A bill to require police to take DNA cheek swabs of anyone arrested on a felony charge won approval, albeit tentatively for several legislators, in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
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Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick said Tuesday she could not predict if events such as NASCAR and the Electric Daisy Carnival will flee the state because of her proposed 8 percent Nevada entertainment tax, but that everyone has to pay a little to help public education.
Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday that he will sign a bill to allow judges to impose extra sentences on people who commit crimes because the victim is a transgender person.
A committee vote to extend voter registration in Nevada has been postponed after Democratic opposition spelled doom for the measure.
CARSON CITY — For the second consecutive session, legislators have been unable to create a way to penalize people who lie about their military records.
CARSON CITY – Hours after Democrats proposed a $255 million increase in payroll taxes Monday Gov. Brian Sandoval and Republican leaders declared the plan dead on arrival.
No matter what side of the issue Nevada legislators favor, most of the dozen or so bills related to the Second Amendment are falling by the wayside in the 2013 session.
And you dread the April 15 IRS tax deadline? That’s nothing compared to the fervor building at the Nevada Legislature. Taxes, taxes, taxes! Taxes on entertainment. Taxes on mining. Tax credits for filmmakers. Tax incentives. Tax abatements.
A legislative panel heard compelling testimony Friday in support of a bill that would require insurance companies that provide cancer coverage to pay a bigger share of the cost of new oral chemotherapy medications.
CARSON CITY — Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis’ bill seeking to give parents a “fundamental right” to make choices about the upbringing of their children ran into some tough questioning Friday in the Assembly.
Las Vegas police and the Republican leader of the Senate gave their support Friday to a bill that would allow domestic violence victims to break rental leases, even if they have not filed a police report against their abusers.
Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis defended his party’s bill Thursday to levy an 8 percent tax movie tickets at the same time another Democratic bill would give $35 million in tax breaks to companies that make movies in Nevada.
Extending registration until the Friday before an election would allow more people to avoid an artificial deadline and exercise their right to vote, Secretary of State Ross Miller testified Thursday.
Assembly Republicans held a town hall meeting Wednesday to bring attention to issues ranging from public pensions to prevailing wages that they said have been given short shrift by their Democratic colleagues this session.
Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick introduced her long-awaited Nevada Entertainment and Admissions Tax bill Wednesday that would levy an 8 percent fee on virtually all admissions, including the tickets to your local movie theater.
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