Members of the Executive Branch Audit Committee (composed of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer and controller) on Tuesday heard details of the dental board’s audit report, which identified numerous issues with board operations including possibly overlapping and ineffective procedures for hearing and resolving complaints and certain board members not disclosing potential conflicts of interest before casting votes or possibly using their position for personal gain.

The award wasn’t without controversy, with lawmakers asking at an Interim Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday whether the grant was singling out Latinos as vulnerable to gang activity, and staff from the attorney general’s office stressing that they did not want to promote a narrative that unaccompanied minors who are seeking asylum and are largely from Central America are gang members.

Wooden pews and the modest altar of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in North Las Vegas provided the backdrop for a forum aimed at educating the public what to do if mass arrests and deportations announced earlier this month by President Donald Trump come to pass.

The Latino vote in Nevada presents an opportunity for everyone in the crowded field of Democrats seeking to be the party’s 2020 presidential nominee, but none of the candidates running has an edge and they all must do more than criticize the president, U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said Monday.

The two contracts offer a unique view into just how far NV Energy — which is owned by the Warren Buffet-run Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate — is willing to go to entice large Nevada power users to remain utility customers, as many of the largest businesses in the state have openly weighed or taken proactive steps to buy power from other electric providers.

Senate Democrats this week introduced a measure that seeks to ensure that federally sponsored agencies do not deny mortgage loans to beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

In spite of the benefits to absorbent young minds, Nevada lawmakers largely maintained the status quo rather than broadening a state-run pre-K program that is currently serving only 11 percent of eligible, low-income 4-year-olds.

Women, along with some men and teens, wearing fire-engine red T-shirts have made it their mission to attend campaign events any time a presidential candidate comes to town. They’re members of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America or a related student group, both of which are bent on making gun violence prevention a centerpiece issue in the 2020 election cycle.