Legislature

The Nevada Assembly met as a committee of the whole on Saturday to review the latest amendments to the bill designed to balance Gov. Brian Sandoval’s budget.But after about three hours of tes...

According to the draft budget bills handed to leaders of the money committees late Friday, the state’s proposed budget includes pay raises for state workers in both years of the biennium.The “pay bill,” which has no...

Nevada Assembly members have approved a sweeping bill that would allow students to use the state funds designated for their public education at a private school. Assembly members voted 25-17 on Friday to pass Senate B...

Nevada Assembly members have again approved a hot-button bill allowing concealed weapon permit holders to bring firearms onto college campuses. Assembly members voted 26-16 to approve AB487 on Friday. The measure now ...

Nevada lawmakers on Friday approved two separate gun bills that would allow concealed weapon permit holders to have firearms on college campuses and possess guns if they are foster parents....

The last Friday of May and Carson City is hopping. Catch some comedy at the Carson Nugget, the Sierra Nevada Ballet’s one woman show ‘Fancifool’ at the Brewery Arts Center, or some live music. The Trippin King Snakes are at Sassafras, Mo’z Motley Blues are at Living the Good Life, and Stereo Galaxy is ripping it up at Westside Pour House. I suggest you take a gander at the complete list for all the happenings.

FRIDAY:

• Reno-Tahoe Odyssey (178 mile relay race; begins at Wingfield Park in downtown Reno; legs 25-28 run through Carson City)
• ‘Forevermore’ by artist Su Limbert at the LXS Gallery in the Legislature Building

The Nevada Assembly on Thursday voted to break up the governor’s Department of Administration.Assembly Bill 469 basically reverses the actions taken by the 2013 Legislature, which rolled a laundry list of non-budget f...

Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed a series of bills including Assembly Bill 273 mandating former lawmakers take a “cooling off” period before they take a job as a paid lobbyist.Under the bill, lawmakers would have to mis...

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...

Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a bill Thursday imposing a cooling-off period before lawmakers who leave office can return to the Nevada Legislature to lobby their former colleagues....

I’m not going to tell you what to do, but if you’ll accept a suggestion, find yourself a hamburger. It’s National Hamburger Day during National Hamburger Month, so you might as well celebrate at the Experimental Aircraft Association's weekly burger lunch. If you like random trivia, head over to Alatte Coffee and Wine Bar in the Nugget for their trivia night. Or burn off that burger with some salsa dancing at El Charro Avita or country line dancing at Beercade.

THURSDAY:

• CCAI Exhibit: Tuscarora, by artist Ron Arthaud at the Carson City Community Center’s Sierra Room (available during public meetings and most evenings 5pm-8pm)
• ’New Work’ by artist Pasha Rafat at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)
• CCAI Exhibit: BRIC Art 5 at the BRIC: 108 E Proctor Street (8am-12pm and 1pm-5pm)

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...

A running tally of various things happening as the Nevada Legislature lurches toward its midnight Monday deadline to finish the 78th session....

Welcome to Wednesday, Carson City. One day closer to the weekend, and one day closer to June. Carson City truly shines in the summertime with events like the Taste of Downtown, Blinky Man, and the Fathers’ Day Powwow at the Stewart Indian School. New to hit downtown this year is Battleborn Brews, Bikes, and Bubbly: sure to be a fun time.

WEDNESDAY:

• CCAI Exhibit: BRIC Art 5 at the BRIC: 108 E Proctor Street (8am-12pm and 1pm-5pm)
• ‘Forevermore’ by artist Su Limbert at the LXS Gallery in the Legislature Building

Welcome back from the long, wet weekend, Carson City. Let’s cross our fingers and hope for some blue skies. Congratulations to the teachers, parents, and students out there; just a few more days until summer break. Carson High School Theater invites you to enjoy a performance of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at the Capitol Amphitheater, or soak up some sun on an afternoon hike with Muscle Powered.

TUESDAY:

• ’New Work’ by artist Pasha Rafat at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)
• CCAI Exhibit: BRIC Art 5 at the BRIC: 108 E Proctor Street (8am-12pm and 1pm-5pm)

A collective bargaining bill in the Legislature has one lobbyist concerned that it would lead to local governments playing “hide and seek” with money. But supporters say the legislation is needed to give government agencies more long-term financial stability....

