A review of all firearms-related legislation passed this year, encompassing the first full state legislative sessions since the Las Vegas attack, shows a decidedly mixed record. Gun control bills were ...
The proposal for temporary “early start” recreational licenses was approved early Monday afternoon by the Nevada Tax Commission with all but one commissioner voting in favor of the program.
Long lines and frustrated voters that accompanied Nevada caucuses in 2016 were not enough to sway lawmakers toward a primary system. Legislative efforts have ...
State Sen. John Lee’s is reconsidering running for U.S. Congress, his campaign manager confirmed Tuesday night, easing Democratic Majority Leader Steven Horsford’s chance at success in the district.
Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford accused Republican lawmakers of hypocrisy Wednesday for defending the state’s Washington, D.C., lobbying office while criticizing federal spending.
Rep. Shelley Berkley came to Sen. Dean Heller’s home town of Carson City today as part of her “jobs tour,” highlighting contrasts with her presumptive Republican opponent and elbowing some space between her and President Barack Obama.
The Texas tax was passed under Republican presidential candidate Gov. Rick Perry, and provides nice political cover for Nevada's pro-tax forces. But Nevada's tax would also face the same constitutional test that the Texas tax faces.
Sen. Michael Roberson, the freshman who emerged from the legislative session as conservatives’ top pugilist, will head Republicans’ efforts to retake the state Senate next year. The job positions Roberson to lead the Republican Senate caucus and, if his campaign efforts are successful, the state’s upper house in the future.
About 50 bills passed by the Nevada Legislature in the final minutes of the session have taken an overnight trip to Hawaii, to be signed by the Assembly speaker before they’re sent to the governor for review.
CARSON CITY -- NV Energy made a hard, successful push for a major policy bill requiring the Public Utilities Commission to allow it to build transmission lines, with lawmakers passing it in the final minutes of the legislative session.
CARSON CITY - The Nevada Legislature entered its final day of the 2011 session, with lobbyists and lawmakers making their last push on special interest legislation and a bill extending 2009 tax increases. Republicans, led by Sandoval, agreed to extend taxes passed in 2009 that were set to expire on June 30.
The Nevada Legislature has, per the Constitution, 120 days to finish the people's business. That would make Monday, June 6 the end of the Nevada 2011 session. Except...
