Actor Nicolas Cage on Tuesday urged Nevada lawmakers to approve tax incentives for making movies in Nevada.
Politics and Government
CARSON CITY — All Nevada businesses that offer live entertainment — including brothels, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the massive Electric Daisy Carnival and Burning Man — would have to pay an 8 percent tax under a bill to be introduced Wednesday.
Some members of the Nevada Supreme Court seemed skeptical Tuesday when an attorney for the state public employee pension plan said information sought by a Reno newspaper about individual retirees cannot be easily generated.
Las Vegas police and prosecutors testified against a bill Tuesday that would allow medical marijuana users to drive and not be prosecuted for impaired driving just because they have some marijuana in their blood.
CARSON CITY — A bill increasing campaign reporting requirements and clarifying what gifts can be accepted by lawmakers and other public officers saw the “Armani suit” provision raised in a hearing Tuesday.
The lawyer for former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks, charged in a car chase and a police confrontation in California, asked a judge Teusday that his client be enrolled in a court program that will push him into mental health treatment.
State Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson said Tuesday his 75-page bill to tax the mining industry another $300 million a year starting in 2015 remains the only viable tax proposal with a chance to pass before the Legislature adjourns June 3.
Each weekday floor session of the Assembly and state Senate has opened with a prayer from ministers, priests, rabbis, Native Americans and, this session, even Teji Malik, a spiritual leader of the Sikh faith in Las Vegas.
With just one month left in the legislative session, Nevadans are waiting for the big ones to be introduced: tax bills from Democrats, Republicans.
Nevada lawmakers want to take a closer look at the cost of keeping the death penalty in the state’s criminal punishment arsenal.
A bill moving its way through the Nevada Legislature would cap the cost of copies of public records at 50 cents per page.
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie told a panel of state lawmakers Thursday that a hike in the local sales tax of .15 cents will fill a $30 million hole in his budget and ensure 300 current police officers continue to patrol the streets of Southern Nevada.
Nevada lawmakers discussed a bill Thursday that would close a loophole in state law that allows teachers to pursue otherwise illegal sexual relationships with some students by either the student or employee transferring schools after meeting each other.
Without ever mentioning the word lawsuit, mining industry representatives told Nevada legislators Thursday that if a resolution expected to lead to higher mining taxes becomes law, then they could take their case to court.
Nevada lawmakers hoping for some extra money from the Economic Forum to spend on public education and other budget priorities over the next two years learned Wednesday they will have to look elsewhere.
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.
