The leader of ProgressNow Nevada has called on state legislators to boycott a meeting Saturday at a gun store and shooting range in Las Vegas where National Rifle Association lobbyists will talk about semi-automatic weapons and demonstrate their use.
Politics and Government
A Nevada lawmaker and an emerging coalition of Nevadans are eyeing one specific pot of state revenue that could provide funding for much needed public works projects that would help put people back to work.
Gov. Brian Sandoval isn’t giving up many details as he finalizes his 2013-15 spending plan ahead of his State of the State address on Wednesday. But Nevada’s bleak revenue picture suggests that it will likely be a mostly status quo budget with little in the way of new spending.
When Sue Lowden scored an upset victory over the male Nevada Senate majority leader two decades ago, she helped Republicans take control of the Legislature’s upper house from Democrats.
Southern Nevada lawmakers held the political equivalent of a political pep rally with local government officials Thursday looking forward to the upcoming session of the state Legislature.
The signs that her youngest daughter was a prostitute couldn’t have been more obvious, although she didn’t make the connection at the time.
Former state Sen. Sheila Leslie called on the governor and Legislature Wednesday to increase taxes on the rich and mining industry so state government can fund needed improvements to public education and mental health services and rebuild a state devastated by recession.
Democratic legislative leaders called Wednesday for expanding the number of public schools with full-day kindergarten, limiting class sizes and increasing preschool learning opportunities for 3- and 4-year-olds.
In a Nevada Supreme Court case closely watched by North Las Vegas officials, justices questioned Tuesday whether the city of Fernley waited too long to sue the state for dramatically shortchanging its residents in state taxes returned to their community.
Gene Segerblom, a former high school teacher, Boulder City Council member and four-term assemblywoman, died at Boulder City Hospital on Friday night. She was 94.
Fourteen Republican women leaders from across Nevada have blasted state Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson for not reappointing Sen. Barbara Cegavske to serve on the upper house’s Finance Committee.
Without mentioning their reasons, members of the Legislative Commission voted unanimously Thursday for a regulation that frees cities and counties from having to post on their websites the salaries and benefits of individual employees.
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.
