Legislature

Illegal immigration bills that were considered dead on arrival when Democrats controlled the Nevada Legislature are now getting life, a result of the Republican ......

The Nevada Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved SB37 allowing the use of Global Positioning System devices to track parolees, probationers and other offenders under state supervision.Testimony in committee indicat...

Employees would have to work more than 40 hours a week before receiving overtime pay under a bill introduced Wednesday in the Nevada Legislature....

Health professional shortages have been a challenge in Nevada for decades. The expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has increased health care access to hundreds of thousands of Nevadans, creating even higher demand for health care professionals.

In anticipation of this increase, the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health facilitated a pipeline mapping project to identify challenges across multiple sectors, and to make recommendations for bringing more health professionals to Nevada.

Applebee’s is the place to be for dinner tonight if you want to help the 2015 Carson City Leadership Class raise funds for the children’s area of the Carson City Library. You do need to bring the flyer with you if you want Applebee's to donate a portion of your bill. Print it out or grab a copy at the Library’s youth desk.

A proposal to change auto emissions testing to once every two years instead of annually is facing an uphill battle in the Nevada Legislature....

Although taxes got the lion’s share of attention in the run-up to the 2015 Legislature, the subject has almost disappeared through week three of the session.For now.Instead, the focus has been on a collection of issue...

Controller Ron Knecht says he and his staff are hoping a new electronic tracking system will help them collect at least some of the $92 million owed to the state.But his assistant controller Jim Smack admit...

Lawmakers have introduced a bill allowing gun owners with concealed carry permits to bring their weapons to schools and portions of airports. Republican Assemblywoman Michele Fiore introduced AB 148 on Friday, and the...

Sen. Debbie Smith’s bill to bar those convicted of domestic battery or stalking from owning of possession guns was introduced in the Senate on Monday.Sen. Pat Spearman, D-Las Vegas, handled t...

There will not be a repeat of the drama that played out in the state Legislature two years ago over gay marriage now that a federal appeals court has ruled same-sex marriage is legal in Nevada....

Physical education could be mandatory for students in kindergarten through 11th grade if a bill passes the Nevada Legislature. Members of the Senate Education Committee are meeting Tuesday to review SB178, which would close some loopholes that ......

University officials made their pitch to the Legislature Tuesday to increase initial funding for a UNLV medical school beyond the $9.3 million that was included in Gov. Brian Sandoval’s budget so it can begin operating in 2017....

Grab your dance shoes and kick up your heels at a beginning swing dance lesson at El Charro’s tonight. The High Sierra Swing Dance Club hosts its monthly Swing Dance Party in the Ballroom of the Brewery Arts Center Saturday night. If you prefer to dance in cowboy boots, you can learn Country Line and Partner Dancing at the 11th Frame Lounge in Carson Lanes every Tuesday and Wednesday night.

Sen. Debbie Smith’s bill to bar those convicted of domestic battery or stalking from owning of possession guns was introduced in the Senate on Monday.Sen. Pat Spearman, D-Las Vegas, handled the...

The sponsor of a bill heard in the Assembly Education Committee Monday said he wants to protect students like 2008 Henderson valedictorian Brittany McComb, whose commencement speech was cut off when she spoke about her Christian faith....

Latino voter turnout fell in 2014 below both 2012 and 2010, accounting in part for the drop in Democratic votes and the rising Republican wave that gave the GOP control of the U.S. Senate and both houses of the Nevada Legislature....

Just another Monday in the Capital City. The Legislative Gallery has a new offering: Natural Memorial Realist by artist Max Bunnell of Overton. The gallery rotates every two weeks. The CCAI Gallery in the Courthouse features Nevada Watersheds by Nolan Preece, and the Nevada Artists Association is hosting their Winter Art Show at the Brewery Arts Center.

A flurry of firearm and Second Amendment related bills introduced in the Legislature have already generated plenty of controversy even though none of the major proposals have even had hearings yet....

Although taxes got the lion’s share of attention in the run-up to the 2015 Legislature, the subject has almost disappeared through week three of the session.For now.Instead, the focus has been on a collection of issue...

Controller Ron Knecht says he and his staff are hoping a new electronic tracking system will help them collect at least some of the $92 million owed to the state.But his assistant controller Jim Smack admitted the rea...

CARSON CITY — Nevada Sen. Aaron Ford said a film tax credit program launched a year ago has helped attract nine TV shows and films and more than $69 million in spending to the state. F...

Legislation making extensive changes designed to reduce the number and impact of construction defects litigation won final legislative passage Friday.Assembly Bill 125 now heads to Gov. Brian Sandoval’s d...

Carson City native Michelle Lassaline is featured in a special SENarts event at the Nevada Legislature from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24. Lassaline invites the public to meet and interact with some of her fanciful characters, including the Highland Cow, Pashmina Goat, Mountain Bluebird, and Wild Burro. Her presentation is part of “The Work of Artists,” a series of programs scheduled throughout the legislative session. Admission is free.

A Carson City rally on behalf of Rise Up America, will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Nevada Legislature Building on South Carson Street.

The event is being coordinated by P.J. Degross of Carson City, who was the admininstrator for Overpasses for America and GRAA. This year’s event is part of a national protest movement hosted by Overpasses and joined by many other groups. Many states are having city wide rallies the entire weekend, said Degross.

Las Vegas’ once-battered housing market has improved the past few years but remains riddled with problems such as foreclosures, underwater borrowers, flat wages and high unemployment. So why are Republicans in the Legislature pushing an overhaul of Nevada's construction-defect law as a way to boost...

A bill that would make it easier for some immigrants to teach in Nevada's classrooms is gaining momentum in the Legislature because it would help alleviate ......

Kick up your heels, it’s finally Friday. World Dance Open Floor will be dancing for donations for CASI tonight at Comma Coffee. The Brewery Arts Center is hosting Mixed Company as part of its new Eclectic Electric series. The party is at Remedy’s; the blacklight body paint Mardi Gras Masquerade starts at 9pm, with the talented Lynzie Ruecker doing free body paint and music by DJ Justincredible.

It’s National Love Your Pet Day, so give your pooches and kitties some extra love.

FRIDAY:

Rising enrollments and teacher step increases will require the state to pump more than $200 million more into the K-12 education budget just to maintain current levels of service.Superintendent of Education Dale Erqui...

The first in what is expected to be a series of tort reform bills introduced by the Republican majority was heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, sai...