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- Bill to expand background checks for gun purchases passes Nevada Senate
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- In a party line vote following an emotional floor debate, the Nevada Senate today passed a measure that would expand background check requirements to private party firearm sales.
- Senate passes bill to replace NV Energy coal plants
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- A measure that would require Nevada's largest electricity provider to accelerate the closure of its coal-fired power plants and launch massive new construction projects to replace the coal plants with renewable energy and natural gas passed the Nevada Senate unanimously today.
- Democrats cry uncle on taxes, accuse Republicans of obstruction
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- If there’s one promise Democrats have kept so far this session, it’s to have a discussion about taxes. But with the majority party’s capitulation on the Senate floor Tuesday that their payroll tax hike proposal is dead, it appears that discussion is all it’s going to be.
- Senate Democrats give up on payroll tax hike to help schools
- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
- Running up against the reality of a powerful Republican minority, Senate Democrats on Tuesday gave up on their push for new taxes to fund education programs they've argued all session are critical to fund.
- Bill closing gun background check loophole advances at Nevada Legislature
- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
- Moments after a cadre of gun control advocates who lost family members in mass shootings arrived in Carson City, the Senate Finance Committee passed SB 211 in a party line vote. It now heads to the Senate floor, where it almost certainly will face a pitched partisan battle.
- Legislature might get messy near the end
- Sunday, May 19, 2013
- The Nevada Legislature has reached the point in every session when lawmakers, lobbyists and reporters ask: Is it going to end on time? And the answer always is: Maybe.
- Few big tax bills afoot, but plenty of little ones at Nevada Legislature
- Sunday, May 19, 2013
- Democrats may have fallen short of crafting a comprehensive tax reform plan to address Nevada’s wobbly revenue structure, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a bevy bills to raise taxes floating around the Legislature this year.
- Bills live and die on deadline day in Carson City
- Saturday, May 18, 2013
- The legislative grim reaper struck again Friday as the Nevada Legislature hit yet another milestone on the 120-day march to its finish.
- Deal reached to preserve bistate compact protecting Lake Tahoe
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
- Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and California Gov. Jerry Brown have reached an agreement to keep the two states in a decades old compact to protect the environment around Lake Tahoe, agreeing to ease some barriers for development and mollifying the concerns of some environmentalists.
- Democrats circle the wagons against 'Family Fun Tax' foes
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
- Democratic lawmakers showed little restraint when opponents of Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick’s admissions tax took to the microphone Tuesday to beg for exemptions to the 8 percent levy she wants to assess on nearly all forms of recreation.
Blog Entries
- Ron Paul, Mitt Romney delegates stand at the ready
- Monday, Aug. 27, 2012
- GOP chairman Reince Priebus officially gaveled open the 2012 Republican National Convention today, only to immediately close it for a day-long recess. Even though the proceedings lasted less than five minutes, groups of both Ron Paul and Mitt Romney delegates stood warily by in case either faction tried something unexpected.
- Nevada alternate delegate compares national conventions past and present
- Monday, Aug. 27, 2012
- For Nevada politico Patty Cafferata, the intrigue, plotting and wariness among opposing factions at a national convention is nothing new. Cafferata has been attending conventions since 1956, when, at the age of 15, she accompanied her parents to see Dwight D. Eisenhower accept the Republican nomination.
- Yes, Raggio burned down a Nevada brothel
- Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011
- State Sen. Bill Raggio leaves behind a powerful reign in the state Legislature, but his 18 years as Washoe County District Attorney may have been more interesting.
- State Sen. Bill Raggio to retire before session begins
- Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011
- Iconic Northern Nevada senator and ousted Republican leader Bill Raggio announced today he will retire this month, allowing the county commission to appoint his replacement before the session begins.
- Brian Sandoval finishes cabinet appointments
- Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010
- Gov.-elect Brian Sandoval today announced his final cabinet appointments.
- Gibbons to skip Sandoval's inauguration ceremony
- Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010
- Gov. Jim Gibbons will be unable to attend Gov.-elect Brian Sandoval's inauguration on Monday because of a previously scheduled medical procedure, his chief of staff said.
- Sandoval to appoint former Sparks mayor as head of DMV
- Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010
- Gov.-elect Brian Sandoval will appoint former Sparks Mayor Bruce Breslow as the head of the DMV when he takes office next week. Breslow currently heads the state’s nuclear projects agency.
- Horsford cool toward arena proposal for Las Vegas Strip; backs online poker bill
- Friday, Dec. 10, 2010
- Steven Horsford expressed some irritation today at having to consider public financing of the proposed Strip arena project at a time the state is facing severe budget cuts.
- Assemblywoman proposes corporate income tax
- Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010
- Assemblywoman Peggy Pierce, D-Las Vegas, has proposed legislation creating a corporate income tax.
- McGinness: Replacing Raggio the 'right thing to do'
- Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010
- In a candid interview with the Las Vegas Sun today, Senate Minority Leader Mike McGinness, R-Fallon, said telling Sen. Bill Raggio, R-Reno, that he was poised to take over as minority leader was akin to taking the keys to the car away from an aging father.
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