Lawmakers will likely have a long day as they work try to beat a key deadline in the Nevada Legislature.
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Here are three things to watch for on Day 78 of the 2017 Legislative Session.
Rep. Dina Titus last week said violent protests on college campuses are responses to Donald Trump’s presidency and proposed budget. She also included violent protests in a list of ways people are “coming together” to oppose Trump.
CARSON CITY – The good idea fairy is alive and well in Carson City.
Floor votes could dominate day 75 of the legislative session.
CARSON CITY — The board of Nevada’s Public Employees Retirement System voted Thursday to give its support to a bill that required the disclosure of retiree names. PERS chair Mark Vincent even said he sees “value” to the public in releasing the names, if directed to do so by the Legislature.
CPR, name changes and protection orders highlight day 74 of the 2017 legislative session.
Nevada legislators are considering an ingenious — or devious — solution to raise their salaries: Assembly Joint Resolution 10*.
Conversion therapy bill gets committee hearing, but first: more floor sessions in the Nevada Legislature.
Rarely do you see a teachers union supporting a policy that would decrease future education funding, but that’s what the Nevada State Education Association did recently at the Nevada Legislature.
Floor sessions should dominate day 72 of the 2017 legislative session.
Hundreds of bills died Friday, including a property tax increase, the sanctuary state bill and a plastic bag ban, but the most interesting part of session is just beginning.
After a hectic day of committee hearings on Friday, there are only three committees scheduled to meet. A Senate Floor session is scheduled at 11 a.m. with dozens of bills up on General File, which means they could be up for a vote.
Gov. Brian Sandoval is winning so much in Carson City that he’s got to be getting tired of winning.
Payday loans and asset forfeiture on docket for a busy deadline day in the Nevada Legislature.
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