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Speaker mimics assemblyman, hopes he’ll get help

Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick jokingly mimicked Assemblyman Steven Brooks’ “Jesus-on-the-cross” photo that appeared in Friday’s Review-Journal.

Assemblyman Steven Brooks: ‘I’ve had a month of hell’

It’s been a bad month for Steven Brooks. The Democratic Assemblyman from Las Vegas is in pain from medical problems and, he says, a physical beating he took before he was arrested and accused of threatening to harm Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick.

Constable creates separate bank account to pay lawyers

Through creative accounting, controversial Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura in the past month has paid lawyers Spencer Judd and Robert Pool, against the wishes of Clark County commissioners, the Review-Journal has learned.

Brooks appears at Legislative Building with head covered

The strange saga of Assemblyman Steven Brooks, who faces a felony charge of threatening Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, got a bit stranger Wednesday when he made a brief appearance at the Legislative Building.

Legislature’s budget hearings start Wednesday

The 2013 Nevada Legislature doesn’t convene for another few weeks, but the pre-session budget subcommittee hearings where lawmakers will get their first chance to publicly comment on it will start Wednesday.

Lawmakers anxious in wake of alleged threats to Assembly speaker

Embattled Assemblyman Steven Brooks, D-North Las Vegas, did not show up Tuesday morning at the Legislative Building for a planned news conference on an alleged threat against the Assembly speaker.

Nevada legislator Brooks arrested, accused of threatening Assembly speaker

Assemblyman Steven Brooks was arrested Saturday on a charge of threatening Nevada Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick. A state legislator said Brooks had been telling people Kirkpatrick’s “first day as speaker would be her last.”

Nevada lawmakers stay positive as 77th session nears

State Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis, a Las Vegas Democrat, uses the word “friendly” to describe the tone he expects during the 77th Nevada legislative session that begins in two weeks.

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