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2017 Legislature

Ford plan would educate soon-to-be released Nevada inmates

Citing the goal of reducing recidivism and saving money, Sen. Majority Leader Aaron Ford introduced a bill this week that would catapult the College of Southern Nevada back into the business of educating offenders.

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Sick leave bill on its way to Nevada Senate

A Senate panel on Friday passed a bill requiring businesses with more than 50 employees to provide paid sick leave.

Nevada lawmakers question ‘pink tax’ proposal

A Nevada Assembly committee got its turn Thursday to consider exempting feminine hygiene products from state sales tax.

Nevada lawmakers seek to make bestiality a crime

In the Silver State, no laws forbidding carnal relationships with animals. That could change with Assembly Bill 391, which would make bestiality illegal in Nevada.

Nevada Senate pushes pair of marijuana tax bills

Two bills proposing differing methods for how Nevada should spend recreational marijuana tax revenue were heard Thursday by the Senate Revenue and Economic Development Committee.

Bill would ban most fracking in Nevada

A bill to ban fracking on non-federal lands in Nevada won approval in an Assembly Committee on Thursday after being amended to grandfather in existing permittees.

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