Nevada lawmakers reject governor's veto of domestic partnership
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- The Assembly voted 28-14 Sunday to override Gov. Jim Gibbons' veto and to change state law so that domestic partners, whether gay or straight, have many of the rights and benefits...
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Nev. Assembly votes to override governor veto on tax bill
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada lawmakers voted Friday to override Gov. Jim Gibbons' veto of a $781 million tax increase...
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Nevada governor vetoes 31 bills, sets record
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Gov. Jim Gibbons has set a record for vetoes, rejecting 31 bills so far during the 2009 legislative...
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Autism bill signed by Nevada governor
Autism advocates have reason to celebrate Friday, after Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons signed a key...
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Nevada lawmakers override governor's vetoes of tax, budget
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada lawmakers moved swiftly late Thursday to start overriding Gov. Jim Gibbons' veto of a $781 million tax increase plan -- which the conservative...
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Nevada lawmakers express more concern over higher education budget
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Voting Friday for higher education funding, Senate Finance Committee members made it clear they're unhappy with a 12.5 percent cut for Nevada's state universities and colleges even...
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Nevada lawmakers meet privately in efforts to wrap up higher education budget
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Legislative efforts to agree on funding cuts for Nevada's higher education system stalled Friday, but a top lawmaker said the budget will be...
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Nevada lawmakers consider 'ugly list' for finding revenue
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Raising taxes isn't the only way to find revenue in an economic downturn, and Nevada lawmakers are looking at every source to fill a gaping budget hole...
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Nevada governor outlines more budget changes
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Gov. Jim Gibbons, faced with more state revenue slumps but unwilling to call for any higher taxes, says he has a plan to...
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Proposed tax has business owners talking
A proposed two-percent business tax hike has business owners talking...
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Proposed Washoe gas tax passes
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- The Nevada Senate voted 20-1 to approve a voter-endorsed measure to raise motor fuel tax rates in Washoe County...
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School district mulls statewide budget cuts
Washoe County school officials are considering ways to cut $28 million from next year's budget....
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State needs over $1 billion
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada lawmakers are confirming that they will need to raise over $1 billion in order to fund Gov. Jim Gibbons' proposed budget and the add-backs...
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Nevada legislators moving ahead with own budget plans
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada lawmakers proposed pay cuts ranging from 4 percent to 4.6 percent for educators and government workers on Monday, rejecting Gov. Jim Gibbons'...
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Union reps say they're fighting hard in Carson City
Union representatives say they're fighting hard for their members as the budget battle rages in Carson City...
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Nevada legislators focus on budget-closings
CARSON CITY (AP) -- With a vital revenue report in hand, Nevada legislators start the 14th week of the 2009 session on Monday with a joint meeting of Senate and Assembly budget panels trying to resolve...
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New budget numbers could set up show legislative "showdown"
With grim revenue projections in hand from the state Economic Forum-- Nevada lawmakers head into the 14th week of the...
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Nevada’s budget gap grows
State lawmakers are dealing with an even bigger budget problem than originally thought as the newest revenue projections increase the gap legislators will have somehow fill.
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Nevada bill steps up efforts to keep guns away from mentally ill
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- A Senate panel was told Friday a bill stepping up state record-keeping to help keep guns away from the mentally ill...
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Economic Forum numbers expected
A group of financial forecasters are expected to release grim numbers to Nevada lawmakers Friday making official the revenue hole in the state's...
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Bill would erase Nevada newspaper publication requirement
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- The Senate Taxation Committee is considering a bill that would let officials around Nevada publish an annual list...
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Governor renews veto threat
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Gov. Jim Gibbons has repeated his threat to veto a state budget being crafted by Nevada lawmakers, saying his own bare-bones $6.2 billion plan must be slashed by hundreds of millions of dollars because...
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Legislature considers tax increases as revenue plummets, Governor disagrees
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Analysts calculating a revenue hole in Nevada's budget have increased the figure by at least $300 million, bringing a total estimated...
