Mental health became a focus of the Nevada Legislature in a very personal way this session because of expelled Assemblyman Steven Brooks’ public difficulties.
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When James began hearing voices, the unseen others would simply call his name. Then they began to feed his fears. James, now 19, thought people were following him to his Las Vegas high school. To avoid detection, he began leaving his house as early as 5:30 a.m.
The Review-Journal takes an in-depth look at Nevada’s broken system for helping those who have a mental illness and a new approach that could help ease the crisis.
Nevada legislators are expected this week to hold long and multiple floor sessions to consider 30 bills in the Assembly and 22 in the Senate that are awaiting a second reading.
Bills that would have imposed a tax on fast-food, allowed concealed weapons permit holders to carry weapons on college campuses, and legalized recreational marijuana all died Friday when they did not come up for votes by a legislative deadline for action.
The Nevada Senate Transportation Committee approved a bill Friday to allow the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue driver authorization cards for people who are in the country illegally.
Private equity groups could soon place large bets at Nevada sports books under a bill being advanced in the state Senate.
Sorry Nevada tokers. You won’t be smoking legal marijuana anytime soon.
A bill to allow those with concealed weapons permits to take their weapons onto the state’s college campuses is dead for the 2013 session, the bill’s sponsor said Friday.
A bill to extend by 15 years the life span of the Las Vegas redevelopment agency was advanced Friday by the Assembly Government Affairs Committee.
The Clark County Commission would be allowed to increase the sales tax to pay for more police and raise the fuel tax to pay for more road projects under two bills advanced by a legislative committee Thursday.
A panel of state lawmakers on Thursday took the first step in a long road to legalizing gay marriage in Nevada.
A bill proposing to prohibit new private ownership of exotic and potentially dangerous animals was substantially altered by a Nevada legislative committee on Thursday to instead direct county officials to consider whether to regulate the practice.
A bill that would provide for the inclusion of photos of voters in election day poll books survived to see another day Thursday when it was re-referred to the Senate Finance Committee because of cost implications.
Nevada’s 3,400 medical marijuana patients could buy their medication through licensed, state-regulated dispensaries under a bill that won unanimous Senate Judiciary Committee approval Thursday.
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