Legislature

Don’t miss the Mile High Jazz Band at their monthly appearance at Comma Coffee tonight, make sure to bring your sweetheart. Today at the Legislature, they will be celebrating Nevada Tribes. A cultural presentation is in Room 3100 if you want to learn more about the Native people of the Great Basin.

TUESDAY:

• Nevada Tribes Day at the Legislature; Cultural Presentation and Information in Room 3100 (10:30am-1:30pm)
• Roseman University of Health Sciences Health Fair in the front foyer of the Legislature (8am-3pm)

As a gun-loving state where Republicans have launched a wave of pro-firearm proposals since taking control of the Legislature in 2014, Nevada might seem like anything but ......

Protection of students' freedoms, or overreaction to a few bad decisions by school administrators? Nevada legislators are divided on a new bill that would protect students from being disciplined for crafting make-believe weapons out of building blocks, food and ......

Nevada state senators were urged on Monday to oppose a plan giving local governments more autonomy in handling certain issues currently controlled by the state.Spokesman for industry, homebuilders and tru...

Monday is upon us and it’s drizzly. You could stay indoors and celebrate National Clean Out Your Computer Day, but there are a few reasons to put your umbrella to work. CW and Mr. Spoons will get your toes tapping at Comma Coffee at lunchtime. It’s the last week to catch the New Year’s Show at the NAA Gallery at the Brewery Arts Center. High Sierra Swing Dance Club will be dancing the night away at El Charro’s for their weekly Club Night Out.

It’s Carmen Miranda’s birthday, so I've included a YouTube video to bring a little Havana sunshine to this grey Nevada day.

If you’ve got business you’d like to see taken up by the Legislature this session, it can pay to send in a professional ......

Republican lawmakers made it clear in the first week of the 2015 Nevada legislative session that there is a new sheriff in town....

Session after session, local governments have brought their case to the Legislature asking for at least some control over purely local issues and problems.Their pleas have largely fallen on deaf ears in a ...

A bill to address the problem of people running for offices in areas where they don’t live is back in the Nevada Legislature. But can it really work?...

Today kicks off the second annual International Film Weekend in Carson City. The main event is this evening in the Bob Boldrick Theater at the Community Center, a free showing of “Boy.” “Boy” is about a youth coming of age in the Maori culture in New Zealand in 1984.

Some of Northern Nevada's finest traditional, folk and contemporary artists will appear at the 2015 Nevada State Legislature in “The Work of Artists,” a series of interactive talks and demonstrations that bring a personal side to exhibited pieces. Designed to create an opportunity for artists to engage with community members and people working in or visiting the Nevada State Legislative Building, the presentations are at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 18 and 24, March 19 and 30, April 17 and May 7. All are free and open to the public in Room 3100.

Wonderful Wednesday is upon us, and one way to get over the hump is to head out for a good meal. If you haven’t heard yet, Sassafras has returned and is serving up its Eclectic fare in its new location right next to the Carson Hot Springs. Downtown, the Lake Tahoe Brewing Co. will be hosting the Chamber of Commerce for its Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting. Capital Eats inside Westside Pour House (former home of Mo and Sluggo’s) always has some tempting dishes. A little further north on Carson St., Living the Good Life Nightclub and Bistro has live music this evening and a delicious array of options on its menu.

Assemblymen PK O'Neill kicked off his tenure as Carson City's elected representative in the State Assembly by sponsoring a 'symposium' on the Nevada Academic Content Standards (NACS) for English Language Arts and Mathematics.

The threatened revolt to try block election of John Hambrick as Assembly Speaker — feared by some, hoped for by others — never m...

It didn’t take long for Uber to enter the conversation in the state Legislature....

A former Nevada lawmaker whose arrests and expulsion from the Legislature drew intense interest two years ago was sentenced Tuesday to three years' probation on a felony gun charge. A judge ......

This may be ‘the day that music died’ back in 1959, but Carson City wants you to find your dancing shoes tonight. Beginning swing dance lessons will be held at El Charro Avitas; go check out their brand new dance floor. Country Line dancing is taught at the 11th Frame lounge at Carson Lanes every Tuesday and Wednesday. Jimmy Mallett and Jack Clifton will be at Living the Good Life Nightclub and Bistro channeling all the swank of the rat pack.

In Nevada, pundits have long mythologized a conflict-of-interest culture in the Legislature even if instances of impropriety seldom arise. Still, the hobnobbing often on display in the lobby easily lends itself to allegations of cronyism and unfair access to ......

Rumors of a conservative revolt against electing Las Vegas Republican John Hambrick speaker of the Assembly turned out to be just talk on Monday, as the 78th session of the Legislature convened....

Plenty of warm gestures and other airs of bipartisanship wafted through the Nevada Legislature on Monday. But the show of congeniality isn't likely to last in the world of the 78th Nevada Legislature. All eyes were on the Legislature’s lower house ......

Nine Nevada lawmakers have disclosed they will be carrying concealed firearms during the legislative session that started today, prompting one assemblyman to joke about floor action turning into a gunfight. Lawmakers must disclose ......

The 2015 Nevada Legislature convened Monday with pomp and song, a festive beginning before buckling down to tackle the tough issues of taxes and other reforms in the months to come....

The woman who was airlifted to a Reno hospital after a crash Saturday night in Northern Nevada was the wife of Nevada Assemblyman Paul Anderson, the politician said Sunday.

April Anderson and the couple's four kids were traveling U.S. Highway 50 on their way to Carson City to meet the assemblyman and participate in the opening ceremony for the Nevada Legislature on Monday.

After almost two months of tooth gnashing and drama surrounding whether Nevada needs more tax revenue to run state government, the 2015 Legislature begins the process of figuring that out on Monday. The tr...

A flurry has blown into town: not of the snow kind that we so sorely need, but one of Legislative activity. The 2015 Legislative season starts today, so please keep an eye out for increased activity in our downtown crosswalks.

The governor may be the state’s most popular politician, but that doesn’t mean he can corral the firebrands in the Legislature. If history is any indicator of what’s to come, expect fireworks this session. These are some of the people, issues and places that will dominate the conversation in Carson...

With the 78th legislative session starting, here’s the list of who to watch....

After almost two months of tooth gnashing and drama surrounding whether Nevada needs more tax revenue to run state government, the 2015 Legislature begins the process of figuring that out on Monday. The tr...

Just days before the Nevada Legislature convenes, GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval sat down with the Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial board on Friday to ...

Gov. Brian Sandoval laid out and defended his business-license fee proposal at a Carson City news conference Thursday, stressing that it is best new tax plan of any that have been proposed in the Nevada Legislature during the 21st century.