CARSON CITY — Assemblyman Steven Brooks will have to wait one year to buy a gun in Nevada from a licensed gun dealer because of information identified in a background check, the state Department of Public Safety said Monday.
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CARSON CITY — Tired of creeping along Nevada highways at 70 mph?
CARSON CITY — Democratic legislators said Monday they want at least
$310 million more for public education in the 2013-15 budget period but acknowledged they do not know now where to find the money.
Along with having to explain deep cuts in federal services to their constituents, Nevada lawmakers are bracing for a hit in their own operations if the automatic budget sequester is not averted by the end of the week.
CARSON CITY — It was hardly surprising that after state Sen. Don Gustavson introduced his motorcycle helmet repeal law on Feb. 21, Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki joked, “It sounds like déjà vu all over again.”
Education policy and school funding will dominate the debate in Carson City as the fourth week of the 2013 Nevada Legislature begins Monday.
CARSON CITY — A politically charged issue involving the possible misuse of independent contractors by some Nevada businesses is about to rear its head again in the Legislature.
State officials have initiated a routine background check to determine whether troubled Assemblyman Steven Brooks can purchase a rifle from a Northern Nevada sporting goods store.
Republican and Democratic senators agreed Friday that they must pass a law that makes it easier for Nevadans with medical marijuana cards to acquire marijuana.
The first hearing was held Thursday for a bill that would lead to the creation and sale of special license plates to commemorate Nevada’s 150th anniversary of statehood on Oct. 31, 2014.
Nevada lawmakers expressed frustration Thursday over the slow pace of developing a statewide database to track student achievement, an effort that’s been decades in the making and has cost millions of dollars.
Without any opposition Thursday, the Assembly quickly approved a bill designed to provide a fairer distribution of state taxes to local governments.
Assemblyman Paul Aizley of Las Vegas asked members of the Assembly Taxation Committee Thursday to approve his bill to end the requirement that the Reno Gazette-Journal and the Review-Journal publish their counties’ tax rolls — a list of thousands of names of property owners that show the assessed values of their holdings.
A state senator is trying for the second session in a row to repeal a component of the state minimum wage law in the Nevada Constitution.
Nevada became the first state in the nation Thursday to authorize interactive gaming when Gov. Brian Sandoval signed Assembly Bill 114 into law in a ceremony in the Old Assembly Chambers in the Capitol.
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 […]
The Athletics are moving a step closer to getting construction underway on their $1.75 billion Las Vegas stadium after filing for a commercial grading permit this week with Clark County.
The U.S. General Services Administration dismissed approximately 12 staff members between Las Vegas and Reno, according to Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s office.
The closure, approved by the County Commission, is for operator Affinity Interactive to transition Primm properties from destination resorts to traveler resources.
Two offices in Elko serving Native Americans are subject to cuts from the Department of Government Efficiency.
