CARSON CITY — Police told lawmakers Thursday they want drivers to keep their hands on the wheel and not on their cell phones.
Politics and Government
CARSON CITY — On a voice vote Thursday, the Assembly Transportation Committee killed a Senate-passed bill that would have allowed police to pull over vehicles anytime they believed the driver is not wearing a seat belt.
CARSON CITY — Critics of a plan to fluoridate Reno-area water got so worked up Wednesday that state Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford had to bang his gavel to wrap up public comment on the measure.
CARSON CITY — Key lawmakers said Wednesday the hole in Nevada’s budget has grown by another $100 million, bringing the projected shortfall closer to $3 billion to maintain current government service levels in the next two fiscal years.
CARSON CITY — A joint Senate-Assembly budget panel decided Tuesday to add back nearly 400 slots for elderly Nevadans who qualify for government-funded home care and community programs, rejecting recommendations from Gov. Jim Gibbons to reduce the openings.
CARSON CITY — On a 12-9 vote Tuesday night, the state Senate passed a bill to allow domestic partners, gay and straight, most of the same rights as married couples.
CARSON CITY — In a surprising bipartisan vote, the Assembly decided 39-2 Tuesday to require insurance companies to provide screening and medical treatment for autistic children.
CARSON CITY — On a party line vote, the Assembly backed a bill Tuesday that would lead to the candidate who receives the most votes nationwide always winning the presidential election.
CARSON CITY — Nevada legislators voted Monday for about 80 measures, on subjects ranging from identity theft to sex traffickers, in efforts to meet another deadline and keep the bills from ending up on the 2009 session’s scrap heap.
CARSON CITY — A bill written to allow Las Vegas hepatitis outbreak victims to seek unlimited damages in “pain and suffering” medical malpractice claims cleared its first major legislative hurdle Monday.
CARSON CITY — All seven Supreme Court justices questioned Monday whether the state Ethics Commission is legally entitled to discipline legislators.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers face another big deadline in the 12th week of their 2009 session, which starts Monday, with most Assembly bills having to cross over to the state Senate and vice versa, or else.
CARSON CITY — Reversing an earlier announcement, the Gibbons administration said Friday afternoon that it will submit an application next week to the U.S. Department of Education to seek nearly $400 million in federal stimulus funds.
