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Sandovals challenge Nevada schools to adopt breakfast program

Gov. Brian Sandoval and first lady Kathleen Sandoval visited Empire Elementary in the capital on Wednesday to issue a challenge to schools around the state to increase the number of children who eat breakfast at school.

Nevada lawmakers hear about prison growth, aging woes

A growing prison population, reduced federal grants, aging facilities and inmate hospital care are taxing the Nevada Department of Corrections and will be the focus of budget discussions during the upcoming legislative session, prison officials said Tuesday.

Union leaders say they’re braced for ‘war’ on public employees

The head of the Nevada AFL-CIO proclaimed Tuesday that “working families are under attack” by Republican lawmakers who want to weaken collective bargaining laws and pensions now that they control the Legislature.

Is it a tax? Or a fee?

If a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, would a tax by another name be as odious?

Nevada looks to change economic incentives

With Nevada’s economy rebounding and unemployment numbers greatly improved, state officials are looking beyond just job creation to laying the groundwork for a whole new economy based on high-tech.

Will Sandoval use the bill to achieve collective bargaining reform?

Although Gov. Brian Sandoval has yet to articulate his plan to reform Nevada’s collective bargaining law, he will have no shortage of opportunities to push forward with changes to the statute that requires local governments to bargain in good faith with unions regarding pay, benefits and working conditions.

Conservatives want Nevada Assembly Speaker Hambrick out

A small group is planning to launch a recall effort against Nevada Assembly Speaker-designee John Hambrick, hoping that last year’s low voter turnout and an anti-tax sentiment among hard-line conservatives will propel their work to gain the needed signatures.

PERS points out weaknesses in Nevada think tank’s retirement study

A retirement system official said Thursday a report showing that some Nevada public employees who retire collect more in pension benefits than they did while working was based on less than 2 percent of beneficiaries.

New Reno veterans home among Sandoval’s goals

In keeping with Gov. Brian Sandoval’s “modernization” theme for the upcoming legislative session, Nevada’s chief adviser on military and veterans issues said Thursday the governor’s sights are set on building a new veterans home in the Reno area while pursuing bills to improve access to jobs, education and benefits for veterans across the state.

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