Nevada legislators are expected this week to hold long and multiple floor sessions to consider 30 bills in the Assembly and 22 in the Senate that are awaiting a second reading.
Politics and Government
Bills that would have imposed a tax on fast-food, allowed concealed weapons permit holders to carry weapons on college campuses, and legalized recreational marijuana all died Friday when they did not come up for votes by a legislative deadline for action.
The Nevada Senate Transportation Committee approved a bill Friday to allow the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue driver authorization cards for people who are in the country illegally.
Private equity groups could soon place large bets at Nevada sports books under a bill being advanced in the state Senate.
Sorry Nevada tokers. You won’t be smoking legal marijuana anytime soon.
A bill to allow those with concealed weapons permits to take their weapons onto the state’s college campuses is dead for the 2013 session, the bill’s sponsor said Friday.
A bill to extend by 15 years the life span of the Las Vegas redevelopment agency was advanced Friday by the Assembly Government Affairs Committee.
The Clark County Commission would be allowed to increase the sales tax to pay for more police and raise the fuel tax to pay for more road projects under two bills advanced by a legislative committee Thursday.
A panel of state lawmakers on Thursday took the first step in a long road to legalizing gay marriage in Nevada.
A bill proposing to prohibit new private ownership of exotic and potentially dangerous animals was substantially altered by a Nevada legislative committee on Thursday to instead direct county officials to consider whether to regulate the practice.
A bill that would provide for the inclusion of photos of voters in election day poll books survived to see another day Thursday when it was re-referred to the Senate Finance Committee because of cost implications.
Nevada’s 3,400 medical marijuana patients could buy their medication through licensed, state-regulated dispensaries under a bill that won unanimous Senate Judiciary Committee approval Thursday.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada legislative panel has narrowly approved a bill to prevent officials in rural Pershing County from imposing its own rules and fees on the Burning Man festival staged annually on the Black Rock Desert.
A bill requiring many chain restaurants in Nevada to post calorie information on their menus won approval from an Assembly committee Wednesday.
An Assembly committee considered a measure Wednesday that would build a program to teach law enforcement officers, educators and other state officials how to deal with the unique problems faced by victims of human trafficking.
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 […]
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.
The high-rise was approved on Wednesday by the Las Vegas City Council.
