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By Riley Snyder The Nevada Independent State senators split on party-lines over a major vote requiring background checks on most private gun sales or transfers, with Democrats continuing the rapid […]
Nevada Legislature
Republicans seek influence with citizen involvement
Associated Press CARSON CITY — With Nevada Democrats controlling both legislative chambers and the governor’s mansion, leading Republican lawmakers are acknowledging their limited power in this year’s legislative session. But […]
2015 Nevada Legislature was all take and no give
The expectations for the 2015 session of the Nevada Legislature were exceedingly low, but, by jove, they spectacularly exceeded the lowest expectations and gave a new definition of the word […]
Think tank outlines how to make Nevada taxation fairer and more stable
The word that will be buzzing through the halls of the Nevada Legislature like a swarm of bees from February until June will be “taxes” — whether to raise them, […]
Local governments could save millions if freed from collective bargaining restrictions
One of the biggest costs at just about every level of local government across the state of Nevada is personnel. Over the years our lawmakers have made it difficult to […]
Nevada Lawmakers Need to Finally Tackle Public Employee Pension Costs
When the Nevada Legislature meets in the spring it’s going to have to sharpen a lot of pencils to figure out how to balance the coming biennial budget. Lawmakers must […]
Renewable energy bill costlier than expected
When the Nevada Legislature passed Senate Bill 123, everyone was so thrilled about shutting down all those dirty coal-fired power plants and building millions of dollars worth of bright new […]