Time is running out for Nevada lawmakers. With adjournment one week away, they must confront and resolve the biggest issues that have been percolating all session....

The Nevada Assembly has passed a bill aimed at saving the state’s Public Employees Retirement System $1 billion every 10 years. Assembly members voted 41-1 on Friday to pass SB406, which is sponsored by Republican Sen...

A bill authorizing ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft to operate in Nevada won approval early Saturday in the Nevada Legislature, but it didn’t happen without plenty of confusion....

Welcome to the weekend, Carson City! Get things started with ska/reggae band, Taking Root at Sassafras; some African-infused blues at the Brewery Arts Center with Peter Joseph Burtt; or Atomica at the Casino Fandango. The Spoke Bar and Grill is rocking with the Remains, and the Chaser Band is playing at the Westside Pour House.

FRIDAY:

• Memorial Day Specials at Empire Ranch Golf Course (free 18 holes with Military I.D.; free bucket of balls if wearing red, white, and blue; free draft beer if wearing camouflage)
• CCAI Exhibit: BRIC Art 5 at the BRIC: 108 E Proctor Street (8am-12pm and 1pm-5pm)

A last ditch attempt to force Nevada college campuses to let people to carry guns to class was rejected by the Assembly on Thursday.Assemblyman Ira Hansen, R-sparks, tried to attach the “campus carry” language to SB17...

A resolution that would ask voters in 2016 to amend the Nevada constitution to allow annual sessions of the state Legislature won a critical vote in a Senate committee Thursday....

The weekend is almost here, and it’s one of those wonderful three day ones. You’ll find festivities all over, but I know better than to try to guess what kind of weather we’ll see. Rain is predicted, but the weather is the one thing we don’t bet on here in Northern Nevada. Keep dry today at the Senior Celebration at the Nugget sponsored by the Senior Service Network. Tap into the steamy south tonight with the Southern Drawl Band. The Brewery Arts Center is the only Nevada venue on their coast to coast tour, and this Country, Southern Rock, Trop Rock, Bluegrass blend of music is sure to be a great show!

THURSDAY:

• CCAI Exhibit: Tuscarora, by artist Ron Arthaud at the Carson City Community Center’s Sierra Room (available during public meetings and most evenings 5pm-8pm)

The bill requires a lawmaker who leaves office to skip one legislative session before returning to the Legislature as a paid lobbyist....

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.

Last week, Assistant Controller Geoffrey Lawrence and I presented to the Legislature the state budget we developed with some Assembly members, professionals and business people as an alternative to the Governor’s proposal.

Las Vegas left-wing pundit Steve Sebelius trashed it and us. No surprise because he’s an aggressive tax-spend-regulate statist PC liberal, while our proposals are the antidote to such maladies. What was surprising is the ignorance, laziness, carelessness and possible malice and dishonesty in his attacks. They demonstrate the sorry state of much journalism today.

Get over the mid-week hump with some live music. Dave Leather will entertain with some lunchtime Americana and Blues at Comma Coffee. The weekly Jazz Jam at Sassafras enjoys the return of the talented Tristan Selzler. Popular duo, Tany Jane, plays at Living the Good Life. Enjoy Joe LaChew at Z Bistro or Terry and Craig at Glen Eagles during dinner. The Carson High School Choir is at Bob Boldrick Theater this evening for their end of year performance.

WEDNESDAY:

• ’New Work’ by artist Pasha Rafat at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)

With less than two weeks left in the regular 2015 Nevada Legislative session, the compromise tax plan designed to balance the state budget could become public today, despite not getting a hearing until Thursday.Gov. B...

Assembly Minority Leader Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, told the Ways and Means Committee Tuesday local governments are cheating the state out of sales tax by buying materials for construction pr...

A total of 39 bills died Friday at midnight because they couldn’t get out of committee in the 2015 Legislature — including a number of gun-rights measures proposed by members of the Assembly.Friday was the deadline fo...