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Smoking law change supported

CARSON CITY — Gambling and tourism industry lobbyists succeeded Sunday in 11th-hour efforts to get the Nevada Assembly to endorse a partial rollback of a voter-approved ban on smoking in public places.

Gibbons gets overruled

CARSON CITY — The state Senate finished passing the budget through the Legislature over the objections of Gov. Jim Gibbons and made Gibbons the most overridden governor in Nevada history on Sunday.

Domestic partnerships to be law

CARSON CITY — Only a handful of spectators watched Sunday night as the Assembly voted 28-14 to override Gov. Jim Gibbons’ veto of a bill that establishes a domestic partnership law in Nevada. That vote, with the Senate’s 14-7 rejection of the veto Saturday, makes Senate Bill 283 a law that takes effect on Oct. 1.


Slide show of legislative session

Senate approves tax study

CARSON CITY — Look ahead from this legislative session to the next, and you see a gaping abyss.

Ballot question bill OK’d

CARSON CITY — A bill changing rules for qualifying questions for the ballot won state Senate approval Sunday despite arguments by a lawmaker who said it was improved but still could interfere with Nevadans’ constitutional rights.

Legislators strive to override

CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons’ veto-mania has given the Legislature an unusual slate of end-of-session business.

Trade group tries to soften smoking ban

CARSON CITY — A plan to roll back a voter-approved ban on smoking in public places died weeks ago in the Nevada Legislature, but lobbyists for the gambling and tourism industries are using the last few days of the 2009 session to try to bring it back to life.

Senate rejects domestic partnership veto

CARSON CITY — After an emotional debate that brought tears to the eyes of some lawmakers, state senators voted 14-7 Saturday evening to override Gov. Jim Gibbons’ veto of the domestic partnership bill.

Assembly overrides veto of bill on temporary hiring

CARSON CITY — Just five days after Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly resigned a temporary state consulting job, the Assembly on a 41-0 vote Saturday overrode a veto by Gov. Jim Gibbons of a bill that gives the Legislature control over hiring of temporary and other executive branch employees.

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