A bill to limit the number of bills introduced in the Legislature would start to chip away at the institution’s problems, but wouldn’t be a permanent fix for what ails Carson City.
Steve Sebelius
Steve Sebelius oversees the Review-Journal's Washington and Carson City bureaus, as well as the reporting team covering local governments in Clark County. He also writes a weekly politics column for the Sunday Viewpoints section. Sebelius previously worked for the RJ between 2000 and 2017. He returned to the RJ in March 2019. Sebelius has been the on-air political analyst for KLAS-TV Channel 8 for 10 years. He also has co-hosted “PoliticsNow,” Nevada’s only political television program, on the channel since 2015.
Nevada has reduced youth smoking by scanning drivers licenses, but the state should ensure that license information remains private.
A joint resolution introduced on Friday would repeal Nevada’s lottery ban, which has been part of the constitution since statehood.
Although there’s snow on the ground and rain in the forecast for Carson City, lawmakers will be focused on easing the summer heat as the Legislature kicks off its sixth week on Monday.
The so-called Reid machine waged a meticulous campaign to win back the Nevada State Democratic Party, a campaign straight out of the late Sen. Harry Reid’s playbook.
The fifth week of the Nevada Legislature will see issues as diverse as an official state horse, graduation garb and a bill to allow minors access to contraception without parental consent.
It’s long past time to do away with a Senate tradition that allows a single senator to thwart a president’s judicial nomination.
A bill by state Sen. Nicole Cannizzaro would protect women from states where abortion is illegal who come to Nevada to seek health care, but would not change Nevada’s underlying abortion laws.
The announcement by AMC that it will charge more money for better seats in its 1,000 movie theaters is but the latest example of corporations trying to maximize profits in declining industries.
A slate of establishment Democrats led by Assemblywoman Danielle Monroe-Moreno, D-North Las Vegas, is looking to take back the party from progressives who won party jobs in 2021.
Senate Bill 131, introduced Thursday, would protect women who seek abortions in Nevada from being prosecuted under anti-abortion laws in their home states.
As the 2023 Nevada Legislature gets off to its usual slow start, some are lamenting the loss of an in-house deli that provided both sustenance and a place to gather.
A day after lawmakers were sworn in, the Assembly Education Committee began meeting to review the scope of the work they will do during the session.
The Nevada Legislature began its 82nd regular session with lawmakers taking the oath of office. Also on the agenda: voting for officers and introducing bills.
Former state Treasurer Brian Krolicki’s appointment to the Nevada Gaming Commission resurrects a political career that stalled when he was indicted by then-Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto in 2008.