Legislature

Al Kramer, former Carson City Treasurer, has announced he will run for Assembly District 40, which includes Carson City and a portion of South East Washoe County.

Kramer was the elected treasurer for Carson City from 1995 through 2015. Those who know him from his service as City Treasurer will acknowledge his efforts to go the extra mile in providing service to the citizens of Carson, and the trust that evolved because of this professional service. This past year he served as the Investment Deputy for the State Treasurer.

CHRIS FORBUSHChris Forbush is pleased to announce his bid for the Assembly District 40 seat in the Nevada State Legislature.In December of 2015, Forbush met with numerous Carson City business leaders and local r ...

Michael Fondi, a former Nevada First District Court Judge in Carson City, died at his home this morning, according to Fitzhenry’s Funeral Home. He was 78.

Fondi had been in home hospice care when he died, said Fitzhenry’s General Manager and Funeral Director Jim Smolenski. No funeral arrangements have been made at this time and will be forthcoming.

Carson City – Chris Forbush is pleased to announce his bid for the Assembly District 40 seat in the Nevada State Legislature.

When all the bills are finally in, the 29th special session of the Legislature to workout the Faraday Future deal will have cost just shy of $250,000.Legislative Counsel Bureau Director Rick Combs sai ...

Swing into the New Year with the Mile High Jazz Band at "Cool Jazz in January," a big-band event with vocalist June Joplin, at Comma Coffee tonight, January 12, 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at the door; free for age 18 and under.

CARSON CITY — The new year brings 50 new laws into effect in Nevada. The 2015 Legislature, which adjourned in June, approved the bills to become fully or partially effective Friday. Most bills took effect on passage or on July 1.

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada will consider a draft order Tuesday that would implement new rates for NV Energy customers who participate in net energy metering.

Net metering allows customers to receive credit on their bills for electricity generated by solar energy systems that they own or lease.

The Nevada Legislature, as a parting shot to end the special session, on Saturday passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 — an attempt to influence the ongoing litigation over the constitutionality of t ...

The Nevada Legislature convened in special session Wednesday evening to consider three bills that will implement the deal bringing electric carmaker Farad ...

Last year, Nevadans voted almost 4-to-1 against taxing businesses based on their gross receipts. Amidst an anemic economic recovery, most Nevadans understood that taxing them on their top line, with no regard for their costs or profitability, was a terrible idea.

But then the 2015 legislature, at Gov. Sandoval's last-minute behest and without reasonable opportunity for anyone to examine what he proposed, passed such a tax anyway.

CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval late Tuesday issued a proclamation calling the Nevada Legislature into session beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday to consider a package of tax incentives to bring the startup electric car manufacturer Faraday Future to Southern Nevada.

The Mile High Jazz Band and vocalists Cindee LeVal and June Joplin will be joined by Rita Geil and other award-winning poets and readers for an evening of big-band jazz and poetry on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., at Comma Coffee.

Today we’re thankful that the widely despised Commerce Tax is moving toward a Nevada voter referendum.

Acting for the concerned citizens of RIP Commerce Tax, Inc., Ron filed a referendum petition on that tax in October. Tax-hike advocates brought a meritless law suit seeking to deny you a vote on it. RIP filed its answer, and a hearing on the case will be held 9 AM Wednesday, December 2 at Carson City’s court house. After defeating this suit, we’ll have legions of folks gathering signatures to put it to a vote next November.

A 46-acre industrial site on Arrowhead Drive near the Carson City Airport has been approved as the first property to be designated a Nevada Certified Site, the Northern Nevada Development Authority announced Wednesday.

It’s survived an IT meltdown and attempts to kill it in the Legislature. It’s now facing the loss of two insurance carriers and an effort to constitutionally ban it. But leaders of the Silver State He ...

It’s survived an IT meltdown and attempts to kill it in the Legislature. It’s now facing the loss of two insurance carriers and an effort to constitutionally ban it.But leaders of the Silver State Hea ...

The group trying to block a ballot vote to repeal the business tax imposed by the 2015 Legislature filed suit Thursday in Carson District Court charging the proposed referendum violates Nevada’s const ...

As the state of Nevada expands its manufacturing base, it also seeks to expand and enhance technical training opportunities for area residents. To that end, Western Nevada College has received a $150,000 Science and Technology grant to prepare residents for the new technical jobs.

If we share a weakness, it’s our perpetual optimism.

As free-market economists, we often reflect on the amazing achievements of the past 300 years, and doing so, grow sanguine about what people can accomplish when free to create, innovate, produce and exchange with each other mostly free of government interference.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The United Veterans Legislative Council presented Assemblyman PK O’Neill with a certificate of appreciation in recognition of O’Neill’s service to Nevada veterans in the 78th legislative session.

The Nevada State Prison in Carson City is the latest addition to the National Register of Historic Places, with its listing Friday by the National Park Service. The National Register is the nation’s official list of properties worthy of preservation.

I don't even know where to start with newly minted state Senate candidate Heidi Gansert's refusal to embrace (or reject) the tax increase pushed through the Legislature by her former boss, Gov....

The conservative activists seeking to have voters block the tax hikes approved by the 2015 Legislature want the legal case challenging their petition moved to federal court.Chuck Muth filed the motion in U.S. District...

Two members of the Nevada Legislature have now endorsed Marco Rubio for president.Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, R-Reno, whose district includes Carson City, made his endorsement official Thursday saying “Rubio has outlined a c...

UPDATE 6PM: Carson Street has been re-opened between Second and Robinson streets as well as side streets which were closed after a package found this afternoon near the State Capitol Building was determined to be non-explosive, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
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The Mile High Jazz Band with vocalist Cindee LeVal will be joined by several poets and readers on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 7:30-9:30 p.m., for an evening of big-band music and poetry on the theme "True Lies and Lullabies."

Each poem will be followed by a related big-band tune. The event will be at Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City, outdoors in the adjacent courtyard, weather permitting. Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under.

The Jazz & Beyond - Carson City Music Festival concludes with nine events on Saturday, August 22, and four events on Sunday August 23.

Saturday events are:

Music in the Market – Barbara Baxter - 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at Third & Curry St. Farmer's Market. Barbara Baxter sings soul-laced jazz with Jimmy Vermilion on piano.

Dr. Leon Ravin is Nevada's new statewide psychiatric medical director, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday.

Ravin has an active history in Nevada medical practice and education serving as the acting statewide psychiatric medical director in Nevada, and previously served as an associate medical director.

Since 2006, he has worked in clinical and administrative roles at Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services, including taking an active role in testifying on mental health laws and community standards before the Nevada Legislature.

A portion of the extraordinary art collection of Wally Cuchine, former director of the Eureka Opera House, is featured in "Wally's World" at the Nevada Arts Council’s OXS Gallery through Sept. 18. The public is invited to join the council from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14 for an exhibit reception and collector's talk. Cuchine's discussion of his art collection begins at 6:15 p.m. The exhibit and reception are free.