Nevada’s slowly improving economy has produced $58.9 million more in state tax revenue than expected and should add 10,000 to 15,000 more workers this year, a state committee was told Monday.
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Nevada employers no longer would be permitted to fire employees they suspect are communists if the 2013 Legislature approves a soon-to-be-drafted bill.
The Legislative Commission on Wednesday unanimously selected longtime staff fiscal analyst Rick Combs as director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
The Assembly’s new Republican leader called Monday for campaign contribution limits, fall primary elections and a cooling-off period before former legislators can return as legislative lobbyists.
Assembly fiscal analyst Rick Combs was picked Tuesday as the new director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
Sen. Harry Reid said Thursday he would vote to legalize same-sex marriage if it were put on the ballot in Nevada, saying he was persuaded by family members for whom “marriage equality” is accepted in today’s world.
A state legislator vowed to take steps to repeal Nevada’s constitutional ban on gay marriage almost immediately after President Barack Obama announced his support for such marriages Wednesday.
No Nevada legislators stepped forward Thursday to support spending more on the Millennium Scholarship program in order to reduce the increasing college costs paid by students.
Gov. Brian Sandoval and Internet sales giant Amazon announced an agreement Monday to allow the state to begin collecting sales taxes on the company’s Internet sales to Nevada customers beginning in 2014.
Investigators aren’t buying the conspiracy theories circulating about the deaths of four people — including two prominent attorneys within five days of each other– tied to the federal probe into the takeover of Las Vegas Valley homeowners associations.
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.
