Legislature

Wednesdays are such a good day for music in Carson City. Lunchtime blues at Comma Coffee, Three Olives and a Twist leading the Jazz Jam at Sassafras, tunes to dine by at Z’ Bistro, Glen Eagles, and Living the Good Life. Shake yourself out of the mid-week doldrums with some Line Dancing at Carson Lanes. Check out the list for all your options.

WEDNESDAY:

• Carson School District Spring Break
• Latino Lobby Day at the Legislature
• Customer Appreciation Month: free glazed donut with medium drink at Dunkin Donuts

The Senate on Thursday passed Sen. Don Gustavson’s bill raising the maximum allowable speed limit in Nevada from 75 to 80 mph.Gustavson has tried repeatedly in several previous sessions to get a bill raising the maxim...

Artist and painter Paula M. Saponaro presents the final SENarts “Work of Artists” program for 2015 with “RenoScapes,” from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 7 at the Nevada Legislative Building in Carson City. Saponaro will share insights of her inspiration for her latest series “NV150 RenoScapes,” a portfolio that honors some of the Biggest Little City’s most iconic images.

With agency budgets currently being wrapped up in committee, one budget, for the Nevada System of Higher Education, is of special concern to residents of the rural counties. Chancellor Klaich requested bridge funding for Great Basin and Western Nevada Colleges to facilitate their smooth transition to the more austere funding model approved by the Legislature in 2013. The current leadership at these colleges have taken a can-do, entrepreneurial approach to the task, pulling out all the stops to grow their institutions into sustainable long term viability within the new budget constraints.

My first choice for this month's topic had to do with "April Fools" jokes. You know? Harry Reid speaking to the Nevada Legislature on April 1. My warped mind went crazy with all the things I could say about that. Then Harry announced his retirement.

If he had announced it on April 1, this month's column probably would have been devoted to having as much fun with that as possible. Oh well, now Harry is "old news" so time to go to the other topic that has been bouncing around the cobwebs of my brain.

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, in a brief non-interview after his address to the Nevada Legislature Monday, declined to share his opinion of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s plan to raise the state’s business-license fee....

There are plenty of things to do today; if you don't believe me, just take a look at the list! After enjoying a free spirits tasting at Red’s this afternoon, stick around for a movie with the Carson City Classic Cinema Club. This month is ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy:’ a 1965 Charlton Heston flick about Michelangelo and the painting of the Sistine Chapel.

Court Appointed Special Advocates is holding an information hour this evening for those who would like more information on how to volunteer.

TUESDAY:

• Carson School District Spring Break
• Customer Appreciation Month: free small iced tea today at Dunkin Donuts
• Father-Daughter Cinderella Ball Tickets Available at the Carson High School Admission Desk (8am-2pm; $25, $5 additional princess)

Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., told a joint session of the Nevada Legislature on Monday that, with the Republican takeover, “for the first time in six years, the United States Senate is open for business.”He sai...

Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., told a joint session of the Nevada Legislature on Monday that, with the Republican takeover, “for the first time in six years, the United States Senate is open for business.”He sai...

Republican Sen. Dean Heller says he wants to take advantage of his new seat on the powerful Senate Finance Committee to reform the tax code without raising taxes ......

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller said Monday that wait times for Nevada veterans who have filed benefit claims with the Veterans Administration have improved significantly but remain one of the longest in the nation....

Several Nevada Republicans are trying to scrap the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange launched as part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, saying the program is expensive, suffered a rocky start and ...

Take a walk with the Visitor’s Bureau as they help kick-off National Public Health Week. Meet at the new visitors’ center next to the Nevada State Museum at noon for a short walk to an undisclosed location. For more downtown walk options, check out the health walk series tab on the Visit Carson City app.

MONDAY:

• Carson School District Spring Break
• Tartan Day at the Legislature
• Customer Appreciation Month: free small iced coffee today at Dunkin Donuts
• OPENING DAY: ‘The Observation and Conclusion’ by artist Joseph Watson at the LXS Gallery in the Legislature Building

More than 30 “tough-on-crime” type bills under consideration in the Legislature this year could end up being tough on the pocketbooks of Nevada taxpayers as well, to the tune of millions of scarce general fund dollars...

