Nevada’s public school teachers could receive as much as $100 a year to cover unreimbursed expenses they incur in buying material for their classrooms under a bill introduced Tuesday in the state Senate.
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CARSON CITY — A bill proposing a new tax on the sale of firearms and ammunition to benefit mental health treatment and crime victims was introduced Monday in the Assembly.
The move to approve universal background checks for gun purchases got a push last week when Mayors Against Illegal Guns released polls that showed overwhelming support in Nevada and 20 other states.
CARSON CITY — Legislators must decide by Friday, the 40th day of the 2013 session, whether they are going to approve or just punt on the Nevada State Education Association’s petition to raise $800 million a year through a 2 percent business margins tax.
Deadlines, election reforms, speed limits, out-of-state car registrations and voter photos await lawmakers when the sixth week of the Nevada Legislature gets under way Monday.
CARSON CITY — Members of the Nevada Assembly heard the case Friday for barring employers from requesting private access to most current and prospective employees’ online accounts and credit history reports.
If a Nevada lawmaker has her way, patrons of most chain restaurants will soon be able to find out the number of calories in that hamburger or pizza slice they just ordered with a quick glance at the menu.
While fellow senators barked and jeered, Sen. Ben Kieckhefer introduced a bill Friday to make the Blue Weimaraner the official state dog of Nevada.
A judge scheduled a May 7 evidentiary hearing on criminal allegations that an embattled state lawmaker attacked a police officer during a domestic dispute last month.
Assembly Republican leaders on Thursday said they will push for major changes to the state’s prevailing wage law and the public employees retirement system this session, but they are not looking to make bargains to accomplish their agenda.
Eduardo Sencion, who killed four people in a Carson City IHOP restaurant in September 2011 before killing himself, passed a background check and legally purchased firearms, a state senator said Thursday.
A Nevada Senate committee voted unanimously Thursday to add offenses committed against people based on their gender identity to the list of hate crimes that can be punished with increased criminal offenses.
Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee members expressed general support Thursday for a bill that could force smokers under age 18 to pay minimum $25 fines and complete tobacco cessation courses.
Patients are against it. So are doctors and drug manufacturers and the chamber of commerce.
CARSON CITY — Assemblyman Harvey Munford found some surprising opposition Wednesday to his bill to penalize students who cheat: the Clark County School District, the Nevada Association of School Superintendents and the Nevada System of Higher 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 […]
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.
Gov. Joe Lombardo made sweeping policy proposals at his State of the State Address, including making teacher raises permanent and extending pay raises to charter school teachers.
