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In just hours, Miami Jai-Alai will publicly unveil the new Las Vegas-style slot machines, which prompted the company's name and logo change to Casino Miami Jai-Alai.  Miami-Dade voters made the new slots a reality when they voted to allow slot machines at three existing pari-mutuel facilities to include Miami Jai-Alai in 2008. At $15,000 to $20,000 a pop, a Casino Miami Jai-Alai spokesman said ...

CARSON CITY - Assembly Republicans have tapped as their next leader a Reno lawmaker who is part of the party’s more moderate wing. Pat Hickey, a fourth-generation Nevadan, replaces former Minority Leader Pete Goicoechea, R-Eureka, who stepped down to run for state Senate.

MEMBERS of a cocaine gang have had an extra 25 years behind bars slapped on them.

By Mark Waite Three-term Nevada District 36 Assemblyman Ed Goedhart, R-Amargosa Valley, said he won’t run for the state Senate as planned in this year’s election and is bowing out of politics to run a new farming venture. Goedhart had plans to run for the new District 19 state Senate seat, in which he would[...]

Gov. Brian Sandoval talks with White Pine County School Trustee Chairperson Irene Chachas during the Lincoln Day Breakfast on Jan. 14. U.S. Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., is in the background.

ELKO — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s son Josh Romney will be among the guest speakers Friday at the Elko County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner.

ELKO — Every two years the job performances of appointed officials come under the scrutiny of Elko City Council.

ELKO — In a time of economic shortfall, one of the first expenditures to be cut is employee salaries. The City of Elko was no exception, as in 2009 all salaries were reduced 1 percent to help cope with a budget shortfall.

CARSON CITY - For the second time in two days, a Hispanic Republican has announced plans to run for a seat in the Nevada Legislature. Dr. Annette Teijeiro of Henderson said Thursday she is seeking the Senate District 5 seat now held by Democrat Shirley