In a sometimes contentious legislative hearing Friday, Las Vegas physician Stephen Frye called marijuana a wonder drug that helps stop cancer, does not impair driving and should be available for all adults to enjoy.
Politics and Government
Three people, including a former state lawmaker, are seeking ousted Assemblyman Steven Brooks’ old job.
More than half the state and locally maintained roads in Nevada are in poor or mediocre shape, according to a new report from a Washington, D.C., based research group.
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus told state legislators Thursday evening that Nevada has to “go big, or go home” in an upbeat 19-minute speech.
Gov. Brian Sandoval, Supreme Court justices and members of the Nevada Legislature, among other dignitaries, participated in the Yom HaShoah Holocaust Memorial Day observance in Carson City with Holocaust survivors Thursday.
Sen. Tick Segerblom predicted 10 years of traffic jams during the massive Interstate 15 project south of the Spaghetti Bowl unless the state raises the gas tax, a move that could cut the timetable in half.
A resolution that could eventually lead to annual sessions for the Nevada Legislature — including regular sessions in Las Vegas — won approval Thursday from a Senate committee.
CARSON CITY — Rep. Joe Heck told a joint session of the Legislature on Wednesday that he is working to increase overseas travel and tourism to the United States by speeding up the processing of tourist visas.
The state Senate voted 15-6 Wednesday to allow the Department of Transportation to increase the speed limit to as high as 85 mph on selected highways in Nevada.
Six state Senate Republican senators have rejected the conclusion in a secretary of state’s legal opinion that their plan to offer a mining tax increase to voters to compete with a business margins tax on the 2014 ballot is not permissible under the state constitution.
State Sen. Ruben Kihuen may have stated quite simply Wednesday why Nevada should adopt driving privilege cards for undocumented residents: Every state that has adopted them has shown a drop in accidents and a drop insurance premium costs.
Amanda Collins, who was raped at UNR in 2007, testified before an Assembly committee Wednesday in support of Assembly Bill 143, which would allow permit holders to carry their guns on campus.
Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick insisted Tuesday that police departments in Clark County specify how many additional officers they will hire before she backs a bill that could impose an additional quarter-cent “More Cops” sales tax.
A plan by state Senate Republicans to spend $600 million to $800 million more a year on education starting in 2015 might be derailed by a secretary of state’s legal opinion released Tuesday.
Rep. Steven Horsford told a joint session of the state Assembly and Senate on Tuesday that the sequester mandating across-the-board federal spending cuts is creating severe economic consequences for Nevada.
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