CARSON CITY — The state Supreme Court has begun developing rules to carry out the just-approved law that could save some Nevadans from losing their homes to foreclosure.
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CARSON CITY — Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley, D-Las Vegas, has been selected the best Assembly member for the sixth consecutive session, while state Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio, R-Reno, was named best senator.
CARSON CITY — A bill granting state workers some collective bargaining rights — excluding talks on wages or other economic matters — was vetoed Thursday by Gov. Jim Gibbons.
CARSON CITY — Advocates for elderly Nevadans had some successes with proposals considered by the 2009 Legislature, but saw others shelved by lawmakers or vetoed by Gov. Jim Gibbons.
CARSON CITY — An unlikely duo made for an effective lobbying team in the 2009 Nevada Legislature, with the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada and the conservative Nevada Eagle Forum showing, once again, that politics makes strange bedfellows.
CARSON CITY — The names of these politicians are familiar to legislative observers, but their titles are made up, at least for the next 19 months.
CARSON CITY — Nevadans would be facing far more than the $1 billion in tax increases approved by the Legislature had he not hung tough on his no-new-taxes pledge, Gov. Jim Gibbons said Wednesday.
Because of newly passed legislation, the Clark County School District will no longer have to submit architectural drawings to a public works board for review, saving the district as much as $100,000 in the construction cost of a building, school officials said.
Confession time. Don’t know if it’s good for the soul, but under the category of Political Predictions Gone Awry, I have been woefully wrong three times.
CARSON CITY — Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons can claim few victories from the 2009 Legislature but that’s mainly because the process was “poisoned” by the lawmakers’ Democratic leaders, a spokesman for the governor said Tuesday.
CARSON CITY — Larger Nevada businesses paying nearly twice as much in payroll taxes. Typical Nevada families forking over 6.4 percent more in sales taxes and car registration fees.
CARSON CITY — Every Republican and Democratic legislator voted Monday to override Gov. Jim Gibbons’ veto of a bill that requires the Public Employees Retirement System to disclose its investments with companies doing oil business in Iran.
CARSON CITY — Las Vegas and the Department of Transportation must spend as much as $70 million to reopen F Street in the historic black community of West Las Vegas, senators decided late Monday in overriding a veto by Gov. Jim Gibbons.
CARSON CITY — Ending on time for the first time in a decade, the Nevada Legislature early this morning concluded its biennial session with little drama, having finished its major piece of business — the budget — a week and a half ahead of time.