CARSON CITY — Even as legislators scrambled to put together the money to fund state government for the next two years, Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford was looking ahead Wednesday, introducing a proposal to lay the groundwork for long-term changes to the state’s tax structure.
CARSON CITY — In a bipartisan vote, the Assembly agreed 42-0 Wednesday night to appropriate $2.477 billion in state tax revenue for the support of public school education.
Is the state Legislature’s tax proposal an assault on the working class or a reasonable compromise that meets several important goals?
CARSON CITY — Under a resolution approved 28-13 Wednesday in the Assembly, voters will decide in the November 2010 election whether to amend the Nevada Constitution to allow governors to pick Supreme Court justices and district judges.
CARSON CITY — After being sidetracked most of the day by conflicts of interest that jeopardized crucial Republican votes, the state Senate approved a change to the rules to allow all members to vote on the budget and tax package late Wednesday.
CARSON CITY — With less than two weeks left in the 2009 legislative session, state lawmakers voted Tuesday for bills dealing with foreclosures, energy conservation, medical ethics and elections.
CARSON CITY — Harrah’s Entertainment is warning legislators that Nevada’s tourism industry could lose the business of gays and lesbians if they fail to override Gov. Jim Gibbons’ expected veto of a bill to allow couples to enter into domestic partnerships.
CARSON CITY — The state Senate voted Monday to give final legislative approval to a bill to let officials around Nevada publish an annual list of property taxpayers and their property values on an Internet Web site rather than in newspapers.
The state Legislature acted unfairly and behind closed doors when it decided to grab almost $100 million from the county in the next two years, Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid said Tuesday.
CARSON CITY — Legislative leaders emerged from a late-night closed-door meeting Tuesday with a tentative agreement to increase sales taxes by 0.35 percent, boost the top payroll tax rate to 1.17 percent, raise motor vehicle registration taxes and double business license fees.
CARSON CITY — A state Assembly panel voted Tuesday for a bill requiring owners of off-road vehicles to register with the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
CARSON CITY — State senators sent a bill that would allow domestic partnerships for gay and opposite-sex couples to Gov. Jim Gibbons on Tuesday.
CARSON CITY — A bill introduced in the state Senate on Tuesday morning would require newly hired police officers and firefighters to be on the job five years longer, and other new public employees two years longer, before receiving full retirement benefits.
CARSON CITY — A legislative plan to raise business taxes could increase taxes on independent contractors — prostitutes and newspaper deliverers, for example — who would be subject to the levy.
CARSON CITY — The Legislature on Monday began moving forward on parts of a plan to fund the state budget, passing a tax hike on businesses and a money grab from Clark and Washoe counties through the state Assembly.
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 […]
Gov. Joe Lombardo took the witness stand on Monday, testifying for about 30 minutes in former Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore’s wire fraud trial.
Vice President Kamala Harris held her second rally in Las Vegas since becoming the Democratic nominee. Here’s what you need to know.
This marks Harris’ eighth visit to the Silver State this year. She last visited in August, just a couple of weeks since launching her presidential bid.
An audit discovered the owners of the locals casinos overpaid gaming taxes for years.
