Two bills from the 2015 Nevada Legislature that relate to voter identification and firearms on school properties have been revived for the 2017 session.
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Vice President Mike Pence could be forced to cast a historic, tie-breaking vote Tuesday in the U.S. Senate on the presidential nomination of Betsy DeVos to be education secretary.
The 2017 legislative session begins today, and Democrats have only the illusion of control.
Well owners demonstrated before the Nevada Legislature convened Monday to protest proposed measures to regulate domestic wells that will be considered during the 120-day session.
Today is the first day of the 2017 Legislative Session. Democrats control the Assembly, 27-15, and the Senate, 12-9. Governor Brian Sandoval is a Republican, however, and Democrats need two-third majorities to pass any tax increases or override a gubernatorial veto.
The 79th session of the Nevada Legislature convenes Monday, setting off a four-month lawmaking marathon that ends at the stroke of midnight June 5.
Several Southern Nevada elected officials were state legislators when they voted for a property tax cap measure that local governments around the state are lobbying to reform.
But some are concerned that focus on state’s opioid abuse problem, funding for the UNLV School of Medicine and an increase in Medicaid reimbursement to physicians could create new gaps in strained system.
Nevada’s first potential tax on recreational marijuana will be debated in the 2017 Legislature.
Jason Frierson’s first question when he came to Nevada in 1988 was how long he would stay after being offered a football scholarship at the University of Nevada, Reno.
“What do you think politicians are going to do for people like me?” Less than two months out of college, Yvanna Cancela had no answer.
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt is pushing to make sure DNA kits from sexual assault cases are tested in a timely manner from now on.
Senate Republicans are moving aggressively to push through Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees despite Democratic opposition and tactics to delay confirmation votes that have prevented the president from assembling his team.
Sens. Cortez Masto and Heller join bipartisan group urging new FCC chairman to retain incentives that he has called “a textbook definition of waste.”
Tennessee enacted the Promise Program in 2014, providing two years of tuition-free attendance at a community or technical college to residents. It’s now reached Nevada, in the form of legislation proposed by state Sen. Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, that’s patterned after Tennessee’s program.
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