The president and GOP lawmakers are trading accusations of blame over the $85 billion in federal spending cuts that began to take effect yesterday.

President Barack Obama says there was no way he could avoid urging the Supreme Court to overturn California's ban on gay marriage.

Lawmakers are becoming the target of aggressive and sometimes threating emails and phone calls as the debate over stricter gun laws escalates in state capitols.

Supreme Court Chief Justice Kris Pickering is scheduled to deliver the biennial State of the Judiciary address to Nevada lawmakers.

The next phase of President Barack Obama's evolution on gay marriage may come with the deadline for his administration to weigh in on a landmark Supreme Court case that could determine whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed.

Unless lawmakers are able to come to some kind of eleventh hour agreement, sequestration will take effect in the late hours of Friday here in Reno. By most accounts those of us in the Truckee Meadows may not feel the ramifications immediately.

A Las Vegas attorney has been appointed independent counsel to investigate whether embattled Assemblyman Steven Brooks is fit to serve in the Nevada Legislature.

The topic of education continues in the Nevada Legislature with a hearing on elementary school class sizes.

State officials have denied troubled Assemblyman Steven Brooks attempt to buy a gun. So, why aren't some people relaxing?

The Alzheimer's Association was lobbying legislators Tuesday, as several bills related to the disease were considered at hearings.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed a bill legalizing Internet gambling, making his state the third in the nation to offer online betting.

The Senate has voted to confirm Chuck Hagel to be the nation's next defense secretary.

State legislators could exempt schools from paying construction workers the prevailing wage. A bill proposed by Sen. Ben Kieckhefer (R-Reno) would remove the mandate.

The Nevada Department of Public Safety has confirmed to KOLO 8 News Now that Assemblyman Steven Brooks has been denied a permit to buy any gun in the state of Nevada for one year.

A bill introduced in the Nevada Legislature would shave traveling time for motorists through the state's wide open territory.

C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the nation's surgeon general by speaking frankly about AIDS and the dangers of smoking, has died in New Hampshire. He was 96.

Democrats in the Nevada Legislature are touting an ambitious package of K-12 education priorities for the 2013 session that carries a price tag of at least $300 million.

Implementing full-day kindergarten is a priority for Democrats in the Nevada Legislature, but the ambitious proposal comes with an as yet undetermined price tag or funding.

Fox's Chris Wallace has landed the first postelection interview with defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann.

At the annual National Governors Association meeting in Washington this weekend, both Democrat and Republican chief executives are expressing pessimism that the White House and Congress will find a way to avoid the massive, automatic spending cuts set to begin March 1.

The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional a section of federal law that only recognizes male-female marriages.

For a number of governors with national ambitions, this is pad-your-record time.

A proposal for a specialty license plate marking 150 years since Nevada became a state has had its first hearing in the Legislature.

A new PBS documentary is shining a light on a civil rights leader some say has been overshadowed by such icons as Martin Luther King Jr.

A state senator is proposing a tax break for the film industry in Nevada to curb a downward trend of film production revenue in the Silver State.