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CARSON CITY – A legislative commission decided Tuesday not even to discuss a possible ban on assault weapons.
Rather than raise their own pay, legislators decided Monday to create a citizens commission to study it.
Once again, a Republican lawmaker will attempt to pass a school choice bill at the Legislature over the expected strong opposition of Democrats.
Nevadans need a law to require members of state boards and commissions to provide their email addresses and phone numbers, a state legislator said Monday.
The Obama administration streamlined the development of 17 vast tracts across the West, including five in Nevada, for large-scale solar projects.
Days after Buddy the chimpanzee was shot and killed following an escape in northwest Las Vegas, a state senator announced Monday he will introduce a bill in the 2013 legislative session to prohibit Nevadans from keeping chimps, large wild cats and other exotic animals as pets.
As he has done in every Legislature since 1997, Sen. Don Gustavson intends to introduce a bill next year to repeal Nevada’s 40-year-old law requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets.
State Demographer Jeff Hardcastle told a legislative panel Wednesday that the population of Nevada, once a young person’s state, is rapidly aging and will require state government to spend more on care for older people, especially those with dementia, in coming years.