Week four of the Nevada Legislature will include hearings that run the gamut from mandating employer accommodations for nursing mothers to abolishing both the offices of controller and treasurer to establishing an Asian Culture Day.
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At rally, people gather to oppose efforts to challenge Affordable Care Act, but critic says high deductibles and premiums keep people from attaining law’s promised benefits.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said Saturday he would take his concerns about the overhaul of the Affordable Care Act to Capitol Hill where lawmakers are mulling over various proposals to replace Obamacare.
The Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection announced Friday the 16 Las Vegas attorneys under consideration for two open judicial seats in Clark County District Court.
Capital punishment may no longer be a part of Nevada’s criminal justice system.
While Gov. Brian Sandoval’s new budget appears to favor northern Nevada in priorities for capital construction, a review of spending on major building projects over the past 15 years shows an equitable distribution of funding with the south.
A report detailing priorities for Assembly Republicans outlined the need to bolster Nevada’s higher education gap through expanding access and investments.
A panel of state lawmakers expressed skepticism Friday over the need for a bill to require schools and child care facilities to notify parents if a child enrolls who has not been vaccinated.
Federal immigration agents were rarely seen at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas to pick up inmates subject to deportation proceedings before the beginning of the year. Now they’re there almost every day.
More than 100 disabled athletes will compete in the sports trials in a variety of sports at Nellis Air Force Base and UNLV over the next nine days.
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus on Friday called on Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval to issue an executive order barring state police and corrections officers from making arrests based solely on an individual’s immigration status.
Restrooms in new public buildings would have to include baby changing facilities under a bill introduced Friday in the Nevada Legislature.
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt told a national gathering of conservatives Friday that protecting private property rights from government is an American principle that is under siege.
It’s the third Friday of the 2017 Legislative Session, and lawmakers are, once again, heading out early. There’s still plenty happening on Day 19.
Planned Parenthood and affiliated groups met in a town hall-style event Thursday night at the Clark County Library in protest of U.S. Sen. Dean Heller’s policies and his support of President Donald Trump.
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