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A rendering of the proposed UNLV Now mega-events center shows how the stadium would look during a Rebels football game.

Legislation tasks campus authority with defining, designing new UNLV stadium

May 25, 2013 (2 a.m.)

The UNLV stadium bill was gutted of a key provision this week: creation of a special tax district around the university to help finance a proposed on-campus stadium. Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick introduced an amended bill Thursday that has no language pertaining to a tax-increment financing district, which would have allowed any new tax money generated by the stadium to help fund its construction.

Mo Denis and the walking dead: Majority leader keeps recycling legislation alive as ‘zombie bill’

May 25, 2013

By Andrew Doughman

Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, resurrected one of his bills Friday after other legislators had presumptively killed it. He had earlier faced scrutiny after the Sun reported that he had authored two bills that would directly benefit his previous employer, a materials recycling facility.
Deadline strikes: A look at major legislation that made, missed cut

May 25, 2013

By Andrew Doughman,
Conor Shine

Legislators slogged through dozens of bills Friday, turning the Senate and Assembly chambers into arenas for legislative triumph and death.
Campaign transparency bill passes, albeit a watered-down version

May 24, 2013

By Conor Shine

Candidates for public office will face stricter scrutiny when reporting gifts they receive after the Assembly passed a campaign finance reform bill Friday, although some critics say the bill doesn’t go far enough to improve transparency.
Committees restore money earmarked for schools that was lost in technicality

May 24, 2013

By Cy Ryan

School districts fretting over a potential loss of millions of dollars in state money to support their students can now breathe a sigh of relief.
Nevada Senate passes Metro Police sales tax

May 24, 2013

By Cy Ryan

A bill to permit an increase in the sales tax to allow Las Vegas Metro Police to retain 300 officers has passed the Senate, 18-3.
Sex education bill loses its momentum, dies in Nevada Senate

May 24, 2013

By Andrew Doughman,
Conor Shine

A controversial bill that would have updated and standardized sex education curriculum across the state won’t advance any farther after it died in the Senate Friday.
Political heat derails plan to let Legislature meet in Las Vegas

May 24, 2013

By Cy Ryan

A proposal to allow the Nevada Legislature to meet in Las Vegas is being scrapped.
Report: More staff needed at Las Vegas psychiatric hospital

May 24, 2013

By Cy Ryan

Gov. Brian Sandoval has asked the Legislature to set aside $4 million in a contingency fund to hire more staff at the Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital, as recommended by a consultant’s report.
Lucky No. 11? Legislature may take another stab at capping ER bills

May 24, 2013

By Andrew Doughman

Having an emergency and going to the hospital might be less financially burdensome if the Legislature passes a constitutional amendment this year. Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, wants emergency room bills to be constitutionally capped, a move she says will save constituents from expensive hospital bills incurred when they’re taken to out-of-network hospital emergency rooms.
Committee approves tax break for film industry

May 23, 2013

By Cy Ryan

The Senate Taxation Committee has approved a slimmed-down bill to provide up to $20 million in tax credits to film companies that come to Nevada to produce such things as movies and television shows.
Nevada Assembly backs resolution to end ban on gay marriage

May 23, 2013

By Andrew Doughman

The Nevada Assembly voted 24-17 today to move one step closer to removing a ban on same-sex marriage from the state Constitution.
Las Vegas gas prices likely headed up, if Nevada passes fuel-tax bill

May 23, 2013

By Andrew Doughman

Gas prices could increase statewide under a bill that received strong support today from lawmakers and business groups.
Hey, voters, here’s a golden opportunity with a silver lining

May 23, 2013

By Andrew Doughman

The Assembly today approved a resolution that will allow voters to decide on the 2014 ballot whether or not the mining industry’s tax rate should be in the state constitution.
Committee sends bill for medical marijuana clinics to Nevada Senate

May 23, 2013

By Cy Ryan

A plan to create a network of medical marijuana clinics — with the owners paying hefty licensing fees — was approved by the Nevada Senate Finance Committee today.