Senate

Former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto on Wednesday will announce she’s running for U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s seat in 2016, according to a Democratic insider....

A Senate committee has passed a bill backed by Gov. Brian Sandoval that would implement a broad anti-bullying program throughout Nevada's school system ......

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.

Reserve your seat for this year's Jefferson Jackson Dinner with the Carson City Democrats featuring Master of Ceremonies Frankie Sue del Papa and speaker Nevada Democratic Senate Minority Leader Aaron Ford. The dinner is on Thursday, April 30, at 6 p.m. at the Gold Dust West.

Ticket Prices are $55, or $50 for two or more if pre-paid; at the door the prices are $65, or $60 for two or more. Tables seating eight people are available by advance pre-paid only for $400. Call the CCDCC for more information or to reserve your tickets: 775-841-3367.

Assembly Bill 165, one part of the Republican governor’s ambitious education agenda, authorizes $10.5 million in tax credits over the upcoming two-year budget cycle. The total would increase 10 percent per year thereafter....

The House Ways and Means Committee reported out House Resolution 1105 “Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015” by a vote of 22 to 10.

As you know, it must pass the House of Representatives, then pass the Senate and then be signed by the President (or if vetoed, passed over his veto). That is not certain to happen and become law. But it is a step in the right direction.

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 ......

A bill banning gifts from lobbyists to Nevada lawmakers and imposing tougher campaign reporting requirements was approved Monday by a Senate committee....

A controversial bill that would allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry their guns on Nevada college campuses won approval in the Assembly on Monday and now goes to the Senate....

A Democrat-backed bill requiring Nevada businesses to offer paid sick leave is meeting staunch opposition from several state business groups. Democratic Senate Minority Leader Aaron Ford and Assemblywoman Dina Neal presented SB 259 to the Senate Commerce, Labor and Energy Committee on Monday. The p...

Several Nevada Republicans are trying to scrap the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange launched as part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. A Senate committee held a hearing Monday to review SJR14, which proposes a constitutional ban on ......

It’s not too early to stard handicapping the field in the 2016 U.S. Senate race....

Senate Republicans pushed legislation through the upper house Friday opponents say weakens overtime laws and takes money away from those making the lowest hourly wages in Nevada.SB193 changes the rules for workers at ...

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...

The Nevada Senate on Friday approved a bill designed to increase transparency in local government collective bargaining agreements.SB158 requires collective bargaining agreements be posted publicly for all to see for ...

Nevada senators have passed a proposal increasing the state's minimum wage and modifying how overtime hours are calculated. Senators voted 11-9 on party lines to approve SB193 on Friday. The bill ......

A Republican-backed bill to overhaul Nevada’s overtime law and raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour was approved Friday by the state Senate on a party-line vote....

Nevada’s boutique distilleries would be able to sell more of their bottled spirits directly to consumers and offer twice as many shots per customer at tastings under a bill amended and approved Friday by a Nevada Senate committee....

With the clock ticking on his remaining time in the Senate, Harry Reid is adding to momentum to ban online gaming. Along with supporters such as Sheldon Adelson, Reid ......

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...

A measure intended to capture more sales tax in Nevada from out-of-state retailers was approved by a Senate committee Thursday....

Gov. Brian Sandoval’s plan to help low-income students attend private school by offering tax credits to businesses that donate to a scholarship fund sailed through a Senate committee Thursday on a party-line vote....

The Nevada Senate unanimously approved a bill Thursday that would make background checks on private gun sales voluntary and available free of charge....

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.

Water experts and lawmakers on Thursday urged a Senate committee to restore funding for Nevada’s cloud seeding program to help squeeze as much moisture out of the sky as possible, should Mother Nature bring storms into the Silver State next winter....

The Nevada Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would raise the speed limit to 80 mph on some freeways and highways if the Department of Transportation deems it is safe....