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of April 6-12. Due to an ongoing water main project, there will be extensive paving work being completed as follows:

The Nevada Senate on Friday gave unanimous approval to a bill designed to put some performance requirements on companies that get tax breaks for economic development projects.SB74 makes a variety of changes to the cur...

Sen. Pete Goicoechea, R-Eureka, told fellow members of Senate Finance on Thursday the bill putting $500,000 into cloud seeding efforts this coming biennium is vital because of the drought.“We already recognize that, a...

The Senate on Thursday passed Sen. Don Gustavson’s bill raising the maximum allowable speed limit in Nevada from 75 to 80 mph.Gustavson has tried repeatedly in several previous sessions to get a bill raising the maxim...

Busy weekend ahead! It’s a wine walk weekend in addition to the Easter festivities, but don't let Friday pass you by. Head to Sassafras tonight to catch the Trippin King Snakes or Living the Good Life for music by Jamie Rollins. If it’s laughs you're after, First Friday Improv at the Brewery Arts Center will have you in stitches or head to the Carson Nugget for comedy night with this week’s funnyman, Huck Flyn.

Nevada lawmakers will soon take up right to die legislation, just as California lawmakers are also doing, with a bill having passed through a state senate committee vote last month.

The committee on health cleared the California End of Life Option Act, March 25 on a vote of 6-2. The legislation is closely modeled on Oregon’s Death with Dignity legislation, allowing a terminally ill individual with six months or less to live the right to request and receive a prescription medication to hasten death in certain narrow circumstances.

A lawyer for a Nevada political consultant is waging a federal court fight against search warrants that he says amount to a fishing expedition by investigators in an extortion probe involving the state Legislature. Attorney David Otto declares in documents filed in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas ...

It is now April. There is still hope for some late season storms, but the flowers blooming around town are ready for spring now. In this area, the weather seems to be whatever you aren't prepared for, so don’t put away those winter clothes just yet, and keep an eye on the weather report: a hard frost can undo the hard work you've put into your garden.

The GOP has more than 30 bills seeking to reform collective bargaining, prevailing wage, health benefits, workers compensation and other laws rebuked by organized labor as ......

Watch out, Carson City, April Fools Day brings mischief. Today also brings some cooler temperatures and wind gusts, but that’s no reason to stay at home. Plenty of live music tonight.

It may be a day for pranks, but child abuse is no joke; join the Advocates to End Domestic Violence at the Legislature for the annual planting of Pinwheels for Prevention.

Get a glimpse of the world beyond at the Carson City Library: Dixie and Rob Jennings-Teats discuss their time living in Indonesia and Malaysia.

WEDNESDAY:

Controller Ron Knecht and a group of Assembly Republicans headed by Jim Wheeler of Gardnerville rolled out a budget plan they say would fund the governor’s education enhancements without raising ...

Public employees lined up in the Assembly Government Affairs Committee on Monday to protest legislation the author conceded is designed to save money by reducing the average employee retirement check.Assemblyman Glenn...

A lot of sound and fury is expected at the Legislature Tuesday as supporters of a bill challenging federal control of Nevada public lands descend on the capital by the busload, but it will all be for naught — the proposal has been declared unconstitutional....

Carson City, Nev. — Controller Ron Knecht and a group of Assembly Republicans headed by Gardnerville’s Jim Wheeler rolled out a budget plan they say would fund the governor’s education enhancem...

Yesterday was a day for walking in the park, but today is a day for Walken: Christopher Walken, that it. Happy birthday to him. (Go here for more cowbell.) If you are interested in a nice stroll though, join Carson City Parks and Recreation for their Tuesday morning ‘Easy Walk.’ If you want more of a challenge, Muscle Powered has a moderate conditioning hike in the afternoon.

Controller Ron Knecht and a group of Assembly Republicans headed by Jim Wheeler of Gardnerville rolled out a budget plan they say would fund the governor’s education enhancements without raising ...