CARSON CITY — State Sen. John Lee thinks it’s a fair trade: You pay a mandatory $3 more for your annual vehicle registration, and you get into Nevada’s 25 state parks for free.
Politics and Government
CARSON CITY — A rash of broken jaws and an aging prison population have driven up medical costs across the Nevada prison system, state correctional officials told lawmakers Friday.
CARSON CITY — The state’s colleges and universities will eliminate programs, lay off hundreds of employees and leave thousands of students with nowhere else to go if the governor’s budget goes through, the institutions’ presidents said Friday.
CARSON CITY — Nevada Assembly members welcomed a special guest Friday — 19-day-old Xavier Carson Alejandre, the son of Assemblywoman Olivia Diaz.
How about this for a budget-cutting plan: reduce the number of Nevada lawmakers to save money. Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas, threw out the idea on Thursday as legislators kicked off their first hearing on redistricting, the process of redrawing the state’s political map every 10 years.
CARSON CITY — Legislators expected shock and awe Thursday after the Department of Taxation director testified he does not have any auditors trained to determine whether the mining industry properly pays its state taxes.
The higher education system’s governing Board of Regents is expected to hear a proposal Friday that would eliminate Nevada State College, Desert Research Institute and two northern Nevada community colleges as one way of dealing with potential budget cuts.
CARSON CITY — Assembly Government Affairs Chairman Marilyn Kirkpatrick showed little patience Thursday for local government excuses about how the lack of staff or technical savvy prevents officials from posting materials for the public on the Internet.
CARSON CITY — Lawmakers heard tearful testimony Thursday from parents of autistic children, developmentally disabled people fearful of being institutionalized, and mental health service providers who say their budgets are stretched to the breaking point.
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 made sweeping policy proposals at his State of the State Address, including making teacher raises permanent and extending pay raises to charter school teachers.
A company set to purchase the defunct Badlands golf course presented its vision to the city of Las Vegas to develop 1,480 upscale residential homes on the land.
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, publicly faced senators for the first time after weeks of questions from Democrats — and praise from Republicans — about his “unconventional” resume.
Las Vegas’ Planning Commission could vote on a set of items related to a new housing development proposed for the defunct Badlands golf course, according to the body’s meeting agenda.
