On a 20-1 vote, state senators on Monday passed a bill that would allow people who are not in the country legally to acquire driver authorization cards. Four states, including Utah and New Mexico, already allow people who are not in the U.S. legally to drive.
Depressed by the lack of accomplishments so far as Nevada legislators seem to focus on social issues instead of serious financial issues?
State Sen. Mo Denis remembers driving into the parking lot of a pharmacy at Maryland Parkway and Flamingo Road several years ago when he saw a speeding car slam into the back of a car at the stoplight.
Nevada lawmakers are steamrolling into the final two weeks of the 2013 session — a time when action behind the scenes can move at a dizzying pace while the public process dissolves into a mode of hurry up and wait.
When the 2013 legislative session adjourns at midnight June 3, Gov. Brian Sandoval and Republicans can tell Democrats “I told you so.”
Two rural colleges in Northern Nevada will feel less budget pain than initially proposed under actions taken by legislative money committees Saturday.
The Nevada Legislature’s money committees on Saturday approved nearly $6.5 million in new funding for mental health programs, using money from a windfall tobacco settlement as recommended by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
It was do or die time for many bills in the Nevada Legislature on Friday. Most did. A few died.
The Legislature’s two budget committees approved a public school spending plan Friday that follows the governor’s recommendations and allocates basic state support of about $5,500 per pupil.
A constitutional amendment that would let voters decide whether to legalize gay marriage passed another hurdle Thursday when an Assembly panel voted in favor of Senate Joint Resolution 13.
The Legislature’s two tax committees did what was expected Thursday — vote for the so-called “More Cops” tax increase bill to hire more police in Clark County and advance a resolution to let voters decide next year whether to approve a constitutional amendment that could lead to higher taxes on mining.
Nevada Parks Division employees violated a state law by purchasing 22 of their agency’s 61 surplus weapons that were supposed to be forwarded to the weapons manufacturer as part of a trade for new staff weapons, a legislative audit has discovered.
Members of a joint legislative panel formally adopted a new funding formula Wednesday for Nevada’s universities and community colleges, a change that would shift more general fund support to campuses in Southern Nevada.
A bill to require police to take DNA cheek swabs of anyone arrested on a felony charge won approval, albeit tentatively for several legislators, in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick said Tuesday she could not predict if events such as NASCAR and the Electric Daisy Carnival will flee the state because of her proposed 8 percent Nevada entertainment tax, but that everyone has to pay a little to help public education.
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 […]
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.
Sen. Jacky Rosen reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would implement “no taxes on tips,” a major campaign promise of President-elect Donald Trump.
A $200 million public-private partnership to reduce homelessness in Southern Nevada will move forward, Gov. Joe Lombardo said in his State of the State speech.
