Politics

The drama surrounding Republican representative Laura Bradford’s suspected drunken driving incident has dominated life under the state capitol’s gold dome for about a week. Bradford is now threatening to leave the Republican Party, which would put the GOP's control of the statehouse in the balance.

While hotels along the Vegas Strip are full of Super Bowl fans and convention attendees this weekend, another event will be playing out Saturday at more than 100 locations across the state.

Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses will be taking place, not in expensive hotels, but mostly in low-key places like schools and firehouses.

David Gallagher of the Nevada state GOP says each county's local party is responsible for organizing its own caucus, so opening times vary.

The Colorado House Education Committee has passed a bill onto the house floor that changes the state’s ‘student-count’ funding day to avoid conflicts with religious holidays.

Colorado’s Oct. 1st count day is used by school districts to establish funding for individual schools. If children are absent on that day, they’re not included in a school’s roster, and the school may not receive funding for that child.