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Latino voter turnout fell in 2014 below both 2012 and 2010, accounting in part for the drop in Democratic votes and the rising Republican wave that gave the GOP control of the U.S. Senate and both houses of the Nevada Legislature....

Carson City native Michelle Lassaline is featured in a special SENarts event at the Nevada Legislature from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24. Lassaline invites the public to meet and interact with some of her fanciful characters, including the Highland Cow, Pashmina Goat, Mountain Bluebird, and Wild Burro. Her presentation is part of “The Work of Artists,” a series of programs scheduled throughout the legislative session. Admission is free.

A bill aimed at curbing frivolous lawsuits over construction defects has passed the Senate and will be the first major bill of the session to go to the governor. The Senate passed AB125 on Friday in an 11-8 party-line vote. Democrats opposed the ......

A Republican-backed bill overhauling Nevada’s construction defect law was approved Friday by the state Senate on a party-line vote....

The first in what is expected to be a series of tort reform bills introduced by the Republican majority was heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, sai...

A sweeping gun bill was introduced in the Nevada Senate on Wednesday, seeking a wide range of legal changes from justifiable homicide to precluding people convicted of domestic violence from having firearms....

Here's what's happening on two GOP bills driving Democrats batty:
►SB 119: The bill to allow school bonds to automatically roll over and remove prevailing wage requirements from school construction is in limbo in the Assembly after passing the Senate on

A lands bill proposed for Douglas County was introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate.The Douglas County Conservation Act of 2015, S. 472, was introduced in Congress o...

Sen. Pete Goicoechea, R-Eureka, Monday introduced legislation that would require any local government collective bargaining agreement be made public before getting final approval.He said under Senate Bill 158, “they c...

On an 11-9 party-line vote, the Nevada Senate Monday exempted school construction from the state’s prevailing wage law.Senate Bill 119 also exempts university construction projects worth more t...

President Barack Obama plans to meet with Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid as Congress debates a series of issues at the top of the president's agenda. The White House says Obama will ......

A bill introduced in the Nevada Legislature would make it easier for local governments to change contracts with their unions during economic downturns. SB168 was introduced in the Nevada Senate on Tuesday. It allows local governments to...

The state Assembly approved a bill today to curb lawyers from filing frivolous construction defect lawsuits and collecting excessive fees. The vote on AB-125, which now goes to the Senate, passed ......

Nevada Republicans have introduced a bill that would require a form of identification in order to vote. Senate Republicans introduced SB169 on Tuesday. It would require proof of identification in order to ......

Voters would be required to show photo identification before casting a ballot under a bill introduced Tuesday in the Nevada Senate....

Tavern owners in Virginia City have asked the state to allow dogs in bars.Sen. James Settelmeyer, R-Gardnerville, told the Senate Government Affairs Committee Monday bar operators on the Comstock have gener...

Sen. Pete Goicoechea, R-Eureka, Monday introduced legislation that would require any local government collective bargaining agreement be made public before getting final approval.He said under Senate Bill...

Republican Senators pushed through a bill today that would exempt school districts from having to pay prevailing wages to construction workers on school construction projects. After an hour of debate, the Senate approved ......

A bill that would require local governments to provide the public an advance look at the details of a proposed collective bargaining agreement before it is voted on by the governing body was introduced in the Senate Monday....

The Senate on Monday passed a divisive bill along party lines exempting school and university construction projects from prevailing wage laws....

Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval has congratulated religious statesman Rajan Zed for four years of continuous publication of weekly interfaith column “Faith Forum” in a Gannett publication.

In a signed Certificate of Recognition presented to Zed, Governor Sandoval wrote: “Congratulations on this memorable milestone!”

“Faith Forum”, a highly popular one-of-a-kind weekly dialogue on religion at a Pulitzer winner Reno Gazette-Journal in Nevada, completed four years of publication on Feb. 4.

A wide-open presidential race, a competitive U.S. Senate race and Nevada’s status as a crucial swing state all should align to make next year’s elections a battle of titanic proportions in Nevada. Insiders say it’s a good thing for the state, as it will bring in more candidates and force them to ta...

State Treasurer Dan Schwartz was slammed by both Senate leadership and the governor’s office Thursday who charged his alternative budget was ill-conceived, poorly researched and insulting to those involved in the enti...

State Treasurer Dan Schwartz was slammed by both Senate leadership and the governor’s office Thursday.Both sides charged the treasurer’s alternative budget was ill-conceived, poorly re...

Nevada’s Sesquicentennial year may have ended but it is still being honored in an exhibit featured in the Nevada Legislature. Artifacts from the year-long celebration are currently on display until Feb. 20.

State Treasurer Dan Schwartz on Thursday ran into a bipartisan buzz saw of lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee who called his alternative budget proposal embarrassing and politically motivated....

The Clark County Commission and UMC’s governing board would be able to close off more hospital meetings and records from public scrutiny under a bill heard for the first time in the Nevada Legislature....

Community college students would have to carry more credit hours per semester to be eligible for Nevada’s Millennium Scholarship under two separate bills being floated in the Legislature....

Lawmakers want to review Nevada’s sales tax structure as part of a series of discussions on the state’s major revenue streams.The Senate Committee on Revenue and Economic Development plans to hear presentations on t...

The Nevada Senate on Tuesday put to rest the remaining five bills vetoed by Gov. Brian Sandoval after lawmakers went home in 2013.But there was some pushback from Democrats on two of the measures — particularly Senate...