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Governor may call special session

CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons said Tuesday there is a good chance he will have to call a special session of the Legislature sometime over the next year and a half because he doubts the tax increases approved by lawmakers will produce the revenue they expected.

Gibbons signs Internet child pornography bill

CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons signed into law Monday a bill that makes it a felony to intentionally view child pornography over the Internet.

Rules for foreclosure mediation in works

CARSON CITY — The state Supreme Court has begun developing rules to carry out the just-approved law that could save some Nevadans from losing their homes to foreclosure.

Raggio, Buckley honored

CARSON CITY — Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley, D-Las Vegas, has been selected the best Assembly member for the sixth consecutive session, while state Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio, R-Reno, was named best senator.

Bargaining rights bill vetoed by Gibbons

CARSON CITY — A bill granting state workers some collective bargaining rights — excluding talks on wages or other economic matters — was vetoed Thursday by Gov. Jim Gibbons.

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Seniors won, lost in Legislature

CARSON CITY — Advocates for elderly Nevadans had some successes with proposals considered by the 2009 Legislature, but saw others shelved by lawmakers or vetoed by Gov. Jim Gibbons.

Advocacy groups teamed up to win legislative battles

CARSON CITY — An unlikely duo made for an effective lobbying team in the 2009 Nevada Legislature, with the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada and the conservative Nevada Eagle Forum showing, once again, that politics makes strange bedfellows.

New look next Legislature

CARSON CITY — The names of these politicians are familiar to legislative observers, but their titles are made up, at least for the next 19 months.

He says his star will rise as anti-tax anger grows

CARSON CITY — Nevadans would be facing far more than the $1 billion in tax increases approved by the Legislature had he not hung tough on his no-new-taxes pledge, Gov. Jim Gibbons said Wednesday.

Legislative success savored

Because of newly passed legislation, the Clark County School District will no longer have to submit architectural drawings to a public works board for review, saving the district as much as $100,000 in the construction cost of a building, school officials said.

Gibbons says Democratic leaders ‘poisoned’ process

CARSON CITY — Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons can claim few victories from the 2009 Legislature but that’s mainly because the process was “poisoned” by the lawmakers’ Democratic leaders, a spokesman for the governor said Tuesday.

Tax hikes of 2009 take $1 billion bite

CARSON CITY — Larger Nevada businesses paying nearly twice as much in payroll taxes. Typical Nevada families forking over 6.4 percent more in sales taxes and car registration fees.

Measure on PERS holdings restored

CARSON CITY — Every Republican and Democratic legislator voted Monday to override Gov. Jim Gibbons’ veto of a bill that requires the Public Employees Retirement System to disclose its investments with companies doing oil business in Iran.