CARSON CITY — The economic gloom that marked the start of Nevada’s 2009 legislative session didn’t seem to faze lobbyists, who spent $57,996 on food and drinks at dinners, receptions and other events during February.
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CARSON CITY — A key Nevada Senate panel voted unanimously Friday for a bill that would help homeowners win court judgments for personal property damaged or sold during improper foreclosure proceedings.
CARSON CITY — A new bill introduced in the Nevada Assembly would expand the pool of people who are required to submit to genetic testing if they are linked to a crime.
Legislators will hold public forums on the budget Saturday aimed at soliciting people’s opinions on the state’s fiscal picture and the governor’s budget proposals.
CARSON CITY — Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley’s bill to require state government to place money into a new rainy day fund was approved unanimously Wednesday by the Assembly.
CARSON CITY — Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons’ announcement that he’ll let a hotel room tax increase take effect without his signature has prompted state Senate leaders to accuse him of misleading them and being a political coward.
CARSON CITY — Mothers of construction workers killed on the job told legislators Wednesday that their sons would be alive today if they had received proper safety training.
CARSON CITY — A Senate panel voted Tuesday for a bill directing state regulators to require that long-term planning by NV Energy, Nevada’s major utility, factor in future costs of carbon emissions.
CARSON CITY — A room tax increase that could bring in $233 million over the next two years was approved by the state Senate on Tuesday, but it will go forward without Gov. Jim Gibbons’ signature.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers reviewing the state’s nearly $1.5 billion share of federal stimulus money were told Tuesday that the agency overseeing the state’s social service programs could start running out of money by the end of this month.
CARSON CITY — An Assembly committee was asked Tuesday to endorse a broadly written bill that would make anyone who induces a minor to become a prostitute subject to felony charges and possible lifetime supervision as a sex offender.
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 […]
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