Carson City

The special masters convene to draw Nevada's new congressional and legislative maps in the back room at Adele's in Carson City. The room is filled with smoke, even though none of them smoke:Chairman Tom Sheets: "Who are those people glowering at us outside the room?"

Eight people were killed and one remained in critical condition after a gunman opened fire in a packed hair salon in a small California beach town, police said.

Gas prices in Nevada fell over the past month, with the average price of a gallon of regular gas now at $3.60 in the state, according to AAA.

Not a 'public body,' it's exempt from open meeting law. Because its members are elected by the voting public, it might appear to be a safe assumption that the Legislature is a public body.

Pick your poison: Special masters or special session?After watching two days of hearings on the single most significant political act of the next decade, I can unequivocally opine: It was anything but special.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board recommended approval Thursday of a takeover of Aliante Station that will allow it to emerge from bankruptcy.

The forces have almost aligned. Republicans can almost taste it ? a rebuilt party that can once again compete with Democrats.A popular Republican governor in Carson City. The upper ranks purged of the scandal-ridden. A Democratic president with job-approval problems. And a raucous GOP presidential primary with the potential to invigorate the base.

Governor, lawmakers let a judge do the job they are supposed to do. Several candidates have announced their intent to run for Congress next year. They have a problem, though: They don't know what districts they'll run in.By law, the Legislature is supposed to draw new boundaries for various elected offices every 10 years after the federal Census, but the process hasn't worked this year. Before adjourning in June, lawmakers passed plans for new districts for the Legislature and Congress, but those plans were vetoed by Gov. Brian Sandoval. The Republican governor and Democratic leaders in the Legislature have been at odds over how to draw the lines for Congress ? Nevada will receive a fourth seat in the House of Representatives ? and instead of finding a compromise, they left the work undone.

CARSON CITY ? Starting today, drivers must stop using hand-held cellphones and begin giving bicyclists a wide berth when passing.

I went to see Ruben Kihuen kick off his congressional campaign Tuesday at Rancho High School with low expectations. And he failed to meet them.

CARSON CITY, Nevada (Reuters) - Aaron S. Young, Wayne Andre McMiniment and Richard C. Neiswonger share two things in common.

SPARKS, Nev (Reuters) - A shooting that erupted during a brawl between rival motorcycle clubs at a high-rise Nevada casino killed a Hells Angels chapter leader and wounded two other motorcycle enthusiasts, police said on Saturday.

The Southern Nevada Water Authority will begin scrutinizing the wages paid to an attorney who works for the agency on bond matters, after a board member expressed astonishment at the way the Water Authority keeps track of its money.Who raised the issue?Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak, one of seven Water Authority board members. The others are North Las Vegas Mayor Shari Buck; county commissioners Mary Beth Scow and Tom Collins; Las Vegas Councilman Bob Coffin; Henderson Councilman Sam Bateman; and Boulder City Councilman Duncan McCoy.

Kids play four square on it. Airplanes land on it. Cars drive and park on it. This being Las Vegas, we tell people we can fry eggs on it.

CARSON CITY - In June, the parking lot at the Nevada State Veterans Home in Boulder City was full of fissures, divots and sinkholes, according to staff.

Newest congressman has no grace period with conservative base. In Nevada politics, story lines often repeat themselves.

Democrats dismiss Amodei's victory in district that has always gone to Republican candidates. Mark Amodei's win in the 2nd Congressional District special election is the latest sign that the 2012 election could be a full-throttle struggle between Republicans and Democrats in Nevada, where neither party has a decisive edge.

Republican Mark Amodei chalked up a crushing victory in Tuesday's special election for U.S. Sen. Dean Heller's old House seat, with early returns showing him routing Democrat Kate Marshall by about 20 percentage points.

Michael Douglas. Douglas, a state Supreme Court justice, says life for him and others in the post-9/11 era has fundamentally changed: He thinks about security and his own mortality, something he never did before.After 9/11, there's the feeling that people are not in control of their world. Not since Pearl Harbor have we been attacked, and suddenly there is no longer a sense that we are safe from attacks, whether it's a shooting in Carson City or a terrorist attack in New York.I am more afraid because I am in front of a courtroom as a government official, and 50 percent of the people don't like the decisions I make.

When I exited the subway at the World Trade Center stop that morning, paper was floating down from a clear blue sky.