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Health and Human Resources Director Mike Willden told lawmakers on Tuesday that proposed cuts in his department will mean serious reductions in services for Nevada's poor, children, seniors and the disabled. more...
02/09/2010 11:41pm
The Census Bureau's ongoing American Community Survey, a packet consisting of more 60 questions asking such things as the names and ages of the people living in your home and what time you leave for work, is mandatory, according to Kathy Lacy,...
  02/09/2010 11:32pm
The Board of Examiners on Tuesday approved an 8 percent increase in the co-pay for residents at the Nevada State Veterans Home in Boulder City.
  02/09/2010 11:31pm
Gov. Jim Gibbons recently appointed Sally Wiley of Gardnerville and reappointed Ron Gutzman of Carson City to serve two-year terms on the Nevada Veterans Services Commission.
  02/09/2010 11:30pm
In a speech to the state Monday, Gov. Jim Gibbons demanded that lawmakers consider major changes to public education in the special session tentatively set for Feb. 23.
  02/09/2010 11:23pm
A revised Carson City Freeway Landscape Project will be presented to the Carson City Regional Transportation Commission today.
  02/09/2010 11:17pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Could this turn into something more than political theater?
  02/08/2010 8:34pm
Hello, I'm Governor Jim Gibbons. I am always honored to speak directly to you. But the truth is, I would rather that the circumstances did not compel me to address you tonight.
  02/08/2010 6:46pm
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The veneer of cooperation between Gov. Jim Gibbons and legislative leadership suffered some damage Monday night as Gibbons blamed lawmakers for creating the budget crisis.
  02/08/2010 8:27pm
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons on Monday blamed state legislators for Nevada's fiscal crisis and said education reforms and smaller government are needed to close an $880 million shortfall.
  02/08/2010 7:16pm
CARSON CITY (AP) — Nevada's budget is so far out of balance that by one account the state could lay off every worker paid from the general fund and still be $300 million in the red. The economic downturn has hit so hard that prisons may be closed,...
  02/08/2010 7:04pm
Get real-time updates and news from Gov. Jim Gibbon's emergency "State of the State" address tonight at 6 p.m. by following our live blog. Leave comments, ask questions and see what others in the Carson City region are saying about the speech.
  02/08/2010 6:56pm
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77.
  02/08/2010 12:23pm
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Chinese-born engineer convicted of espionage and other federal charges has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison.
  02/08/2010 12:19pm
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VIENNA (AP) — Iran moved closer to being able to produce nuclear warheads Monday with formal notification that it will enrich uranium to higher levels, even while insisting that the move was meant only to provide fuel for its research...
  02/08/2010 7:33am
RENO (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on the proposed roundup of about 1,800 wild horses from the range north of Reno.
  02/06/2010 10:54pm
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