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Lawmakers are hearing from all of the state’s department heads and government big-wigs in advance of the Feb. 23 special session. The drama is essentially a rerun of the 2009 regular session, with all manner of savage budget cuts being proposed, and legislators wiping away tears in response, all but promising to sustain spending at levels taxpayers clearly can’t support.
Local power utility NV Energy has agreed to a 20-year deal to buy electricity from a wind farm planned near Ely.
Pattern Energy Group of San Francisco will build the 150-megawatt Spring Valley Wind Project, which would be Nevada’s first major utility-scale wind plant.
Las Vegas’ marshals, as the city’s firefighters did before them, have taken the debate over budget cuts directly to the public in an effort to pressure officials not to cut public safety positions to meet an expected budget shortfall.
CARSON CITY — Laws take effect today that aim to increase safety at construction sites and on Nevada waterways, keep guns out of the reach of the mentally ill, and protect children from the flames of lighters that look like toys.
Felony charges against Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki were dismissed Monday after a District Court judge ruled that prosecutors failed to show specific evidence that a crime was committed.
It must come as a relief to Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki to find his face back in the public eye as a vindicated man.