State & Regional Govt & Politics
Legislators finish five bills in brief Special Session
CARSON CITY -- The Nevada Legislature reconvened for a brief a special session on Tuesday morning to finish up work on several bills that were not passed in time to meet Monday’s midnight deadline for the end of the 77th regular session. Gov. Brian Sandoval ordered the 27th Special Session during ...
BLOG: Sandoval calls special session to raise taxes, abandons education reforms
LAS VEGAS -- In response to this morning’s special Legislative Session called by Gov. Brian Sandoval, NPRI Deputy Policy Director Geoffrey Lawrence released the following comments: Calling a special session to increase taxes, while abandoning education reforms, is the perfect encapsulation of the Nevada Legislature’s work in 2013. For ...
Funny mistakes in Nevada Assembly on last day
CARSON CITY -- As the last day of the 77th session of the Nevada Legislature was coming to an end Monday and the clock ticked closer to deadline, legislators were becoming more and more burned out, as well as the technology they rely on. The Assembly floor session became a ...
Legislature approves measure to allow medical marijuana dispensaries
CARSON CITY -- Nevada state lawmakers approved a measure Monday that will establish a state-regulated system of dispensaries to provide medical marijuana to licensed patients. The bill must receive a final procedural vote today in the Senate, where it previously received strong support, before being transmitted to Gov. Brian Sandoval ...
Will Sen. Heller vote YES for the Gang of 8’s immigration bipartisan bill?
In response to Sen. Heller’s Sunday op-ed in the Las Vegas Review-Journal calling for a bipartisan solution to our broken immigration system, Ben Monterroso, the Executive Director of Mi Familia Vota, offers this statement: “In his Sunday op-ed, Sen. Heller recognizes the need for comprehensive immigration reform. Mi Familia ...
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, ...
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 ...
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