Politics and Government
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers kick into high gear as they approach a key deadline and take up weighty issues such as collective bargaining, education reform and taxes as the 10th week of the 2011 session begins today.
The Impact Nevada TV program, which examines critical issues during the 2011 Legislature, examines the first half of the 2011 Legislature in Carson City. (5:30 p.m., Ch. 8).
The Assembly voted 35-6 Friday for a bill that gives the governor, not the state Wildlife Commission, the authority to name the director of the state Department of Wildlife.
CARSON CITY — Sex education classes in public schools would include lessons on avoiding dating violence, abstinence and contraceptives if a new bill passes.
CARSON CITY — Discrimination against transgender people in public accommodations or in the purchase or rental of housing under bills passed on a part-line votes Friday by a Senate panel.
Vietnam War veteran Bill Anton made a heartfelt plea Friday to the state Senate Judiciary Committee, seeking to make it criminal fraud for impostors who wear unearned valor medals, lie about their service or masquerade as members of the armed forces to obtain anything of value.
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.
