CARSON CITY — Assembly Speaker John Oceguera decided Friday against holding votes to override vetoes by then-Gov. Jim Gibbons almost two years ago.
Politics and Government
CARSON CITY — Companies that bid on public works projects in Nevada would get a leg up on competing firms under a legislative plan announced Thursday.
CARSON CITY — Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki expressed what a lot of people were thinking after Sen. Shirley Breeden introduced her bill Thursday to outlaw all drivers from using hand-held cell phones and texting.
CARSON CITY — A high-ranking Nevada official on Thursday said she doesn’t want to impose pay cuts demanded by Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval on her office in part because low-ranking workers “may end up needing public assistance.”
Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford fired the first salvo Tuesday in what has been dubbed the “tax or ax” session when he accused Gov. Brian Sandoval of violating his no-new-taxes pledge.
CARSON CITY — New Assemblyman Randy Kirner should not have any problem handling the heat from angry special interest groups if the Legislature cuts state agency budgets.
A longtime Democratic state senator last week got personal with his criticism of Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposal to limit general fund spending to $5.8 billion for 2011-13, a 6.4 percent cut from current spending.
