The Democratic-controlled Senate is on a path toward defeating tea party attempts to dismantle President Barack Obama's health care law, despite an overnight talkathon on the chamber's floor led by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

Tea party conservative Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday vowed to speak in opposition to President Barack Obama's health care law until he's "no longer able to stand."

City and county pension plans saw their ratio of unfunded future liabilities plummet more than 10 percentage points to 69 percent from 2011 to 2012.

A new report shows just how far Nevada's pace of economic recovery lags behind the United States as a whole.