Rarely do you see a teachers union supporting a policy that would decrease future education funding, but that’s what the Nevada State Education Association did recently at the Nevada Legislature.
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Floor sessions should dominate day 72 of the 2017 legislative session.
Hundreds of bills died Friday, including a property tax increase, the sanctuary state bill and a plastic bag ban, but the most interesting part of session is just beginning.
After a hectic day of committee hearings on Friday, there are only three committees scheduled to meet. A Senate Floor session is scheduled at 11 a.m. with dozens of bills up on General File, which means they could be up for a vote.
Gov. Brian Sandoval is winning so much in Carson City that he’s got to be getting tired of winning.
The Nevada Taxicab Authority is expected to finally decide whether to test out parallel routes along Frank Sinatra Drive, Koval Lane and Interstate 15 that cabbies could use when Las Vegas Boulevard is congested.
According to a longtime acquaintance, Dr. Dipak Desai, the Las Vegas doctor convicted of criminal neglect after seven of his patients contracted hepatitis C, was obsessed with material status.
April is sexual assault awareness month. Here in Las Vegas, 718 people were seen at University Medical Center for sexual assault exams last year alone.
Payday loans and asset forfeiture on docket for a busy deadline day in the Nevada Legislature.
While making definitive predictions with 52 days left in the Legislative session is a good way to end up with rhetorical egg on your face, I’m calling it now: There will be no property tax increase this session.
House arrest, recycling competition and Medicaid highlight day 67 of Nevada Legislature.
Assembly Bill 129 would have banned the use of smartphone apps to get prescriptions for contact lenses and glasses unless a full exam was performed by an optometrist or physician.
Reading, dying and minimum wage highlight Day 66 of the legislative session.
In 2015, Sen. David Parks, D-Las Vegas, drew a taxpayer-backed pension of $103,947. Last week, Parks voted to keep you from finding out how much he will bank in the future.
Property taxes, construction defects and guns highlight day 65 of the Nevada Legislature.
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