Posted: 9:20 AM Authorities say a former Nevada lawmaker who has had repeated trouble with the law is due in a California court after police say he led them on a freeway chase on the road from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.

Posted: 9:09 AM A 9-year-old boy says his pet dog named Cheeto is beautiful, strong and independent - just like the people of Nevada.

Updated: 3:39 PM Nevada's minimum wage will remain unchanged for the upcoming fiscal year that begins July 1.

Updated: 2:26 PM Gov. Brian Sandoval says he'll add $25 million to the K-12 education budget to further expand full-day kindergarten and English language learner programs.

Updated: 1:40 PM The Nevada Senate has approved a resolution to take mining tax limitations out of the state Constitution.

Posted: 12:52 PM When it comes to national politics, forget political pollsters - Nevada sports books may be where the heavy action is for bettors looking to cash in by predicting elections outcomes.

Posted: 1:43 PM A person familiar with the negotiations says big business and labor have resolved a dispute over a low-skilled worker program that threatened to hold up agreement on a sweeping immigration bill.

Posted: 2:09 PM An Alaska congressman is getting criticism from his fellow Republicans and others, after referring to Hispanic migrant workers as "wetbacks."

Updated: 5:22 PM A state law that allows young women to dance in the nude once they reach 18 years of age, as long as alcohol is not served, is under fire in the Nevada Senate.

Updated: 10:04 AM We now know details of what lead to the arrest of former Nevada assemblyman Steven Brooks, including an alleged attempt to choke and beat a K-9.

Updated: 5:20 PM CARSON CITY, Nev. - A historic vote at the Nevada Assembly has expelled Democratic Assemblyman Steven Brooks from the Legislature.

Updated: 9:44 AM For the first time in Nevada history, a select committee from the Nevada Legislature voted to remove one of its own. Embattled Assemblyman Steven Brooks has already been put on leave, but he soon may be expelled. All for what the committee calls inappropriate conduct. But how that committee came to its decision is only known to its members.

Posted: 9:38 AM U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are "on the same page" when it comes to peace talks with the Taliban.

Updated: 8:27 PM Former Nevada Governor Bob Miller is telling his story in a new book, “Son of a Gambling Man”.

Posted: 10:21 AM Former Nevada political powerbroker Harvey Whittemore has been granted his request for a special hearing on his claim the government obtained some evidence against him without a warrant.

Updated: 8:50 PM Sixteen legislators have signed on to joint resolution that would remove wording in the state constitution that defines marriage as between a man and woman.

Updated: 12:05 AM The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada says the state's medical marijuana law is unconstitutional because it doesn't allow patients with prescriptions for medical marijuana to legally obtain it.

Updated: 4:23 PM Republicans who want to close a campaign finance loophole that allows some former elected officials to hold onto campaign cash present their bill Thursday, a day after being blindsided by a complaint alleging violations by a former Republican Assembly leader.

Posted: 8:55 AM The House has passed a huge stopgap spending bill to keep the government open through the end of September, sidestepping any threat of a government shutdown.

Updated: 11:03 PM The Legislative Counsel Bureau says legislators did not overstep boundaries in dealing with embattled Assemblymember Steven Brooks. In a letter to the Nevada Supreme Court, the LCB stated it is within the purview of the legislature to handle matters relating to its members.

Posted: 1:53 PM The Senate has passed a huge spending bill to keep the government open through the end of September, preventing a government shutdown but leaving in place automatic spending cuts that will mean job furloughs for hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

Updated: 1:54 PM Republican Nevada Congressman Mark Amodei has announced the death of his 80-year-old mother.

Updated: 9:47 AM Sparks police say they have arrested a man accused of stealing Assemblyman Steven Brooks' car Monday night.

Posted: 1:22 PM Some southern Nevada lawmakers had little sympathy for rural higher education advocates who asked for more money and time to prepare for a new funding formula that will shift money to Las Vegas campuses.

Updated: 9:23 AM Medical marijuana patients in Nevada would have a legal way to buy the drug under a bill introduced Monday by Democratic state Sen. Tick Segerblom.