A bill requiring background checks for private sale gun purchases won approval Wednesday in the Senate on an 11-10 party-line vote with Democrats in support.
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Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis conceded in an emotional floor speech Tuesday that Democrats will not be able to raise taxes this session to provide the $300 million in education improvement they sought.
In a rare vote that killed a bill, the Senate late Monday evening on a 10-11 vote rejected an Assembly-approved bill that would have limited the designs charitable groups can place on special license plates.
A bill allowing judges to impose extra sentences on people who commit crimes because the victim is a transgender person was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
A bill that would require insurance companies that provide cancer coverage to pay a bigger share of the cost of new oral chemotherapy medications passed the Nevada Assembly with a unanimous vote Tuesday.
A bill requiring universal background checks for gun purchases won approval Tuesday in the Senate Finance Committee. The vote came after a Carson City rally attended by family members of the Newtown, Conn., elementary school and Carson City IHOP massacres.
On a 20-1 vote, state senators on Monday passed a bill that would allow people who are not in the country legally to acquire driver authorization cards. Four states, including Utah and New Mexico, already allow people who are not in the U.S. legally to drive.
Depressed by the lack of accomplishments so far as Nevada legislators seem to focus on social issues instead of serious financial issues?
State Sen. Mo Denis remembers driving into the parking lot of a pharmacy at Maryland Parkway and Flamingo Road several years ago when he saw a speeding car slam into the back of a car at the stoplight.
Nevada lawmakers are steamrolling into the final two weeks of the 2013 session — a time when action behind the scenes can move at a dizzying pace while the public process dissolves into a mode of hurry up and wait.
When the 2013 legislative session adjourns at midnight June 3, Gov. Brian Sandoval and Republicans can tell Democrats “I told you so.”
Two rural colleges in Northern Nevada will feel less budget pain than initially proposed under actions taken by legislative money committees Saturday.
The Nevada Legislature’s money committees on Saturday approved nearly $6.5 million in new funding for mental health programs, using money from a windfall tobacco settlement as recommended by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
It was do or die time for many bills in the Nevada Legislature on Friday. Most did. A few died.
The Legislature’s two budget committees approved a public school spending plan Friday that follows the governor’s recommendations and allocates basic state support of about $5,500 per pupil.
