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Barks, jeers greet bill to name official state dog

While fellow senators barked and jeered, Sen. Ben Kieckhefer introduced a bill Friday to make the Blue Weimaraner the official state dog of Nevada.

Judge sets date for assemblyman’s hearing

A judge scheduled a May 7 evidentiary hearing on criminal allegations that an embattled state lawmaker attacked a police officer during a domestic dispute last month.

Assembly Republicans target prevailing wage law, retirement system

Assembly Republican leaders on Thursday said they will push for major changes to the state’s prevailing wage law and the public employees retirement system this session, but they are not looking to make bargains to accomplish their agenda.

Senator says bill could have prevented Carson City massacre

Eduardo Sencion, who killed four people in a Carson City IHOP restaurant in September 2011 before killing himself, passed a background check and legally purchased firearms, a state senator said Thursday.

Gender identity hate crime bill clears Senate panel

A Nevada Senate committee voted unanimously Thursday to add offenses committed against people based on their gender identity to the list of hate crimes that can be punished with increased criminal offenses.

Bill to fine young smokers gets good review

Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee members expressed general support Thursday for a bill that could force smokers under age 18 to pay minimum $25 fines and complete tobacco cessation courses.

Bill targets prescription drug abuse

Patients are against it. So are doctors and drug manufacturers and the chamber of commerce.

Nevada educators oppose efforts to punish students who cheat

CARSON CITY — Assemblyman Harvey Munford found some surprising opposition Wednesday to his bill to penalize students who cheat:  the Clark County School District,  the Nevada Association of School Superintendents and the Nevada System of Higher Education.

Assembly Republicans oppose mining tax proposal

The day after some of their Senate colleagues called for a mining tax increase to compete with a teacher-backed margins tax on the 2014 ballot, Assembly Republicans Wednesday said the focus this session instead should be on reforms that will save taxpayer dollars.

Gun control bill would target Nevada’s mentally ill

Nevada would more quickly report mentally ill patients to a federal registry to ban people committed to institutions from buying firearms under a bill that also would require background checks for all gun purchases.

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