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The Nevada Athletic Commission is asking state lawmakers to increase taxes on tickets to boxing and mixed martial arts events. Nevada Department of Business and Industry head Bruce Breslow presented ......

Nevada lawmakers voiced strident opposition Tuesday to a bill that would end a longevity pay program that rewards state employees once they've put in eight years of continuous service. Department of Administration chief Jim Wells presented ......

It appears that the decision of Nevada state lawmakers to drop bills dealing with religious freedom rights in the 2015 legislative session is already paying dividends to the Silver State....

Nevada lawmakers are again being asked to fund a new execution chamber at Ely State Prison so Nevada can be prepared to carry out a lethal injection should a court order be issued....

Friday marked a significant hurdle in the Legislature. Any bill that hasn't passed out of a committee of origin goes to the gallows of the 2015 session, taking to the chopping block hundreds of proposed laws. Some call it graveyard day and others call it ......

Nevada lawmakers rushed to get bills past their first legislative hurdle in time for a major deadline. Bills had to pass a committee vote in the chamber where they were first proposed by Friday, otherwise they won't ......

Panel vets bill requiring parental notification for abortionDoctors would be required to notify a girl’s parents before performing an abortion on a minor if a bill discussed by Nevada lawmakers becomes law. The Assemb...

Doctors would be required to notify a girl's parents before performing an abortion on a minor if a bill discussed by Nevada lawmakers becomes law. The Assembly Judiciary Committee held a hearing Friday to ......

Nevada lawmakers have advanced a proposal to keep non-citizens off the voter rolls. The Assembly Legislative Operations and Elections Committee passed AB459 on Thursday in a 6-4 vote. The bill sets up a process of cro...

Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill allowing for separate toll lanes to be built on Interstate 11. Republican Assemblyman Jim Wheeler presented ......

Nevada lawmakers have passed a gutted version of a public lands bill that was supported by rancher Cliven Bundy but was widely considered unconstitutional. The Assembly Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining Committee passed AB408 on Thursday, with a handful of ......

Freshman U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy brought his ideals of small government and fiscal restraint to the Nevada Legislature on Wednesday, telling lawmakers that he will work in Congress to limit federal regulation on business and industry....

Lawmakers are considering a measure that would make it easier for homeowners to kick squatters off their property. Democratic Assemblyman Edgar Flores and ......

A bill banning gifts from lobbyists to Nevada lawmakers and imposing tougher campaign reporting requirements was approved Monday by a Senate committee....

Several Nevada Republicans are trying to scrap the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange launched as part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, saying the program is expensive, suffered a rocky start and ...

A Democrat-backed bill requiring Nevada businesses to offer paid sick leave is meeting staunch opposition from several state business groups. Democratic Senate Minority Leader Aaron Ford and Assemblywoman Dina Neal presented SB 259 to the Senate Commerce, Labor and Energy Committee on Monday. The p...

Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill that would ban therapies aimed at turning gay young people straight. Democratic Sen. David Parks is sponsoring SB 353 and testified on the bill on Monday during a ......

Several Nevada Republicans are trying to scrap the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange launched as part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. A Senate committee held a hearing Monday to review SJR14, which proposes a constitutional ban on ......

Nevada’s 63 lawmakers took a pay cut Friday as the session passed its 60th day.Under the state constitution, legislators are only paid their salary for the first 60 days of any regular session. Friday was day 61.That ...

Michael McDonald is the chairman of the Nevada Republican Party. Republican lawmakers are trying to pass tort reform now that they control both houses. And Michael McDonald has been hired by perhaps the state's best-known lawyer as tort reform bills are pending.
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Nevada lawmakers are dropping two bills that would enact religious protections into state law that opponents criticized as opening the door for discrimination. Republican ......

Nevada lawmakers are scheduled to review a bill Friday that would allow students to apply for the portion of state funds designated for their public education and use it to pay for tuition at private schools. Republican Sen. Scott Hammond is sponsoring SB302, which would ......

Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill requiring more online sellers to collect and pay sales taxes ......

Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill that would expand anti-discrimination language into parts of state law where it was omitted. Democratic Sen. David Parks presented SB164 on Thursday. It would bar discrimination based on ......

Nevada lawmakers will soon take up right to die legislation, just as California lawmakers are also doing, with a bill having passed through a state senate committee vote last month.

The committee on health cleared the California End of Life Option Act, March 25 on a vote of 6-2. The legislation is closely modeled on Oregon’s Death with Dignity legislation, allowing a terminally ill individual with six months or less to live the right to request and receive a prescription medication to hasten death in certain narrow circumstances.

Water experts and lawmakers on Thursday urged a Senate committee to restore funding for Nevada’s cloud seeding program to help squeeze as much moisture out of the sky as possible, should Mother Nature bring storms into the Silver State next winter....

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a religious freedom measure into law on Thursday after state lawmakers overhauled their proposal so that it mirrors the federal law....

Lawmakers who say they're tired of deciding landscaping, parking and trash can disputes are trying to delegate homeowner association legislation to a more ......

A bill that would allow investors to join business entities and share the profits and losses from huge wagers at Nevada sports books was heard Tuesday by a Senate committee....

U.S. Rep. Joe Heck told Nevada lawmakers Monday that graduate medical school education, career and technical education, unmanned aerial systems and increased international travel were the focus of his efforts in Congress to boost Nevada’s economy and strengthen national security....