A Republican assemblyman who wants to amend Nevada’s prevailing wage law argued Wednesday that construction workers “need a job today,” not extra money to allow them to buy a boat or a motor home.
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Nevada legislators joined other states Wednesday that are beginning to examine solitary confinement methods amid concerns it has lasting, adverse effects on inmates.
Assembly Majority Leader William Horne said Wednesday a second Assembly floor session is possible to take up the question of whether Steven Brooks should be expelled from the Legislature.
CARSON CITY — Members of an Assembly Select Committee voted Tuesday to recommend that troubled colleague Steven Brooks be expelled from the Legislature.
Nevada Senate Revenue Committee members voted unanimously Tuesday for a potential constitutional amendment that could lead to much higher taxes on the mining industry in 2015.
Taking a big step toward more transparency in government, the state Senate voted 21-0 Tuesday for a bill to require legislative lobbyists to report what they spend on legislators year-round.
CARSON CITY — Buoyed by a recent poll showing voter support in Nevada for repealing the state’s constitutional ban on gay marriage, Sen. Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, said Tuesday that it is time to get the process started.
A Senate committee voted unanimously Tuesday to support a state resolution seeking a presidential pardon for 20th century African-American boxer Jack Johnson.
CARSON CITY — Putting $100 on Hillary Clinton at 4-3 odds to win the presidency in 2016 and $25 on Marco Rubio at 2-1 odds to take the Republican nomination could pay off.
CARSON CITY — The national gun debate came to the state Legislature on Monday when three measures, including a bill that would allow public school and university system employees with concealed-weapons permits to carry their guns at work, were heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
CARSON CITY — Steven Brooks’ nascent political career in the Nevada Legislature could be derailed this week when his Assembly colleagues decide whether he is fit to serve.
A proposal downtown Las Vegas boosters view as a no-brainer still faces plenty of skepticism in the Legislature and even at City Hall.
When the Senate Transportation Committee met March 13 to discuss Sen. Don Gustavson’s bill to increase the speed limit to 85 mph, just a handful of Nevadans showed up in the hearing room.
The Nevada Assembly could make history this week as a special committee considers whether an embattled colleague who’s been arrested twice, hospitalized for a mental evaluation and banished from the Legislative Building is fit to serve in the Legislature.
A contingent of Nevada lawmakers checked out a medical marijuana dispensary here Friday but they weren’t shopping. No drugs or money changed hands during their visit.
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