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Brianna's Law one step closer to being passed
CARSON CITY -- Seconds after the Assembly narrowly approved a bill Monday requiring DNA to be collected upon booking for a felony arrest, Bridgette Zunino-Denison's phone buzzed. It was a text from Jayann Sepich, the mother of Katie Sepich who is the namesake of the federal version of the ...
2013 salary data of NV government employees to be released on Wednesday
Salary data for more than 132,000 government employees statewide, for the 2012 calendar year, will be released on Wednesday, May 2013 at TransparentNevada.com, a Nevada Policy Research Institute website that makes government-spending data easily accessible to taxpayers. The data includes a stunning number of government employees making over $200,000 ...
Five myths about government spending in Nevada
Myth #1: Nevada is a uniquely low-tax state. This is only true if one takes a myopic view of state-level taxes in isolation. What is relevant to taxpayers, however, is the totality of state and local taxes combined. It is the total state and local tax burden that influences ...
Secretary of state hit with public records lawsuit
CARSON CITY -- A national Republican organization on Monday sued Secretary of State Ross Miller for failing to turn over what it says are public records detailing his travel, cell phone information, compensation and public schedule. The State Government Leadership Foundation, which is connected to the Washington, DC-based Republican ...
Reid, Sandoval seek to position Nevada as national clean energy leader
CARSON CITY -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval today jointly called for the passage of a legislative proposal to accelerate the retirement of coal plants owned by NV Energy and to expand renewable energy development in Nevada in the coming years. “This bill ...
Proposed amendment would preserve Tahoe compact
LAS VEGAS -- A high-stakes amendment intended to keep Nevada in the controversial bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) was proposed yesterday by Gov. Brian Sandoval, Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick and State Sen. James Settelmeyer. All three, during the 2011 Nevada Legislature, had supported Senate Bill 271, the bill to ...
The good, the bad and the ugly; Bills still winding through the NV Legislature
CARSON CITY -- Among bills currently still alive in the 77th legislative session are many forward-thinking, market-oriented policy solutions. But there are, as well, short-sighted government interventions into the marketplace. Some of the bills would improve the lives of Nevada’s citizens while others would reduce living standards for the ...
Reaction to Economic Forum projections
LAS VEGAS -- The news that Nevada’s Economic Forum has increased its projections of tax revenue for the next two years by around $40 million is being received with optimism. Governor Brian Sandoval made the following statement: “Today’s news from the Economic Forum is a sign that we have ...
Changes made to FAFSA form to better assess student need for aid
The U.S. Department of Education announced that beginning with the 2014-2015 federal student aid form, the Department will – for the first time – collect income and other information from a dependent student’s legal parents regardless of the parents’ marital status or gender, if those parents live together. ...
First U.S. legal hand of real money online poker dealt
LAS VEGAS -- Ultimate Gaming, a majority-owned subsidiary of Station Casinos LLC, has launched real money online poker at UltimatePoker.com, making history as the first company in the United States to offer legal and secure online poker. Ultimate Poker is the exclusive online gaming partner of the Ultimate Fighting ...
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