A bill that sought to challenge federal control of Nevada’s public lands was amended in its entirety Thursday to deal with the issue of federal versus local law enforcement jurisdiction on land managed by federal agencies.
Politics and Government
Freshman U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy brought his ideals of small government and fiscal restraint to the Nevada Legislature on Wednesday, telling lawmakers that he will work in Congress to limit federal regulation on business and industry.
A bill that would extend the statute of limitations in cases of sexual assault from four to 20 years was approved Wednesday by the Nevada Assembly Judiciary Committee.
State Sen. Debbie Smith made her session debut in the Nevada Senate on Wednesday and was welcomed by ovations, cheers and tears following her treatment for a malignant brain tumor.
A bill that would make multiple changes to Nevada’s collective bargaining law, including prohibiting the use of taxpayer dollars to fund public union activities, won approval in an Assembly committee Wednesday.
An Assembly committee Tuesday considered a bill setting up procedures to check whether noncitizens who obtain Nevada driver authorization cards show up on voter registration rolls.
Assembly Bill 280, sponsored by Assemblyman Ervin Nelson, R-Las Vegas, is the most sweeping measure aimed at making changes to the state collective bargaining law in the 2015 session.
Assembly Bill 165, one part of the Republican governor’s ambitious education agenda, authorizes $10.5 million in tax credits over the upcoming two-year budget cycle. The total would increase 10 percent per year thereafter.
A bill banning gifts from lobbyists to Nevada lawmakers and imposing tougher campaign reporting requirements was approved Monday by a Senate committee.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller said Monday that wait times for Nevada veterans who have filed benefit claims with the Veterans Administration have improved significantly but remain one of the longest in the nation.
A controversial bill that would allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry their guns on Nevada college campuses won approval in the Assembly on Monday and now goes to the Senate.
A bill requiring employers to offer paid sick leave was met with opposition Monday by business groups who said it would cost Nevada employers millions of dollars a year.
More than 30 “tough-on-crime” type bills under consideration in the Legislature this year could end up being tough on the pocketbooks of Nevada taxpayers as well, to the tune of millions of scarce general fund dollars
A bill that would permit Nevada cities and counties to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection was endorsed Friday by North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee.
A Republican-backed bill to overhaul Nevada’s overtime law and increase the minimum wage for some workers was approved Friday by the state Senate on a party-line vote, with Democrats calling the measure a “slap in the face” to the working poor.
A recent Wall Street Journal poll of leading economists put the probability of the United States going into recession over the next 12 months at 63 percent. Conventional wisdom is that the Federal Reserve Bank will continue raising interest rates to combat stubborn high inflation, thereby slowing the economy and causing gross domestic product to […]
The members-only big-box chain plans to open a sprawling retail building in the southwest valley.
Grassroots advocates derided President Donald Trump’s bevy of immigration-related executive orders and a bipartisan bill they say threaten marginalized communities.
President Donald Trump plans to visit Las Vegas at the end of a trip he will be making to North Carolina, then California, he told reporters.
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who graduated from UNLV and was involved in the 2014 Bundy ranch standoff, had his 18-year prison sentence commuted by Donald Trump.
