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The bill reducing annual credits Nevada public employees accrue toward retirement is on its way to the governor.Effective for those public workers hired on or after July 1, 2015, that annual credit would be 2.25 perce...

The governor has already signed legislation authorizing police officers in Nevada to wear body cameras.But that legislation didn’t provide a way for local governments to actually pay for the cameras.Senate Minority Le...

Here's a shocker: The businesses who testified against the governor's plan Tuesday, most of them in strident opposition (using apocalyptic language) to the Commerce Tax portion, pay about one-tenth of the actual burden while those who were supportive pay more than two-thirds. Does this surprise anyo...

The Nevada Department of Transportation plans this summer to implement a new brand and communications plan developed by strategic communications students at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno.

The joint Senate Finance/Assembly Ways and Means committees held their second extended hearing into the compromise business tax plan proposed by the governor.The plan is a combination of the flat business license fee,...

The joint Senate Finance/Assembly Ways and Means committees held their second extended hearing into the compromise business tax plan proposed by the governor.The plan is a combination of the flat business license fee,...

A bill encouraging people involved in an injury accident not to leave the scene is expected to be signed by the governor.SB245 was requested by prosecutors who said existing law prescribes a stiffer penalty for some o...

A bill to shield grade-school students from discipline for bringing tiny toy guns to school or nibbling their breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun received final legislative approval Friday....

At a ceremony Wednesday at Carson Middle School in Carson City, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed anti-bullying legislation into law, Senate Bill 504. Sandoval was joined by members of the Legislature, State school Superintendent Dale Erquiaga and 8th grade students.

The wedding date of Bristol Palin, a reality television personality and the daughter of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, has been called off, Sarah Palin said in a post on Facebook....

It's the Spike Lee approach, but is anybody listening to anything outside the building anymore?

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The Senate on Saturday gave final passage to the bill creating a special account for the protection of Stewart Indian School at the southern border of Carson City.Sen. Pete Goicoechea said the account would collect ca...

A bill allowing hearsay evidence in some preliminary court proceedings was approved by the Nevada Senate on a party-line vote Saturday....

The Nevada Senate approved a key component of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s tax plan Friday, amending and approving a bill to make some temporary taxes permanent and increasing cigarette taxes, but it was too early to determine whether the other key component, a tax hike deal that the governor worked ou...

Former Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry will announce his “intentions” for a 2016 presidential run next month in Dallas, two sources close to the governor confirmed to CNN Friday....

The compromise tax plan unveiled today takes the best parts of the Assembly GOP bill and the governor's original proposal, along with a new Commerce Tax (don't call it gross receipts!) to esnure all businesses contribute something to fund education.
The plan, which I have attached here along with th...

During my eight years as District Attorney of Carson City, I never hesitated to prosecute people who broke the law. But no matter how many convictions I won, I knew then as I know now that our streets will be a lot safer if we prevent more people from turning to crime in the first place.

Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong says he supports Governor Brian Sandoval's plan to increase funding for early childhood education. Sandoval's proposed budget includes $882 million in education reforms, like Pre-K and full-day kindergarten. Furlong says he supports the programs because it could improve Nevada's graduation rates, and that could reduce incarceration rates.

The spokeswoman for Governor Brian Sandoval was booked into the Washoe County jail over the weekend for DUI and driving the wrong way down a one-way road.

On Wednesday, May 20, Sherry Rupert, Executive Director of the State of Nevada Indian Commission, will speak in the Carson Nugget Ballroom to the Carson City Leisure Hour Club. Ms. Rupert will review the history of the Stewart Indian School and share insights into future plans for the historic site.

Nevada's 2nd U.S. House District Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, said he may consider a run for governor or attorney general after he leaves Congress, possibly in 2018.

Long time Carson City restaurant, The Cracker Box, is celebrating 35 years in business over Mother’s Day weekend. To mark the occasion Carson City Mayor Robert Crowell and the Board of Supervisors joined a representative from Congressman Mark Amodei's office to recognize the restaurant Friday morning with certificates and congratulations.

A multi-state proclamation, signed by the Governors of Nevada, California, Idaho, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah and Montana, recognizes May 2015 as Wildfire Awareness Month and encourages all citizens to “learn to live safely in a wildfire environment.”

The Carson City Christian Ministers Fellowship is excited about the upcoming opportunities the community has to gather together in prayer. Beginning early Thursday, May 7 at 7:30 a.m., a room has been set aside in the legislature building, room 3100, for a time of prayer preparing our hearts for the National Day of Prayer.

To the Editor: I am writing this as a business owner who has spoken to many businesses, residents, agricultural community, and yes, teachers who all support education, including myself, but, not at the expense of small businesses. At a glance looking at the Governor’s Sandoval’s bill this sounds like an appealing option, but go a little deeper and you will see that this could be a devastating decision for many of the people who are the backbone of our business community. This bill could possibly be the straw that broke the camel’s back. It reads as follows:

Both Nevada Senate and Assembly in Carson City opened with Hindu invocations on Friday that were presented with verses from the world’s oldest existing scripture.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed delivered the opening prayers from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before both houses of the Nevada Legislature. After Sanskrit delivery, Zed spoke and read the English translation of the prayers. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages.

With news of an anti-gay marriage group's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstitute Nevada's ban, I wondered if Attorney General Adam Laxalt would join the effort.
Laxalt, a known ...

If you're using Google today you will notice its latest Google Doodle, which celebrates the 155th year of the Pony Express and, notably, was celebrated April 3 in Carson City with the launch of the nation's first active station of the Pony Express, now in Carson City at the Nevada Day Store and Trading Post.

Google animator Nate Swinehart gives more about the history of the Pony Express and documents the doodle process in the video below. He writes:

Gov. Sandoval went to Fourth Ward School yesterday to sign AB165, the bill that creates "Nevada Educational Choice Scholarships," his pet project that will divert public school funding to private schools. They are supposed to give low income families choices, but will they?

The Governor Roswell K. Colcord House in Carson City has become the latest addition to the Nevada State Register of Historic Places. The State Register is a list of properties in Nevada that reflect the history and traditions important to Nevadans.

The Colcord House served as the Carson City residence of Governor Roswell K. Colcord from his election to the Governor’s Office in 1890 to his death in 1939. It is located at 700 West Telegraph. The announcement was made Monday by Nevada's State Historic Preservation Office.