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By Richard Karpel Sometimes the gears of the Legislature get jammed for no good reason and only a massive outcry from the people can get them unstuck. That’s where we are with Senate Bill 287, which would make government more transparent and accountable by adding teeth to the state’s Public Records Act. Senator David Parks […]
Time is Running Out for Public Records Reform This Session
Ore-hauling trucker dead after crash at gold mine
Associated Press EUREKA — Authorities say an ore-hauling truck driver died after the vehicle he was driving overturned at an open-pit mine in northern Nevada. Eureka County Undersheriff James Clark said Tuesday that 57-year-old Dean V. Pilcher of Eureka, Colorado, was killed when the 50-ton ore hauler he was driving overturned Monday morning at McEwen […]
Eureka girls capture team title at regional meet
At the 1A North Regional track and field meet at Churchill High School in Fallon, the Eureka girls team won the overall title with a total of 156.5 points. Wells took second place with 122 points and Whittell finished third with 101 points. The boys took ninth place with 32 total points. Tristan Bircham qualified […]
Nevada bill introduced to overhaul school funding formula
By Ryan Tarinelli Associated Press CARSON CITY — Senate Democrats rolled out a bill Monday that aims to overhaul how Nevada allocates education funding, prompting one teachers group to level sharp criticism and argue the proposal would be devastating to the state’s rural areas. Lawmakers said they want to revamp the school funding process for […]
Nevada senators, energy secretary tour plutonium site
Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Nevada’s U.S. senators and Energy Secretary Rick Perry toured a site north of Las Vegas where the federal government is storing weapons-grade plutonium secretly shipped from South Carolina last year. Aides said the Friday visit to the Device Assembly Facility at the Nevada National Security Site and briefings with Democratic […]
Is this You? A Rural Nevada Spa Day
Taking a spa day takes careful planning and oh such attention to detail. One needs to begin the journey with care and knowledge that a spa is all in the interpretation of the spa goer. You just have to go with the flow, as it were. Now enjoy this tale of spa-ness I recently planned […]
Pony Express: Buckland’s Station
By Dennis Cassinelli The next Pony Express station we come to when traveling east along the Fort Churchill Road from Miller’s Station is really the site of two stations serving the same general area. The first one, established in 1860, was Buckland’s Station. At that time, Fort Churchill did not exist. It was not until […]
Sisolak signs surprise emergency room billing compromise, pre-existing condition protections into law
By Megan Messerly The Nevada Independent Two sweeping health-care bills that would prevent patients from getting hit with surprise emergency room bills and protect Nevadans with pre-existing conditions were signed into law by Gov. Steve Sisolak on Wednesday. The move brings Sisolak one step closer to fulfilling the health-care agenda he touted on the campaign […]
Nevada bill aims to divert pot tax money to education fund
Associated Press CARSON CITY — A Nevada bill introduced Tuesday aims to boost education funding by redirecting money from a marijuana sales tax. The legislation proposes rerouting funds from a 10% sales tax on retail marijuana sales away from the state’s rainy day fund and toward education funding. Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson said the change […]
Opinion says two-thirds vote not needed to extend taxes
Never tell the boss no. This past week the Legislative Counsel Bureau, the Legislature’s attorneys, told Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak and the Democratic majorities in both the state Senate and Assembly what they wanted to hear: Extending taxes scheduled by law to be reduced does not require a two-thirds vote of all lawmakers, just a […]