A bill that would expand the types of health professionals who can initiate involuntary commitments and identify those deemed not a danger and eligible for release would help alleviate overcrowding at hospital emergency rooms, a state health official told Nevada legislators Wednesday.
A lot of bipartisan support was expressed at a legislative hearing Wednesday for a bill that would expand rollover bond authority for local school construction without raising property taxes, but provisions in Senate Bill 119 that would exempt school and university projects from Nevada’s prevailing wage law were a “poison pill” for many Democrats and labor groups.
Gun owners packed an Assembly hearing Wednesday to support a bill that would allow people to lock their weapons in a vehicle on school grounds.
Nevada State Sen. Debbie Smith announced Tuesday that she has been diagnosed with an operable brain tumor and will face surgery on Friday.
A $10 million fund set up to entice businesses to come to Nevada is “the most efficient economic development tool” in the state and has surpassed projections for job creation, the head of Nevada’s economic development agency told a panel of lawmakers Tuesday.
It didn’t take long for Uber to enter the conversation in the state Legislature.
A Republican lawmaker who confirmed Saturday that Las Vegas police are investigating allegations of attempted extortion in exchange for his vote for Nevada Assembly speaker said Tuesday he has never surreptitiously recorded any caucus meetings.
The 2015 Nevada Legislature convened Monday with pomp and song, a festive beginning before buckling down to tackle the tough issues of taxes and other reforms in the months to come.
A still battered-looking Sen. Harry Reid made a return to the Senate floor on Monday, and immediately jumped into a fray over immigration and homeland security.
Las Vegas Assemblyman John Hambrick was named speaker for the 2015 legislative session on Monday, ending the uncertainty stemming from a leadership struggle between conservative and more moderate members of the GOP caucus.
Lawmakers plan to waste no time when the 78th session begins Monday, and with a huge agenda from taxes to education funding and reform, they will need every minute of the 120 days they have to get the job done.
With the 78th legislative session starting, here’s the list of who to watch.
It seems Sandoval is prepared to gamble much of his political capital on a plan to drag Nevada into the future after 150 years of modest goals, tight spending and reliance on gaming and tourism to provide the basic needs of hardy Nevadans and a school system whose graduation rate is one of the worst in the nation.
Republican Assemblyman Chris Edwards confirmed Saturday that Las Vegas police are investigating allegations of attempted extortion in exchange for his vote for Assembly speaker.
Smokers would pay more under Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposal to increase cigarette taxes while those who get their nicotine fix from flavored concoctions inhaled through battery-powered devices could see new levies and restrictions on “vaping.”
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 […]
Grassroots advocates derided President Donald Trump’s bevy of immigration-related executive orders and a bipartisan bill they say threaten marginalized communities.
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.
As President Donald Trump was sworn into office inside the Capitol Rotunda, several people with Nevada ties were present, some sitting prominently onstage.
President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address sounded a lot like his first, with a sweeping indictment of the country he inherits and grand promises to fix its problems.
