We all know the art of creating legislation is so unseemly that it is regularly compared to making sausage. But, unlike good sausage, does it have to leave a bad taste in your mouth?

The same thing happens every two years here in Carson City. The last days of the legislative session are always a wild time, as legislators hurry to finish up work within the 120-day deadline. Almost anything can happen. Rules are suspended, bills die only to be revived, new bills are introduced and voted on before anyone can have a chance to read and understand them.

On Monday, lawmakers gave final approval to the last major piece of the budget deal - the bill lifting the sunsets on $620 million worth of tax increases approved by the 26th Special Session a y...

(AP) - Nevadans may be able to grab a burger along with a smoke after lawmakers voted 13-8 Monday to change the rules about the types of food age-restricted stand-alone bars, taverns and saloons ca...

A bill to allow police to collect DNA samples when booking someone for a felony arrested died in the Senate Finance Committee late Monday in the waning hours of the Nevada Legislature.Senate Maj...

The following people appeared in Carson City District Court on Monday: * Laurie Ann Hancock: 43, pleaded guilty to eluding an officer. Hancock, wanted for failing to appear for sentencing on drug c...

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The bill that would pull Nevada out of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency compact was approved Tuesday morning just minutes before adjournment of the Assembly.The vote was 28-14 to give final le...

CARSON CITY – Nevada may finally see greater transparency and accountability in election campaigns due to three landmark bills that arrived on Gov. Sandoval’s desk this week.
Secretary of State Ross Miller unsuccessfully championed the reforms in the two previous legislative sessions. Miller said in testimony before the Legislature in recent months that lawmakers could no longer ignore glaring gaps in the law that were revealed by questionable practices in recent election cycles.

CARSON CITY – A bill aimed at increasing transparency and accountability for state employees working as contractors saw final legislative approval today when the Assembly and Senate reached agreement on compromise language to the measure.
Assembly Bill 240, sponsored by Ways and Means Committee Chairwoman Debbie Smith, D-Sparks, will now go to Gov. Brian Sandoval for his consideration.

CARSON CITY – A bill appropriating $10 million from the general fund to ensure the long-term financial health of the Gov. Kenny Guinn Millennium Scholarship saw final legislative approval today and will go to Gov. Brian Sandoval for his review.
Senate Bill 486 saw unanimous support in the Assembly. It earlier passed the Senate on a 20-1 vote with Sen. Don Gustavson, R-Sparks, voting no.

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Today is the final day for the 76th regular session of the Nevada Legislature, as lawmakers hurry to finish up work on a number of bills before time runs out.

It has been a session that has seen acrimony and record protests as legislators struggle to deal with the state's lagging economy. In the end, it was a Nevada Supreme Court decision that paved the way for a compromise between Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval and Democrats who control both houses of the legislature.

You can keep up with the happenings on this final day on our Live Updates page, or the live video feed from the legislature.

A Carson City man was jailed Sunday morning after allegedly trying to hit a woman with his car, and then eluding officers near Russell Way and Northridge.

According to the arrest report, Anthony Todd Martin, 30, was also found in possession of burglary tools, equipment used for syphoning gasoline, drug paraphernalia, a prescription drug that didn't belong to the suspect, and a cache of jewelry that matched the description of items listed as stolen in a string of recent burglaries in the area.

The Supreme Court made a last minute attempt Sunday to exempt their staff from the unclassified pay bill.Ben Graham made the request on behalf of Chief Justice Michael Douglas to remove the court's...

Lawmakers have approved two bills designed to revamp how the university system is funded in the future.Senate Bill 374 creates a study of the current funding formulas used by lawmakers and the Neva...

Lawmakers Sunday finished the major pieces needed to implement the budget.The Assembly took final legislative action on the Authorizations Act, Capital Improvement Projects bill and pay bill, th...

CARSON CITY – A controversial bill that would let stand-alone bars and taverns that allow smoking by their adult-only customers to also serve food won approval in the Assembly today and now heads to the Senate with only one day remaining in the session.

When it comes to immigration reform, my friend and fellow columnist Ty Cobb Sr. got it right last month when he wrote that U.S. immigration policy should be designed to attract the best and the bri...

Ask Gary Powers to pinpoint what went wrong during the 2011 Nevada Wolf Pack baseball season and he immediately goes back to late February and early March."It was devastating and demoralizing," the...

RENO - All-star games are usually fun for the participants for. It gives them a chance to meet and get to know players they face during the regular season.Such was the case at Saturday's Nevada Bas...

The Nevada Bullets improved to 6-0 on the season with a 8-3 win over the Butte Sabres on Saturday afternoon at Western Nevada College in a nonleague summer collegiate baseball game.Nevada goes for ...

The Carson City Redevelopment Authority Citizens Committee meets Monday to prioritize and make a recommendation to the Redevelopment authority regarding special event funding for the fiscal year 20...

Gov. Brian Sandoval has agreed to revive the bill he vetoed that would have allowed school districts to use bond reserves for repair and maintenance projects.Carson School District Superintenden...

The five bills necessary to implement the budget and end the 2011 Legislative session began moving through the Legislature Saturday.They are the K-12 education bill, the Appropriations and Autho...