A senior member of the House Aviation subcommittee, Rep. Dina Titus backed the FAA Reauthorization Act, which will provide funding for general aviation airports.
Nevada
The Las Vegas Review-Journal owner and majority shareholder of Las Vegas Sands Corp. will be a major backer of the Preserve America super PAC.
Nevada’s approximately 13,000 home care workers could see big increases to minimum wage and reimbursement rates under legislative proposals presented Thursday.
Nevada officials, including Gov. Joe Lombardo and Sen. Jacky Rosen, have urged the U.S. Postal Service to reconsider plans to move the mail center to California.
The ACLU of Nevada said seven jails, including several in the Las Vegas Valley, are now complying with a law requiring a process for inmates to vote while in jail.
Putting together a budget for the state of Nevada isn’t so easy after all.
The Clark County Commission and UMC’s governing board would be able to close off more hospital meetings and records from public scrutiny under a bill heard for the first time in the Nevada Legislature.
The financial transactions of longtime Nevada GOP activist Tony Dane’s political action committee are part of the Las Vegas police investigation into allegations of attempted extortion against Republican Assemblyman Chris Edwards, search warrant records obtained Tuesday show.
No opposition was raised Tuesday during a hearing on a bill that would allow the state Department of Taxation to move forward with the collection of excise taxes on the sale of medical marijuana.
Local governments want to be able to make more decisions for their communities on their own without first getting permission from state lawmakers. While city and county officials Monday said Senate Bill 11 would allow them to act more quickly when issues arise, not everyone was convinced giving them expanded powers is a good thing.
Nevada Treasurer Dan Schwartz and state Controller Ron Knecht, two fiscal conservatives swept into office by the Republican wave, have released an alternative Nevada budget to rival GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval’s spending plan.
Republican lawmakers made it clear in the first week of the 2015 Nevada legislative session that there is a new sheriff in town.
Nevada Sen. Debbie Smith was awake, talking and eating Saturday at a Houston hospital, one day after undergoing surgery for a brain tumor.
A panel of lawmakers spent Friday afternoon learning about Nevada’s live entertainment tax, a levy that generates more than $150 million a year but is filled with loopholes.
A bill that would exempt school and university construction projects from Nevada’s prevailing wage law was passed by a Senate committee Friday, just two days after a contentious hearing.
