Plans to turn Yucca Mountain into the nation’s nuclear waste repository have long received opposition from both sides of the aisle. But, is that changing?
Nevada
Legislation that would allow mining companies to use public land regardless of whether mineral deposits have been found on the land passed the House and will head to the Senate.
Gov. Joe Lombardo and other Nevada officials wrote a letter opposing the plan, which they fear could impact elections and the local economy.
Reps. Susie Lee and Steven Horsford joined 13 other House Democrats in urging President Biden to take executive action on the U.S.-Mexico border.
CARSON CITY — Discrimination based on sexual orientation would be prohibited under a bill approved 19-2 Wednesday in the state Senate.
CARSON CITY — Some rural Nevada hospitals will fail unless legislators restore the $25 million a year in indigent accident funds that Gov. Jim Gibbons wants to take from them, a longtime county lobbyist testified Wednesday.
CARSON CITY — A bill that would ease the terms of a voter-approved measure that banned smoking in many Nevada bars and other public places was approved on a 6-1 Wednesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
CARSON CITY — Proposals dealing with hybrid cars, energy-efficiency standards and solar power were among green energy bills endorsed Tuesday by a key Nevada Senate committee.
CARSON CITY — Clark County residents could start paying higher sales taxes in July 2011 to hire more police officers under a bill approved Tuesday by a key Senate panel.
CARSON CITY — Accounting changes by Nevada lawmakers created a revenue shortfall estimate of $2.2 billion that, while grim, is less than a nearly $3 billion gap to close if government services stay at current levels, the state’s budget chief said Monday.
CARSON CITY — Dozens of Nevadans, including patients affected by a hepatitis C outbreak in Las Vegas, packed hearing rooms here and in Las Vegas Monday to support a bill that would allow for bigger lawsuit awards as a result of negligence by doctors.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers will start the 10th week of their 2009 session today by reviewing a plan stemming from the Hepatitis C outbreak in Southern Nevada that would allow bigger lawsuit awards as a result of negligence by medical professionals.
At the Hypnotic Salon and Spa in Las Vegas, transformations are routine.
CARSON CITY — Bar and restaurant representatives told legislators Friday their customer base and profits have declined dramatically and they’ve been forced to lay off workers because of a smoking ban approved by voters in 2006.
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