What you need to know about the three Republican candidates vying for Rep. Steven Horsford’s seat in the House of Representatives.
Nevada
A large field of Republicans hope to win their party’s nomination to take on Lee in the fall. Here’s what you need to know.
Five Republicans entered the June 11 primary for Nevada’s 1st Congressional District, currently held by longtime Democratic Rep. Dina Titus.
Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto introduced a bill to revoke the law making Yucca Mountain, located 90 miles from Las Vegas, a nuclear waste repository.
The New York Times/Siena College poll found that if the election were held today, 50 percent would pick Donald Trump and 38 percent would pick Joe Biden.
CARSON CITY — A Las Vegas assemblyman suggested Thursday that the Legislature float a bond to cover a budget shortfall of nearly $2 billion.
Some veterans accused of nonviolent crimes would benefit from a specialized court geared toward substance abuse and mental health treatment, according to a bill sponsored by Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley and a bipartisan group of Nevada legislators.
• A Senate panel heard testimony Wednesday on a bill to let police ticket cab passengers for not wearing seat belts, and also ticket cabbies who don’t ensure that children riding in their taxis are buckled up.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers worked Wednesday on bills to ease foreclosure problems for homeowners, health care facilities and renters, who often are unaware of their landlord’s mortgage woes until they face eviction.
CARSON CITY — Police would be permitted to pull over vehicles anytime they believe a driver is not wearing a seat belt under a bill approved 12-9 Tuesday in the Senate.
CARSON CITY — The state Assembly in a 35-7 vote Tuesday backed a 3 percentage point increase in the room tax in Clark and Washoe counties.
CARSON CITY — Sen. Mark Amodei complained Monday that a proposed constitutional amendment would take the power to seat judges away from the people and give it to political “insiders.”
CARSON CITY — A conservative watchdog organization contended Monday that Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley’s bill to reduce foreclosures will lead to lenders charging higher interest rates, pricing more people out of homes.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers will start their fourth week of the 2009 session on Monday with a review of a plan to create a forced savings account to ensure more stability in the state budget, now being hammered by a global economic downturn.
