Lawmakers made good progress in the first week of the Legislature analyzing his proposed budget, Gov. Brian Sandoval said in an interview Friday.
Nevada
Rather than punishing drug users, state Sen. James Settelmeyer said this week he wants to “get them some help” through a bill to require people receiving public assistance to submit to random drug tests.
CARSON CITY — Media members complained Thursday that state agencies might routinely reject requests by citizens for records unless changes are made to an attorney general-sponsored bill designed to clarify the public records law.
North Las Vegas Mayor Shari Buck and Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick clashed Thursday after the mayor said the state must be fair and give her city $25.8 million a year in additional state taxes.
Assembly Democratic leaders took the unprecedented step Thursday of forming a select committee which could recommend the ouster of their colleague Steven Brooks for being unfit for office.
In an era when showing off your tattoos is the rage, some Nevada legislators have gone in a different, and decidedly old-fashioned, direction.
In a show of solidarity with state employees, all 63 state legislators voted Wednesday to reduce their own pay by 4.8 percent, or about $421 during the legislative session scheduled to end June 3.
Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick told Senate and Assembly taxation committees Tuesday that of 174 state, local and district governments in Nevada, only two – North Las Vegas and Fernley – oppose a new formula for distribution of state taxes to them.
A state Senate panel took quick action Tuesday to try to establish an intermediate appeals court in Nevada – a proposal last rejected by voters in the 2010 election.
Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday that he will support legislation to levy a 0.25 percentage point increase in the sales tax rate in Clark County to hire more police officers.
Assemblyman Steven Brooks did an about-face Tuesday and decided not to take a leave of absence from the state Legislature, Democratic leaders said.
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