CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers, facing a June 1 adjournment, rushed Thursday to complete work on “green energy” legislation which has become one of the major initiatives of the 2009 session.
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CARSON CITY — Republican and Democratic negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on reforms to the financially strapped Public Employees Retirement System, according to Assembly Majority Leader John Oceguera.
CARSON CITY — After a bizarre and frantic day that began with a 3 a.m. session of the state Senate, legislators were seeing the light at the end of the tunnel Thursday night.
CARSON CITY — Sen. Warren Hardy can vote on bills involving public employee pension reforms and other bills of statewide importance because of a unanimous Supreme Court decision late Thursday, a legislative lawyer said.
CARSON CITY — As promised, Gov. Jim Gibbons on Thursday vetoed a measure that would authorize the Washoe County Commission to enact a voter-approved gasoline tax increase to raise money to finance transportation projects.
Assembly leaders began crafting a proposal Wednesday to soften the financial blow that Clark County’s operating funds would sustain in a $120 million grab approved earlier this week.
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.
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 […]
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.
There are more than 200 missing and more than 300 unidentified individuals in the state of Nevada, according to a news release from the Clark County coroner’s office.
Carrie Underwood opened Resorts World Theatre in November 2021. Next week she’s starring at Trump’s inaugural event.
