Politics and Government
Ahh, July 1. The glorious day when a handful of taxes would return to 2008 levels. Or so promised both Gov. Brian Sandoval and his defeated opponent, Rory Reid, during the last election.
CARSON CITY — North Las Vegas records show Assemblyman John Oceguera was drawing full-time pay as the city’s assistant fire chief during 2009 and 2011 when he was serving much of that time at the Legislature in Carson City, a conservative think tank reported Wednesday.
CARSON CITY — District Judge James Todd Russell met Wednesday with Republican and Democratic lawyers, but set no date for oral arguments on how to redistrict legislative and congressional seats.
CARSON CITY — At first glance, the 2011 Legislature did nothing to make the life of John and Jane Q. Public any worse.
After a tug-of-war between green energy advocates and utility power players during the Nevada Legislature, the debate continues about whether the Silver State went forward or backward in its goal to become a renewable energy leader.
Gov. Brian Sandoval put finishing touches on the 2011 legislative session Friday with a final flourish of bill signings, including putting his signature on controversial smoking, cellphone and tax bills that could come with a political price for lawmakers and the governor.
Poorer rural Nevada counties might not have the money to pay the costs of state-performed social services that the Legislature dropped on them.
Gov. Brian Sandoval on Friday vetoed a bill he said could have stuck Nevada’s electricity ratepayers with costs to develop major transmission projects to send energy out of state.
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 […]
This marks Harris’ eighth visit to the Silver State this year. She last visited in August, just a couple of weeks since launching her presidential bid.
An audit discovered the owners of the locals casinos overpaid gaming taxes for years.
Gov. Joe Lombardo sent a letter requesting a legislative commission expand an audit of the CCSD to include an investigation into its potential budget shortfalls.
The Nevada Supreme Court has ordered the dismissal of a sex abuse indictment against Nathan Chasing Horse, while leaving open the possibility of charges being refiled.