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Tallahassee -- Gov. Rick Scott sought to downplay his day-old pledge of support for allowing Las Vegas-style casino resorts in Florida, while also defending his hiring of Lobbyists for agencies he controls despite campaigning against such spend…

Gov. Rick Scott went on the defensive Friday after our story about his willingness to consider Las Vegas-style destination resort casinos. Scott said his meeting with Sheldon Adelson, the CEO of the Las Vegas Sands, was "on the way&qu;…

Mandalay Bay Resorts Convention Center hosted a Deployment ceremony on January 6, 2011 for over 400 Nevada and Arizona National Guardsmen heading to Southern Afghanistan. Nearly 200 of the Nevada National Guardsmen deploying are from Las Vegas acc…

Embattled Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), who has been mired in multiple ethics investigations over the past two years, has a steep hill to climb if he hopes to keep his Senate seat in 2012, according to a new poll. In the PPP poll, half of Nevada vote…

Emergency workers responded to a residence in the 1700 block of James Street Wednesday afternoon to what appeared to be an accidental carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a stove, North Las Vegas police spokesman Tim Bedwell told the Las Vegas Sun.…

Family and friends bid a loving farewell to Las Vegan Michelle Ketrow, who passed away this morning after freeing herself from Cancer. Ketrow was the Clark County Republican Party Secretary, as well as the National Secretary for the Oath Keepers. …

The Las Vegas Sun: Nevada was a political afterthought for Republicans in the 2008 Presidential Election. Read the whole story: The Las Vegas Sun Get HuffPost Politics On Twitter and Facebook! Subscribe to the HuffPost Hill newsl…

Just a week after coming under fire for saying he didn't remember the civil-rights era being that bad, Politico reports that Mississippi Governor and potential 2012 Presidential Candidate Haley Barbour (R) has been flying lavishly on the Taxpaye…