In an era when showing off your tattoos is the rage, some Nevada legislators have gone in a different, and decidedly old-fashioned, direction.
Politics and Government
In a show of solidarity with state employees, all 63 state legislators voted Wednesday to reduce their own pay by 4.8 percent, or about $421 during the legislative session scheduled to end June 3.
Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick told Senate and Assembly taxation committees Tuesday that of 174 state, local and district governments in Nevada, only two – North Las Vegas and Fernley – oppose a new formula for distribution of state taxes to them.
A state Senate panel took quick action Tuesday to try to establish an intermediate appeals court in Nevada – a proposal last rejected by voters in the 2010 election.
Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday that he will support legislation to levy a 0.25 percentage point increase in the sales tax rate in Clark County to hire more police officers.
Assemblyman Steven Brooks did an about-face Tuesday and decided not to take a leave of absence from the state Legislature, Democratic leaders said.
The 77th session of the Nevada Legislature opened much like the 76th that preceded it did – a day for family and harmony. And even a day for tears.
Gov. Brian Sandoval has decided to take a measured approach in assessing the need for changes to Nevada’s public employee pension plan, but at least one state lawmaker said action is needed now.
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.
