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The Clark County Planning Commission approved a developer’s plan to turn Bonnie Springs Ranch into a housing development.

Mark Bailus wants back on the Clark County District Court bench after losing as an appointed incumbent in November.

Last time we were talking about efforts in Nevada to pass the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to outlaw alcohol sales. An initiative got the question on the general election ballot in 1918. It turned out to be like … a political campaign.

A century ago, America decided to get dry. We’re still feeling the effects, and Nevada was part of the whole process.

Shannon Smith knew this would be unlike any home he’d ever sold.

As Nevada state lawmakers prepare to kick off their annual legislative session next month, they'll be bringing home salaries that are comparatively low for the role that the part-time legislators are reluctant to raise.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Professor Michael Green taught a class on Abraham Lincoln and the 1860 presidential election. He described the political climate of the antebellum era, background on the other candidates and the deliberations at the party conventions. Lincoln won the presidency over three other candidates with just under 40 percent of the popular vote.

Nevada lawmakers are paid about $9,000 for their work during the legislative session, a figure that those same lawmakers have been reticent to raise, experts say.