Chuck Muth, president of a conservative group aiming to clean the state’s voter rolls, filed a lawsuit alleging the secretary of state’s office violated Nevada’s public records law.
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Following months of deadlock, one proposal for the Colorado River has emerged.
Rep. Steven Horsford led a Democratic coalition in drafting the group’s own alternative to the tax plans proposed in Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill.”
Trump wants Congress to quickly pass a tax-cut and spending package. But there are issues — and IOUs.
The outcome was a victory for the Republican president, who has complained about individual judges throwing up obstacles to his agenda.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada Assembly panel voted Thursday to back a plan for a lottery in the nation’s No. 1 gambling state, despite arguments that it would compete with slot machines and other games of chance.
CARSON CITY — Members of a Senate-Assembly budget panel said Thursday they want to find funding to keep state museums operating as close to current levels as possible, rejecting Gov. Jim Gibbons’ proposed cuts that would close some museums or cut hours.
CARSON CITY — A plan allowing no-warrant seizures of funds on prepaid debit or stored-value cards, to block money-smuggling by drug-dealers or financing for terrorists, was approved Thursday by a state Senate panel despite critics’ constitutional concerns.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada legislator pressed Wednesday for a state law to prevent Taser use that could result in deaths, but faced opposition from police who said they already have thorough stun-gun policies in place.
CARSON CITY — Fifty-four legislative staffers earned more than $100,000 as a result of overtime during the 2007 legislative session, including 18 who made more than the governor’s own salary of $141,000.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers were urged Tuesday by Chief Justice James Hardesty to approve measures that would result in major changes in the state’s judicial system.
CARSON CITY — A state lawmaker has proposed a $5 tax on acts of prostitution in Nevada, where brothels operate legally in some areas, and a counseling agency for sex workers that would be funded by part of the tax revenue.
CARSON CITY– A bill debated Tuesday by Nevada lawmakers would impose a moratorium on capital punishment in Nevada until mid-2011, while a study is done on the cost of the death penalty.
CARSON CITY — A bill designating the vivid dancer damselfly as Nevada’s official state insect has won unanimous support in the state Senate and is on its way to the Assembly.
CARSON CITY — The Assembly Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously Monday for two measures that allow lawmakers to accept federal stimulus funds for jobless benefits — despite earlier concerns by Gov. Jim Gibbons.