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2017 Legislature

Softened reckless driving bill passes committee

A bill that would instill stiffer penalties for reckless drivers was unanimously passed Thursday — after it was amended to soften the punishment.

Panel signs off on major spending plan for Nevada schools

A Legislative budget subcommittee on Thursday signed off on a big chunk of the public schools budget for the coming two years, voting to include $63 million in revenue from a new 10 percent retail tax on recreational marijuana as proposed by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval.

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Senate has party-line split on Nevada national monuments

State senators split along party lines Wednesday to approve a resolution expressing support for the designation of two new national monuments in Nevada.

Are Nevada legislators entitled to free food and booze?

Reforms passed in 2015 to block Nevada legislators from playing the gimme, gimme, gimme game are on the chopping block, courtesy of Assembly Democrats and Republicans.

Paiute Winnemucca will have her own special day in Nevada

Sarah Winnemucca, a Paiute princess who served as a translator for the U.S. military in the 1800s and spent much of her life negotiating between different cultures, will have her own special day in Nevada.

Nevada Senate vote sends Yucca Mountain resolution to Congress

The Nevada Senate gave final legislative approval Wednesday to a resolution strongly opposing any attempts by Congress to make Yucca Mountain the nation’s high-level nuclear waste dump.

Parties split on bill to hike Nevada minimum wage

A bill to gradually raise Nevada’s hourly minimum wage won approval Wednesday on a partisan vote in the state Senate.

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