Politics and Government
Assembly Democrats sought to set Nevada’s state political agenda Monday by laying out economic proposals they say will be a framework for upcoming campaigns and the 2013 legislative session.
Jobs have been found for all the correctional officers laid off when the 150-year-old Nevada State Prison in Carson City closed in January.
On largely a party-line vote, legislators agreed Thursday to allow Secretary of State Ross Miller to spend $800,000 for a voter registration effort.
Veterans could ask the Department of Motor Vehicles to place on their driver’s licenses a designation that they were honorably discharged from the armed forces under a bill headed to the 2013 Legislature.
Progressive Democrat Patricia Spearman scored an upset victory over two-term incumbent state Sen. John Lee in the Senate District 1 primary Tuesday.
Nevada’s slowly improving economy has produced $58.9 million more in state tax revenue than expected and should add 10,000 to 15,000 more workers this year, a state committee was told Monday.
Nevada employers no longer would be permitted to fire employees they suspect are communists if the 2013 Legislature approves a soon-to-be-drafted bill.
The Legislative Commission on Wednesday unanimously selected longtime staff fiscal analyst Rick Combs as director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
The Assembly’s new Republican leader called Monday for campaign contribution limits, fall primary elections and a cooling-off period before former legislators can return as legislative lobbyists.
Assembly fiscal analyst Rick Combs was picked Tuesday as the new director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
Sen. Harry Reid said Thursday he would vote to legalize same-sex marriage if it were put on the ballot in Nevada, saying he was persuaded by family members for whom “marriage equality” is accepted in today’s world.
A state legislator vowed to take steps to repeal Nevada’s constitutional ban on gay marriage almost immediately after President Barack Obama announced his support for such marriages Wednesday.
No Nevada legislators stepped forward Thursday to support spending more on the Millennium Scholarship program in order to reduce the increasing college costs paid by students.
Gov. Brian Sandoval and Internet sales giant Amazon announced an agreement Monday to allow the state to begin collecting sales taxes on the company’s Internet sales to Nevada customers beginning in 2014.
