CARSON CITY — A “green jobs” initiative sought by Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas, moved Monday to the full Nevada Senate following approval of amendments by a key legislative committee.
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CARSON CITY — Medical marijuana advocates testified Monday that a bill prescribing prison sentences for growing more than seven marijuana plants will prevent sick people from getting their “medicine.”
Gov. Jim Gibbons has asked state workers to take a 6 percent pay cut and pay more for health insurance, but some members of his own staff have gotten big pay increases over the past two years, prompting a public outcry.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers start the ninth week of their 2009 session on Monday with more hearings that are likely to produce challenges to deep budget cuts proposed by Gov. Jim Gibbons.
CARSON CITY — A state Senate panel was urged Friday to approve a power-of-attorney measure aimed at protecting Nevada seniors from abuses by caregivers and, in some cases, their own children.
CARSON CITY — A bill to prohibit motorists, including police and emergency personnel, from text-messaging on cell phones while behind the wheel won committee approval Friday and now moves to the full Nevada Senate.
CARSON CITY — Chancellor Jim Rogers urged legislators Friday to tell him the exact figure at which they will fund the Nevada System of Higher Education, not just offer more guesses on how much money will be available.
CARSON CITY — Reno resident Pamela Brooks said Friday that when her longtime same-sex partner died, she was treated like a criminal and told to leave the hospital room.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada Assembly panel voted Thursday to back a plan for a lottery in the nation’s No. 1 gambling state, despite arguments that it would compete with slot machines and other games of chance.
CARSON CITY — Members of a Senate-Assembly budget panel said Thursday they want to find funding to keep state museums operating as close to current levels as possible, rejecting Gov. Jim Gibbons’ proposed cuts that would close some museums or cut hours.
CARSON CITY — A plan allowing no-warrant seizures of funds on prepaid debit or stored-value cards, to block money-smuggling by drug-dealers or financing for terrorists, was approved Thursday by a state Senate panel despite critics’ constitutional concerns.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada legislator pressed Wednesday for a state law to prevent Taser use that could result in deaths, but faced opposition from police who said they already have thorough stun-gun policies in place.
CARSON CITY — Fifty-four legislative staffers earned more than $100,000 as a result of overtime during the 2007 legislative session, including 18 who made more than the governor’s own salary of $141,000.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers were urged Tuesday by Chief Justice James Hardesty to approve measures that would result in major changes in the state’s judicial system.
CARSON CITY — A state lawmaker has proposed a $5 tax on acts of prostitution in Nevada, where brothels operate legally in some areas, and a counseling agency for sex workers that would be funded by part of the tax revenue.
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.
Carrie Underwood opened Resorts World Theatre in November 2021. Next week she’s starring at Trump’s inaugural event.
The Southern Nevada Health District is urging Clark County residents to take precautions against respiratory illnesses such as influenza and COVID-19.
