The movie studio would be built at the Harry Reid Research and Technology Park in southwest Las Vegas, but that depends on a bill clearing the Nevada Legislature.
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The storm brought more snow to the ski slopes in Nevada, Utah, allowing Lee Canyon and Brian Head to extend their seasons.
Voter participation has ranged from around 17 percent to more than 30 percent over the years.
Republican Senate candidates facing off in the June 11 primary are staunch supporters for Israel, but few support sending aid to Ukraine.
Three of Nevada’s congressional members are born and raised in Nevada, while the other three moved to the Silver State. Here’s where your Nevada rep is from.
CARSON CITY — A Senate committee on Friday passed a bill clarifying what mining companies are allowed to deduct from net proceeds taxes and offered amendments on another bill to clarify how the proposed margin tax on businesses would be calculated for the mining and casino industries.
Republicans gained ground in their battle to reform public education Friday, but not much. A proposal by GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval that teacher evaluations be based at least 50 percent on student achievement data was approved by the Senate Education Committee, as was a proposal requiring schools to set up performance pay programs for teachers by 2014.
The Impact Nevada TV program for this weekend includes a report on a proposed business service tax in the Nevada Legislature. (5:30 p.m., Ch. 8).
Lawmakers have introduced a surprise bill to lift the ban on smoking in bars that serve food, a move that might have generated more buzz Friday night if many taverns weren’t already breaking the law.
CARSON CITY — The state Assembly on Thursday passed a stripped-down Internet gambling bill calling for the state to develop a licensing process for online poker businesses, a month after the U.S. industry melted down amid federal indictments.
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