Posted: 3:53 AM The Nevada Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections is scheduled to deliberate on a resolution to claim sovereignty under the 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution.

Posted: 3:51 AM Republicans in the state Senate have introduced a bill to revamp Nevada's construction defect laws, a top priority for GOP lawmakers.

Posted: 5:15 PM Former Nevada first lady Dawn Gibbons is engaged to another Jim.

Updated: 8:46 PM Democratic lawmakers in the Nevada Legislature are taking another stab of implementing annual legislative sessions - and raising their salaries.

Updated: 8:47 PM A Nevada Assemblywoman is trying to make it legal for concealed carry permit holders to carry their firearms on the state's college campuses.

Updated: 4:35 PM An amendment may be proposed to a Washoe County School District bill that would authorize the school board to impose a sales and property tax hike to fund maintenance projects.

Updated: 9:10 AM Washington politics is front and center in Nevada's capital as the third week of the Nevada Legislature begins Monday.

Updated: 2:28 PM Republican opponents are sending signals that former Sen. Chuck Hagel's bid to become defense secretary will probably come to an up-or-down vote soon in the Senate. That's unless more information damaging to the nominee - and the White House - surfaces.

Posted: 2:52 PM The new White House chief of staff says President Barack Obama is concerned about the effect the automatic budget cuts scheduled for next month will have on America's middle class.

Posted: 2:44 PM White House chief of staff Denis McDonough says President Barack Obama is working with a bipartisan group of senators on an immigration overhaul and hasn't made any proposals yet.

Posted: 8:21 PM Swallow, a Republican, has been accused of orchestrating a plan to quash a federal investigation by bribing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Posted: 10:23 PM Washington politics is front and center in Nevada's capital as the third week of the Nevada Legislature begins Monday.

Posted: 6:35 AM President Barack Obama says that every four months, his hometown of Chicago suffers the loss of as many children as were killed in the Connecticut elementary school shooting.

Posted: 10:58 AM The House has voted to extend a federal worker pay freeze, already in effect for more than two years, for an additional nine months.

Posted: 11:16 AM "PLAN" demonstrated outside the legislature Thursday, calling to remove a tax cap related to the mining industry. The mineral proceeds tax is currently capped by the state constitution. Demonstrators held a 'petition for divorce,' urging legislators to break with the industry.

Updated: 2:29 PM Republicans have, for now, blocked Chuck Hagel's nomination to become defense secretary.

Updated: 12:29 PM A state agency that regulates workplace safety says embattled Assemblyman Steven Brooks could be a hazard in the Nevada Legislature.

Posted: 10:19 PM The text of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, released by the White House as prepared for delivery:

Updated: 7:28 PM President Barack Obama is pledging to create "good, middle-class jobs" without adding to the nation's deficit.

Posted: 10:28 AM A person familiar with President Barack Obama's State of the Union address says he will announce that 34,000 U.S. troops will be home from Afghanistan one year from Tuesday.

Updated: 11:26 AM Nevada State Assemblyman Steven Brooks is banned from the Legislature on administrative leave pending the result of an investigation done by an independent council, according to Assembly Majority Leader William Horne.

Updated: 12:40 PM A Nevada state Assembly member is free on bail with an April 11 court date on charges that he physically attacked a family member and grabbed for a police officer's weapon during the weekend.

Updated: 9:06 AM Troubled Assemblyman Steven Brooks was arrested early Sunday in Las Vegas on suspicion of physically attacking a family member, then grabbing for an officer's weapon.

Posted: 4:31 AM The White House and outside supporters of President Barack Obama are launching simultaneous social media, public outreach and fundraising campaigns tied to Tuesday's State of the Union address.

Posted: 2:01 PM A leading Republican senator is threatening to hold up Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominees to lead the Defense Department and the CIA until the White House provides more answers about the deadly Sept. 11 attack against a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya.