Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday that he opposes and would veto a bill requiring private party background checks for gun purchases that Democrats support. Hours after a legislative hearing concluded for Senate Bill 221 from Sen. Justin Jones, D-Las Vegas, Republicans introduced a last-minute bill on the senate floor to compete with Jones’ background check measure.
Nevada owes the federal government an estimated $540 million that was borrowed to cover unemployment checks issued to the jobless during the recession. The Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved two bills to pay off the debt and restore the state’s unemployment fund to solvency.
The Senate Finance Committee has approved spending $2 million during the next two years to recruit teachers for high-risk schools in Clark County. Each of the next two years, $1 million will go to the nonprofit Teach For America to supply teachers for a two-year period.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said Tuesday he was surprised he wasn’t called to testify in the trial of former lobbyist and real estate mogul Harvey Whittemore, who is accused of illegally funneling $133,000 in contributions to Reid’s 2010 campaign.
Hoping to lure some of the movie industry from Hollywood to Las Vegas, the Nevada Senate has approved a bill to give tax credits to filmmakers who come to Nevada.
Fear held sway as Nevada legislators heard three hours of testimony this morning on a controversial gun background check bill. The competing spectres: an intrusive federal government or another mass shooting perpetrated by someone who shouldn’t own a gun.
The Nevada Tax Commission signed off on a $233 million settlement with the state's largest casino resorts to free them from paying sales taxes on the comped meals they provide their patrons and employees in exchange for the resorts dropping their lawsuit seeking a refund on back taxes they've already paid.
Nevada’s legislators are somewhat begrudgingly closing down this year’s legislative session with a budget that looks pretty close to what Gov. Brian Sandoval proposed in January — a budget Democrats say doesn’t do enough to repair the state’s education system from cuts incurred during the recession. Although legislators have tweaked the budget here and there, nothing but the nascent economic recovery appears poised to increase the size of state government in Nevada.
In the most current iteration of Senate Bill 123, NV Energy executives have told legislators that if they get rid of their coal power plants, they should get a 550 megawatt power plant in return, as well as the right to construct or contract for 350 megawatts of renewable energy.
The Nevada Tax Commission has called a special meeting Tuesday to review a last minute deal to settle a $350 million tax dispute on whether casinos should pay taxes on the free meals they give their employees and patrons.
Nevada’s 57,000 employers may soon be getting hit with higher rates to pay off the federal government for money borrowed during the recession to cover jobless benefits.
A bill to give driver's privilege cards to people who entered the U.S. illegally has advanced in the Legislature, but the Picon Punch won’t become the state’s official drink.
Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, resurrected one of his bills Friday after other legislators had presumptively killed it. He had earlier faced scrutiny after the Sun reported that he had authored two bills that would directly benefit his previous employer, a materials recycling facility.
The UNLV stadium bill was gutted of a key provision this week: creation of a special tax district around the university to help finance a proposed on-campus stadium. Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick introduced an amended bill Thursday that has no language pertaining to a tax-increment financing district, which would have allowed any new tax money generated by the stadium to help fund its construction.
Candidates for public office will face stricter scrutiny when reporting gifts they receive after the Assembly passed a campaign finance reform bill Friday, although some critics say the bill doesn’t go far enough to improve transparency.
A controversial bill that would have updated and standardized sex education curriculum across the state won’t advance any farther after it died in the Senate Friday.
Gov. Brian Sandoval has asked the Legislature to set aside $4 million in a contingency fund to hire more staff at the Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital, as recommended by a consultant’s report.
Having an emergency and going to the hospital might be less financially burdensome if the Legislature passes a constitutional amendment this year. Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, wants emergency room bills to be constitutionally capped, a move she says will save constituents from expensive hospital bills incurred when they’re taken to out-of-network hospital emergency rooms.
The Senate Taxation Committee has approved a slimmed-down bill to provide up to $20 million in tax credits to film companies that come to Nevada to produce such things as movies and television shows.
The Assembly today approved a resolution that will allow voters to decide on the 2014 ballot whether or not the mining industry’s tax rate should be in the state constitution.
A plan to create a network of medical marijuana clinics — with the owners paying hefty licensing fees — was approved by the Nevada Senate Finance Committee today.
