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A bill seeking to define independent contractors in Nevada ran into stiff opposition in a Senate committee hearing Monday with critics arguing it would prevent some minimum wage workers from recouping unpaid wages and help employers avoid taxes....

A bill heard in a Senate committee today would make it much harder to bring a class-action lawsuit for failure to pay constitutionally mandated minimum wages in Nevada....

Clark County officials have voiced concerns about a state Senate bill that would allow — but not require — advertising on public areas of the Strip that include pedestrian bridges, escalators and elevators....

Senate Democrats have not endorsed a conceptual tax blueprint presented this week by Sen. Pat Spearman that calls for eliminating Nevada’s modified business tax....

The Nevada state Senate on Friday gave final approval to Assembly Joint Resolution 3, which calls on the federal government to pay what they owe to contractors who did work in the wake of the Angora Fire at South Lake...

The Nevada state Senate on Friday gave final approval to Assembly Joint Resolution 3, which calls on the federal government to pay what they owe to contractors who did work in the wake of the Angora Fire at South La...

Key Senate Democrats led by Minority Leader Harry Reid announced their opposition to fast action on a bill giving Congress final say on any nuclear deal with ......

Now part of the ruling party in Washington, D.C., U.S. Congressman Mark Amodei of Nevada's second congressional district, which includes Carson City, will bring to light what is happening in the nation's capital since the election and give his unique insight into changes, if any, now that the Republicans are in charge of both the House and the Senate.

State Sen. Debbie Smith, who missed the first month of the Nevada Legislature while undergoing treatment for a brain tumor, said Wednesday she plans to return to the state Senate in April....

Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, told the Judiciary Committee on Thursday innocent product sellers shouldn’t be “dragged into court” to defend faulty products.The measure is one of several tort re...

CARSON CITY — A Senate resolution that asks Congress to convey more than 7 million acres of federal land to state control generated a large volume of testimony on both sides of the issue at a Monday hearing, but the issue appeared to be as polarizing as ever. Ranchers, farmers and some rural Nev...

Senate Republican leaders announced they will introduce a stand-alone, emergency bill authorizing school districts to roll over bonding authority for school construction projects unless the Assembly passes a comprehensive measure that includes prevailing wage exemptions by the end of the week....

Senate Minority Leader Aaron Ford delivered some encouraging news to university and college students visiting the Legislature Monday: He will soon introduce a bill that would establish a new state-run program to refinance their student loans to reduce their payments....

Republican Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson earned praise and pledges of bipartisan cooperation Monday for his bill that would tighten Nevada’s employment discrimination laws and provide remedies to promote equal pay for equal work....

Use of electronic cigarettes and liquid nicotine would be regulated the same as tobacco under a bill introduced in the Nevada Senate on Monday....

State Sen. Richard “Tick” Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, and Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, R-Las Vegas, introduced Senate Bill 99 in February to repeal the state’s version of the federal Adam Walsh Act. Critics have said the law disenfranchises juveniles who could be reformed, and many think the way the...

Local governments say they need the ability to reopen collective bargaining agreements in times of fiscal emergencies.But union officials told members of the Senate Government Affairs Committee SB168 goes too far and ...

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is in a dead heat with two prospective GOP challengers, Scott Walker leads the GOP field here and Hillary Clinton leads all Republican comers in Nevada, except for -- wait for it -- Gov. Brian Sandoval....

Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, told the Judiciary Committee on Thursday innocent product sellers shouldn’t be “dragged into court” to defend faulty products.The measure is one of several tort re...

Nevada lawmakers continued to push their extensive reform agenda Wednesday, passing a bill sharply reducing the size of a bond that must be posted to appeal a construction defects award.The vote on SB134 by Majority L...

Nevada Assembly members are vetting a bill that promises more money for school construction but would suspend wage rules favored by Democrats. SB119 passed quickly through the Republican-controlled Senate on party lines. It was picked apart ......

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Nevada lawmakers continued to push their extensive reform agenda Wednesday, passing a bill sharply reducing the size of a bond that must be posted to appeal a construction defects award.The vote on SB134 by Majority L...

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...

Debate over a gun bill in the Senate raises the question of when killing is justified in Nevada....

University officials asked a combined hearing of the Assembly Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees on Tuesday to restore the merit pool funding that provides professors and other professionals with raises.The ...

State Sen. Joe Hardy thinks Nevada’s schoolchildren should exercise their bodies as well as their minds, but his bill to mandate at least 30 minutes of physical education a day for students from kindergarten to the 11th grade isn’t expected to proceed this session in its current form after a hea...

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...

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 ......

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...