Senate

The Senate passed a Republican-backed bill Thursday that would make background checks free for gun sales between private parties, although it wouldn't make them mandatory. Republican Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson is ......

By a 16-4 vote, the state Senate today approved a bill to allow the maximum speed limit in Nevada to be raised from 75 to 80 mph. Sen. Don Gustavson, R-Sparks, said ......

Nevada would scrap its caucus system for a presidential preference primary under a bill considered Wednesday by a Senate committee....

Use of electronic cigarettes would be subject to the same restrictions in Nevada as tobacco smoking under a bill heard Wednesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee....

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's decision to retire has sparked a very public feud between the No. 2 and No. 3 Senate Democrats, Dick Durbin of Illinois and Chuck Schumer of New York. The two are longtime colleagues and former housemates in a group home on Capitol Hill who have ......

A scholarship program sought by Gov. Brian Sandoval that would help low-income students attend private schools, including religious schools, won approval in the Assembly on Wednesday and now heads to the Senate....

With only a bit of theater, the Senate Revenue and Economic Development Committee on Tuesday passed the governor’s proposed Business License Fee.It was a 4-3 party line vote after all but one of the committee members ...

Plenty of people might run for retiring U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s Senate seat, but not former U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., or the senator’s son, Rory Reid....

Gov. Brian Sandoval’s plan to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for education by tying state business license fees to gross receipts was approved Tuesday by a Senate committee on a party-line vote....

A bill that would allow investors to join business entities and share the profits and losses from huge wagers at Nevada sports books was heard Tuesday by a Senate committee....

A bill designed to increase the number of organ donors in Nevada was passed Tuesday by a Nevada Senate committee and was on its way to the Senate floor....

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says he wants to leave Congress at the top of his game. During his final two years in the Senate, he has a chance to do that if he ......

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said Friday he won’t seek re-election in 2016. Officials reacted to the Senate Democratic leader’s announcement he’s retiring after five terms: ••• “Harry Reid is a fighter. In his five...

Gov. Brian Sandoval, in Fallon on Friday for the launch of a new young entrepreneurs program to start businesses and then to visit several schools, deflected questions on running for Sen. Harry Reid’s open ...

Gov. Brian Sandoval, in Fallon on Friday for the launch of a new young entrepreneurs program to start businesses and then to visit several schools, deflected questions on running for Sen. Harry Reid’s open ...

A timeline of U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's political career, from his early years in the Nevada Legislature to his election to Congress, where he served five terms in the Senate and served as party leader before announcing he would not seek re-election in 2016....

Sen. Harry Reid's announcement that he would not seek reelection in 2017 after 3 terms in the Senate triggered these reactions:...

In a surprise announcement Friday morning, Sen. Harry Reid said he won't be running for what would be his sixth term in the United States Senate. In a video to supporters ......

Nevada Senator Harry Reid announced today he will retire from the Senate and will not seek re-election in 2016. The five-term Democrat from Searchlight, Nev., had brushed off questions that he would be leaving the Senate but an exercise-related accident in January appears to have contributed to the decision.
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Sen. Harry Reid announced Friday he will not seek re-election in 2016....

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill to permanently repair the formula for reimbursing Medicare physicians, marking a rare bipartisan achievement and sending the issue next to the Senate....

Private entity groups would be allowed to place pooled wagers at Nevada sports books under a bill making a comeback in the Nevada Senate. Recently introduced Senate Bill 443 would allow a business entity to register with state gambling regulators and place big bets on football, basketball, boxin...

Sarah Lillegard works in what she calls second skin — fabrics and dye. The Reno artist presents a workshop “Natural Dye Introduction” from 3:30 to 5 p.m. March 30 at the Nevada Legislative Building, in a SENarts “Work of Artists” event co-sponsored by the Nevada Arts Council and Capital City Arts Initiative. The artist will demonstrate simple and safe processes she uses to dye fibers with natural materials harvested in Nevada backyards.

Once supportive Senate colleagues — they stood in for each other during their respective marathon Senate speeches — soon-to-be rivals Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are decidedly less chummy these days....

A bill approved by the state Senate today 14-5 got more Democratic votes than it would have otherwise because of a willingness to compromise on both sides....

A bill barring people convicted of domestic violence from obtaining a gun permit cleared the Nevada Senate today on a 14-5 vote. The law would also allow people with ......

Lawmakers have introduced a bill that could lead to the regulation of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft. The Senate Commerce and Labor Committee is sponsoring ......

The Nevada Senate on Monday passed legislation prohibiting domestic violence abusers from possessing guns and making it easier for gun owners in other states to carry a concealed weapon in Nevada....

A bill that would enable ride-hailing apps like Uber to operate legally in the state was introduced Monday in the state Senate....

A survey commissioned by a PAC tied to Gov. Brian Sandoval finds good news for Speaker John Hambrick and bad news for the GOP Ass. Caucus/Citizen Outhouse wing of the Republican Party.
The Nevada Jobs Coalition, which helped take the state Senate, commissioned the survey by the well-regarded Tarranc...