Restored rail line reconnects Southern Nevada cities

A train returns to pick up attendees from an event hosted by the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City, Nevada on Friday, April 13, 2018. Andrea Cornejo Las Vegas Review-Journal @dreacornejo Gov. Brian Sandoval drives the final spike into a rail line that restores service between Boulder City and Henderson during an event hosted by the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City on Friday, April 13, 2018.

Campaign 2018: California super PAC to target key Nevada races

Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer's super PAC NextGen America says it plans to focus on the competitive races for governor and Congressional Districts 3 and 4, but will be specifically focused on ousting Nevada's incumbent Republican Sen. Dean Heller . Tom Steyer, founder of NextGen America, during a press conference on immigration at the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 in Las Vegas, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017.

Campaign 2018: Schwartz under fire for belittling Laxalt’s military career

Nevada Treasurer and Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Schwartz is under fire after he reportedly belittled an opponent's military experience. Nevada Treasurer Dan Schwartz speaks to media after announcing his campaign for Governor on at the Republican Men's Club monthly Luncheon at Cili Restaurant at Bali Hai Golf Course in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Sept.

Attorneys Appeal Nevadas Discrimination Against Humanist Inmates

Today, the American Humanist Association Appignani Humanist Legal Center filed its opening appellate brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in its appeal from the U.S. District Court of Nevada's dismissal of their case filed on behalf of Humanist inmates in Nevada state prisons. The lawsuit, filed in October 2016, asserts that the Nevada Department of Corrections' refusal to allow Humanist inmates to study and discuss their shared convictions in a group setting while authorizing meetings for many faith groups of similar and smaller sizes violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Tarkanian backs Trump, slams Heller, over Yucca Mountain

Trying to further distinguish himself from Nevada Sen. Dean Heller, Republican primary challenger Danny Tarkanian is praising the Trump administration's effort to restart licensing of a nuclear waste dump outside Las Vegas. Long opposed by most Nevadans, Trump included the Yucca Mountain plan again in his second budget request to Congress on Monday.

Judge dismisses rancher standoff case

A judge in Las Vegas on Monday dismissed criminal charges against a Nevada rancher and his sons accused of leading an armed uprising against federal authorities in 2014. Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro signaled when she declared a mistrial last month that she might dismiss the case outright against 71-year-old Cliven Bundy, sons Ryan and Ammon Bundy, and Montana militia leader Ryan Payne.

Second accuser prompts call for Nevada congressman to go

This Nov. 14, 2016 file photo Rep.-elect Ruben Kihuen, D-Nev.,right, speaks with reporters as Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., left, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. The chairman of the House Democrats' campaign committee called on Kihuen to step down after a report Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, that he allegedly sexually harassed his campaign's finance director.

Committee Turf Battle Marks Latest Chapter of Yucca Mountain Fight

A turf battle is being waged between House Republican policy makers and their purse-controlling colleagues over a perennial topic of fierce debate-storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Rep. John Shimkus, a high-ranking Energy and Commerce Committee member, is aiming for a vote within weeks on his legislation to force federal action on Yucca, the remote site identified in law as the country's permanent repository but never used in part because of steadfast opposition from most Nevada politicians.

Nevada’s Elected Officials Respond to Violence to Charlottesville

Sen. Dean Heller says he's glad President Donald Trump has sharpened his criticism of the white supremacists who incited violence at a rally that turned deadly in Virginia over the weekend. The Nevada Republican told reporters in Reno on Monday it was important for the president to more strongly denounce the racism and bigotry espoused by the white nationalists before a car plowed into a crowd in Charlottesville.

Left Foot Forward

As tens of millions of Americans prepared for the very real possibility they would lose their health care last week, Nevada's U.S. Sen. Dean Heller was doing a whole lot of nervous giggling. In one instance, Heller awkwardly laughed a little too heartily when President Trump casually threatened him on national television after positioning him as his right-hand man at a White House luncheon, asking the country, "Look, he wants to remain a senator, doesn't he?" Heller's uncomfortable goofy grin and insincere chuckles spoke volumes, and it was obvious at that moment that he had received the President's message and would choose Trump over his constituents.

Senate GOP Advances Heath Care Bill(s) to DebateThey dona t know what…

In recent days, John McCain was diagnosed with brain cancer ; Rand Paul savaged his party's health-care plan as " crony capitalism "; and Nevada's Dean Heller - the GOP's most vulnerable Senator in 2018 - denounced the bill's Medicaid cuts , while arguing that it wouldn't do anything to lower premiums. But on Tuesday, John McCain got back to town - and Paul and Heller got onboard.

Rep. Jacky Rosen To Challenge GOP Sen. Dean Heller In Nevada

The state needs "a senator they can trust to be an independent voice standing up to President Trump, not his enabler," she says. Democratic Rep. Jacky Rosen, a former software programmer and synagogue president, announced on Thursday that she will seek the Senate seat now held by Dean Heller, who political analysts rate as the chamber's most vulnerable Republican in the 2018 campaign.

5 GOP senators now oppose health care bill as written

Nevada Republican Dean Heller became the fifth GOP senator to declare his opposition to the party's banner legislation to scuttle much of Barack Obama 's health care overhaul on Friday, more than enough to sink the measure and deliver a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump unless some of them can be brought aboard. Echoing the other four, Heller said he opposes the measure "in this form" but does not rule out backing a version that is changed to his liking.