death Valley and most of what is now Nevada. The U.S. District Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., ...
Panel recommends Combs for NV legislative director
A Nevada legislative committee has unanimously recommended a longtime fiscal analyst to be the next director of Legislative Counsel Bureau. Richard Combs was picked from five finalists vying to replace Lorne Malkiewich (MAL-keh-wich), who retired in April. Combs has worked at LCB since 1994. The Legislature's Committee to Consult with ...
Nevada lawmakers halt proceeds for horse plates
A legislative panel has suspended money from special license plates to a wild horse advocacy group until the group can show proper accounting of its finances. The Las Vegas Review-Journal (http://bit.ly/Kp9MWt ) reports the Nevada Legislature's Commission on Special License Plates voted unanimously Monday to hold money from the sale ...
Shift on marriage energizes immigration activists
President Barack Obama's shift to support gay marriage is energizing young Hispanic voters who have been working side-by-side with gay activists in their push for immigration reform. The alliance has been growing nationwide and helping dispel what many say is an outdated notion that Hispanics are less tolerant of gays ...
Interviews set for Nevada legislative director
A legislative committee will interview five finalists seeking to become director of Nevada's Legislative Counsel Bureau. Four of those being considered are current employees of the agency. They include Paul Townsend, Kevin Powers, Richard Combs and Nicolas Anthony. A fifth candidate, Bryant Howe, is assistant director for the Utah Office ...
Past lobbying becomes issue in Arizona Senate race
Since his first House campaign a dozen years ago, would-be Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake has worked diligently to cast himself as a conservative gadfly, willing to buck GOP leaders and even a Republican president. But as a result of the six-term congressman's work as a lobbyist two decades ago for ...
Obama, Romney trying to refocus on economy Friday
The presidential candidates tried to put aside politically risky talk of gay rights Friday and return to Americans' top worry, the economy, in two states critical to the hopes of President Barack Obama and his rival Mitt Romney. Obama discussed how to help homeowners seeking to avoid foreclosure in hard-hit ...
Obama wants Congress to help homeowners
Refocusing on the economy, President Barack Obama on Friday pushed Republicans to back housing policies the White House says would help shore up struggling homeowners and prevent foreclosures. Against the backdrop of a middle-class neighborhood in economically hard-hit Nevada, Obama touted steps his administration has already taken to help homeowners ...
Obama heads to struggling Nev. after fundraising
President Barack Obama returned his attention to the economy after a day spent raising millions of dollars for his campaign and riding a media wave on his newly declared support for same-sex marriage. Obama was to promote housing policies to help homeowners avoid foreclosure in a quick visit Friday to ...
Democratic Nevada Senate candidate dead at 45
A Las Vegas Democratic candidate for the Nevada Senate has died of a heart attack less than a month before the primary election. The Clark County Coroner's office says David Lee Wallace Jr. was pronounced dead of cardiac arrest and kidney failure at a Las Vegas hospital Thursday afternoon. He ...
Gay marriage adds complexity in swing states
President Barack Obama's support for gay marriage adds a new layer of complexity for voters — especially independents — in battleground states that will decide the race for the White House. While the economy is certain to dominate the campaign over the next six months, gay marriage could have an ...
Senate leader: States should decide marriage issue
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman but that states should decide whether it's legal for same-sex couples to marry. The Nevada Democrat says he believes that people should marry whomever they want, and that, in his words, "it's no ...
Don't tell Paul's supporters the primary is over
Don't tell Ron Paul the Republican primary is over. He's too busy mucking up Mitt Romney's efforts to accumulate enough convention delegates to officially claim the GOP nomination for president. Paul's supporters won control of state GOP conventions in Maine and Nevada last weekend, stripping Romney of delegates in Maine ...
Obama pushing 'to do' list for Congress
Applying pressure on Congress, President Barack Obama intends to lay out an election year "to do" list Tuesday that urges lawmakers to take another look at economic proposals to promote job creation and help families refinance their mortgages. The White House said Obama planned to detail the list during a ...
GOP Senate hopeful heads to Reno for fundraiser
Republican state Senate hopeful Mark Hutchison of Las Vegas is heading north to pad his campaign coffers. Hutchison will be attending a fundraiser in Reno on Tuesday at Rapscallion restaurant. According to the invitation from the campaign, the event is being hosted by Gov. Brian Sandoval, Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, ...
APNewsBreak: First Berkley Senate TV ad to run
After 14 years in Washington, Democratic U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley is reintroducing herself as a champion for veterans with her first TV ad in Nevada's U.S. Senate campaign. The 60-second spot shared with The Associated Press heavily features the father of an Iraq war veteran who died after he was ...
Group sues USDA over predator killing program
The Great Depression-era program the Department of Agriculture uses to kill coyotes, mountain lions and other predators that threaten livestock is outdated, illegal and a waste of federal money, conservationists say in a new lawsuit. Wildlife Services, an agency under USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, has ...
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