The Assembly Corrections, Parole and Probation committee passed a bill that would restore the civil rights of felons, including the right to vote and serve on juries.
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Labor groups squared off with business and public sector employers Tuesday over a bill that would roll back collective bargaining reforms passed two years ago when Republicans controlled the Nevada Legislature.
A panel of lawmakers signed off Tuesday on a budget for the Nevada higher education system that includes a double-digit increase in funding.
3 things to watch on Legislative Session Day 93: reform rollbacks, gun-free libraries and pot tax.
The measure would establish sessions in odd-numbered years of 90 working days within 120 consecutive calendar days. It would create sessions of 30 working days within 45 consecutive calendar days in even-numbered years.
Nevada law would codify medical standards for determining when a patient is brain dead under a bill previously approved by the Assembly and heard Monday by a Senate committee.
Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday signed four bills into law besides the Clark County School District reorganization bill.
A measure heard Monday would give the Nevada Legislature more ability to oversee the Board of Regents and the state higher education system.
“So many child victims are not able to recognize the impact of what happened to them until much later in their lives,” Daniele Dreitzer, executive director of The Rape Crisis Center, wrote in a letter to lawmakers.
The last piece is in place, and the reorganization of the fifth-largest school district in the country will continue uninterrupted this year.
A projected shortfall in Nevada’s general fund Medicaid budget is not as large as previously estimated, a legislative money committee was told Monday.
State senators are moving closer to formally voicing objections to storing spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain.
State Sen. Mark Manendo said Monday he has hired an attorney as the Nevada Senate investigates allegations of sexual harassment against him.
Opponents of a bill updating sex education in public schools focused Monday on costs as reason for lawmakers to reject the bill.
Assembly Bill 247 would allows victims to terminate leases without financial penalties with the showing of certain documentation.