The proposed $6.55 billion state budget that Gov. Brian Sandoval to be released Wednesday night looks a lot like the one he submitted just before the 2011 legislative session.
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The leader of ProgressNow Nevada has called on state legislators to boycott a meeting Saturday at a gun store and shooting range in Las Vegas where National Rifle Association lobbyists will talk about semi-automatic weapons and demonstrate their use.
A Nevada lawmaker and an emerging coalition of Nevadans are eyeing one specific pot of state revenue that could provide funding for much needed public works projects that would help put people back to work.
Gov. Brian Sandoval isn’t giving up many details as he finalizes his 2013-15 spending plan ahead of his State of the State address on Wednesday. But Nevada’s bleak revenue picture suggests that it will likely be a mostly status quo budget with little in the way of new spending.
When Sue Lowden scored an upset victory over the male Nevada Senate majority leader two decades ago, she helped Republicans take control of the Legislature’s upper house from Democrats.
Southern Nevada lawmakers held the political equivalent of a political pep rally with local government officials Thursday looking forward to the upcoming session of the state Legislature.
The signs that her youngest daughter was a prostitute couldn’t have been more obvious, although she didn’t make the connection at the time.
Former state Sen. Sheila Leslie called on the governor and Legislature Wednesday to increase taxes on the rich and mining industry so state government can fund needed improvements to public education and mental health services and rebuild a state devastated by recession.
Democratic legislative leaders called Wednesday for expanding the number of public schools with full-day kindergarten, limiting class sizes and increasing preschool learning opportunities for 3- and 4-year-olds.
In a Nevada Supreme Court case closely watched by North Las Vegas officials, justices questioned Tuesday whether the city of Fernley waited too long to sue the state for dramatically shortchanging its residents in state taxes returned to their community.
Gene Segerblom, a former high school teacher, Boulder City Council member and four-term assemblywoman, died at Boulder City Hospital on Friday night. She was 94.
Fourteen Republican women leaders from across Nevada have blasted state Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson for not reappointing Sen. Barbara Cegavske to serve on the upper house’s Finance Committee.
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