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Nevada Assembly takes next step to repeal marriage ban
CARSON CITY-- Marriage equality could be on its way to the Sliver State, as the Nevada state Assembly passed Senate Joint Resolution 13, a bill that would repeal the state’s ban on same-sex marriage and replace it with pro-marriage equality language. SJR13 cleared the state Senate earlier this month, ...
National experts release report on Rawson-Neal
CARSON CITY -- Governor Brian Sandoval today released the following statement after reviewing the Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital report issued today by Drs. Joel Dvoskin and Kenneth Appelbaum: “Nevada is committed to ensuring that vulnerable members of society are treated with dignity and care. As I have stated before, improperly ...
Hard rock mining gross value cracks $10 billion mark in 2012
RENO -- Nevada mineral production in 2012 for the first time exceeded $10 billion in gross value. Hard rock mining production is expected to crack the $10 billion threshold once state production and taxation totals are finalized and published by the Division of Minerals and the Department of Taxation ...
Senate passes bill for universal background checks on guns
CARSON CITY -- Survivors as well as family members of gun violence victims were present in the Senate Chamber today when a bill that would require background checks for individuals engaging in the private party sale of a firearm passed on a partisan vote of 11-10. Section 8 of ...
Nevada’s hate crimes protections now include transgender community
CARSON CITY –- Today Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed into law SB139, legislation adding gender identity and expression to the state's hate crimes law. Under the new law, transgender Nevadans will have the same protections against hate crimes as all other vulnerable communities. Under the leadership of Senators Pat Spearman ...
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 ...
2012 public-employee salary information released; more than 1,200 made over $200,000
LAS VEGAS -- Salary data for more than 132,000 government employees statewide, for the 2012 calendar year, is now available at TransparentNevada.com, a Nevada Policy Research Institute website that makes government-spending data easily accessible to taxpayers. The new 2012 data — covering 58 government jurisdictions throughout Nevada, at state, county ...
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 ...
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