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- Mo Denis and the walking dead: Majority leader keeps recycling legislation alive as 'zombie bill'
- Saturday, May 25, 2013
- 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
- Saturday, May 25, 2013
- Legislators slogged through dozens of bills Friday, turning the Senate and Assembly chambers into arenas for legislative triumph and death.
- Sex education bill loses its momentum, dies in Nevada Senate
- Friday, May 24, 2013
- 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.
- Lucky No. 11? Legislature may take another stab at capping ER bills
- Friday, May 24, 2013
- 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.
- Nevada Assembly backs resolution to end ban on gay marriage
- Thursday, May 23, 2013
- 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
- Thursday, May 23, 2013
- 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
- Thursday, May 23, 2013
- 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.
- Higher dues for homeowners at stake in HOA legislation
- Thursday, May 23, 2013
- Anyone living in a homeowners association in Nevada might want to pay attention to the next few weeks at the Legislature.
- Democrats cry uncle on taxes, accuse Republicans of obstruction
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- If there’s one promise Democrats have kept so far this session, it’s to have a discussion about taxes. But with the majority party’s capitulation on the Senate floor Tuesday that their payroll tax hike proposal is dead, it appears that discussion is all it’s going to be.
- Bill would divert some water, sewer funds to provide a little relief in North Las Vegas
- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
- Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, plans to introduce a bill that would give the North Las Vegas financial relief.
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