Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 3:30am
Lawmakers on Monday moved to make Nevada the latest among a number of states to ban talking or texting on a cell phone while driving. Senate Bill 140 cleared the Assembly and now moves to the Senate for a final vote. Click here and here for the story.
Monday, May 30, 2011 - 11:12pm
CARSON CITY – Two major bills seeking reforms to and transparency in Nevada’s campaign finance laws won approval in the Senate today and now must await review in the Assembly before they can go to Gov. Brian Sandoval for his consideration.
Sunday, May 29, 2011 - 1:34am
Mother Nature not only rained on their parade, she had the audacity to snow on it Saturday.While a full-blown snowstorm was not in force, the air was frigid and snow flurries swirled around the ...
Sunday, May 29, 2011 - 1:22am
Carson Water Subconservancy District General Manager Ed James will present the comprehensive regional water management plan to the Carson City Board of Supervisors when they meet Thursday,James wil...
Saturday, May 28, 2011 - 5:11pm
CARSON CITY – Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto will not follow through on Gov. Brian Sandoval’s request to ask the Nevada Supreme Court for clarification on Thursday’s ruling that the state cannot use $62 million it took from the Clean Water Coalition during the legislative special session in 2010.
A letter issued by Masto’s office said, “there is no procedural mechanism” for seeking a clarification of the high court’s decision.
Saturday, May 28, 2011 - 4:01am
Gov. Brian Sandoval wants the Nevada Supreme Court to clarify how far its Clean Water Act opinion reaches into other local revenues before committing to lifting the sunsets on taxes enacted by t...
Saturday, May 28, 2011 - 4:01am
Even die-hard Republican opponents of tax hikes are seeing lifting of the sunsets on taxes approved by the 26th special session as inevitable in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling in a Las Vegas ...
Saturday, May 28, 2011 - 4:01am
Carson City's Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 Friday to support an amended version of a bill calling for the possible withdrawal of Nevada from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency if it does not meet...
Friday, May 27, 2011 - 5:35pm
CARSON CITY – The Sandoval administration is pursuing two paths in an effort to resolve a potentially massive budget shortfall, seeking clarification from the Nevada Supreme Court on the case that created the issue and working with lawmakers on potential additional revenues should they be necessary.
Dale Erquiaga, senior adviser to Gov. Brian Sandoval, briefed a number of interested parties on the developments since the state’s high court dropped the potential budget bombshell on the Legislature yesterday.
Friday, May 27, 2011 - 4:01am
Five women who claimed they were molested by a Carson City probation officer testified in a preliminary hearing Thursday. Aaron Lewis, a former alternative sentencing officer, is charged with mu...
