Senate

On a 17-4 vote, the Nevada Senate on Tuesday passed Gov. Brian Sandoval’s business license tax.The only four votes against the $438 million tax hike were cast by Republicans: James Settelmeyer, S...

The Nevada Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill intended to capture more sales tax from out-of-state retailers....

Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval’s tax proposal that would overhaul the state’s business license fees cleared one major legislative hurdle Tuesday, winning approval in the state Senate with a push from Democrats to await an unknown fate in the Assembly....

The Nevada Senate on Monday voted unanimously to approve a bill making major changes to the Public Employee Retirement System, including reducing the annual credit toward retirement from 2.5 percent of salary to 2.25 ...

Gov. Brian Sandoval’s prescription drug proposal, designed to help prevent highly addictive painkillers from being dispensed to people without a medical need, must pass out of the Senate by Tuesday to stay alive....

Both Nevada Senate and Assembly in Carson City opened with Hindu invocations on Friday that were presented with verses from the world’s oldest existing scripture.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed delivered the opening prayers from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before both houses of the Nevada Legislature. After Sanskrit delivery, Zed spoke and read the English translation of the prayers. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages.

State Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson said Friday that a floor vote on the governor’s proposed business license fee hike to fund education will happen early next week in the upper house and expressed his optimism for passage....

A Nevada Senate committee on Friday heard two bills tied to Gov. Brian Sandoval’s education agenda — providing breakfast in more schools for low-income students and establishing a new office within the Department of Education to combat bullying....

A state Senate committee Friday passed a bill to keep the doors of the Nevada Supreme Court open after the chief justice said it was on the brink of going broke because of fewer traffic tickets and a decline in court assessments....

The AFL-CIO is going after state Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson with a new ad starting Friday statewide, complete with "Ralston Live" clip and scary beard picture (him not me.)

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A Nevada bill that would allow more businesses to place bets at race and sports books is moving forward. The Senate passed SB443 on Thursday in an 11-10 vote, with Democrats opposed. It now heads to ......

A Right to Try bill that would make it easier for terminally ill Nevadans to obtain experimental medications that could help prolong their lives won approval with unanimous support Thursday in the Assembly....

Both Nevada State Senate and Nevada Assembly in Carson City will open Friday with Hindu mantras containing verses from world’s oldest existing scripture. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed of Reno will deliver the invocations from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before both state legislative houses.

After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English translation of the prayers. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages.

A bill moving through the Nevada Legislature would allow juries in lawsuits about taxicab crashes to consider whether a passenger was wearing a seatbelt. The Senate Transportation Committee held ......

A bill to tighten Nevada’s employment discrimination law and provide remedies to promote equal pay for equal work triggered a partisan rift in the Nevada Senate despite unanimous passage....

The Nevada Senate on Wednesday approved proposed on a party-line vote legislation that would set out insurance requirements for transportation network companies such as Uber....

Nevada senators have passed a bill aimed at breathing new life into a film tax credits program that was gutted while the state worked to attract Tesla. The Senate ......

A legislative money committee on Wednesday signed off on major Department of Motor Vehicles budgets, including funding for 75 new positions to staff all windows in the urban Las Vegas offices to reduce long wait times....

A bill that would impose a cooling-off period for state lawmakers in Nevada who want to become paid contract lobbyists at the Legislature won unanimous approval in the Assembly on Tuesday and now heads to the Senate....

A member of the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone tribe, Mike Williams is dedicated to creating accurate replicas of duck hunting tools in the Numu or Northern Paiute tradition. Williams will demonstrate how he creates tule duck decoys from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Friday, April 17 in Carson City at the Nevada Legislative Building, in a free SENarts “Work of Artists” event co-sponsored by the Nevada Arts Council and Capital City Arts Initiative.

Sen. Harry Reid makes no bones about his backing of the Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto, daughter of his longtime friend, the late Democrat and County Commissioner Manny Cortez. If Masto had a fan club, Reid would be chairman....

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...

A bill that would ban gifts from lobbyists and require candidates to file monthly campaign finance reports during election years was approved unanimously by the Nevada Senate on Thursday....

The state Senate Commerce, Labor and Energy committee unanimously passed the so-called Uber bill on Thursday, but the legislation is expected to face stiff opposition when it’s taken up on the Senate floor....

A Senate committee has approved a bill that would allow for ride-hailing companies such as Uber in Nevada. The Senate Commerce and Labor Committee voted Thursday to ......

A Nevada Senate committee has passed a bill authorizing special license plates showing support for the 2nd Amendment. The Senate Transportation Committee voted unanimously Thursday to pass SB229, which is sponsored by Republican Sen. Don Gustavson. It now heads for ......

It’s been a big few weeks of change for Sen. Harry Reid. Less than two weeks after announcing he is retiring from 30 years in the U.S. Senate and endorsing a family friend to run for his seat, Reid also is changing his staff for ......

Nevada’s aviation industry and big data centers that drive global Internet commerce would receive tax breaks under two bills approved Wednesday by the state Senate....

Former Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto today formally announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat being given up by incumbent Harry Reid....

State Sen. Debbie Smith made her session debut in the Nevada Senate on Wednesday and was welcomed by ovations, cheers and tears following her treatment for a malignant brain tumor....