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Nevada Senate approves veterans court proposal
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- The Nevada Senate voted unanimously Wednesday for a plan that would allow for specialized courts for military...
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Proposed Nevada DMV contract would go to only 1 company
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Former Nevada Assembly speaker and current lobbyist Richard Perkins is pushing a bill to require the state Department of Motor Vehicles to...
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Nevada bill delaying education layoff notices signed by governor
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- A bill extending the legal deadline for notifying school district employees that they will be rehired or laid off for the next school year was signed into law Tuesday by Gov.
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Nevada bill to delay education layoff notices on way to governor's desk
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- A bill that would extend the legal deadline for notifying school district employees that they will be...
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Key budget panel votes to keep old Nevada State Prison open
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- A key legislative budget panel voted as expected Tuesday to reject Gov. Jim Gibbons' recommendation and keep the old Nevada State Prison, which dates to the 1870s, open for the next two years...
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Senate committee hears Reno/Sparks election bill
A bill that would change the way residents vote for the Reno and Sparks city councils was heard at the legislative session in...
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Nevada lawmakers start 13th week
CARSON CITY (AP) -- Legislators who start the 13th week of the 2009 session on Monday will have to wait until Friday for the biggest development...
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Affordable housing database plan advances
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- The Nevada Assembly has advanced a plan to create a database that would make it easier to find low-income housing.
AB139 would require the state Housing Division to compile listings
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Nevada Senate panel endorses changes in anti-racketeering law
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- A state Senate committee voted Friday for an Assembly-endorsed bill that would make it easier to prosecute people under Nevada's anti-racketeering laws...
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Nevada measure would increase funds for domestic violence programs
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Wedding chapel lobbyists and advocates for programs to stop domestic violence clashed Friday over a bill to help fund those programs by adding $5 to the cost of a Nevada marriage
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Nevada Assembly votes for bill to elect president by popular vote
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada's Assembly Democrats, on a party-line vote, have pushed through a plan to replace the electoral vote system in presidential elections with a de facto
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Nevada lawmakers hit another deadline for bill action
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada legislators took action on dozens of measures, including a vote to approve a domestic partners bill, in efforts to meet a Tuesday deadline for approving the bills or seeing
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Ex-Fallon coach Peel sentenced to 75 day in jail for teen alcohol party
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- A former Fallon softball coach who supplied alcohol for her daughter's party -- where a 15-year-old girl allegedly was raped -- will spend 2 1/2 months in jail.
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Nevada Finance panel hears pros, cons of water fluoridation in Reno area
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Critics of a plan to fluoridate Reno-area water got so worked up Wednesday that Nevada...
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Stakeholders react to initial passage of landmark autism bill
It's something you don't often see in the official hustle and bustle of state government. Tears...
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Fluoride debate on tap again in Washoe County
The controversial idea to add fluoride to the public water supply is making its way through the Nevada legislature. Senate Bill 311 would require...
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Nevada Assembly passes bill requiring autism insurance coverage
Nevada lawmakers passed on Tuesday a bill that would require certain health insurance and health care plans to provide coverage and treatment of autism...
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Senior care program slots proposed to increase
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- A joint Senate-Assembly budget panel decided to add back nearly 400 slots for elderly Nevadans who can qualify for government-funded home care and community programs, rejecting
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Medical negligence bill advances
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- The Nevada Assembly has passed a bill that would allow for greater lawsuit awards as a result of gross negligence by doctors...
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Nevada lawmakers face another deadline, OK about 80 measures
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada legislators voted Monday for about 80 measures, on subjects ranging from identity theft to sex traffickers, in efforts to meet another deadline and keep the bills from ending up on the 2009 session's scrap heap...
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State bug bill whizzes along to Assembly
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada lawmakers got a much-needed break from discussing major budget woes on Monday, advancing a...
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Nevada Legislature face another big deadline
CARSON CITY (AP) -- Nevada lawmakers face another big deadline in the 12th week of their 2009 session, which starts Monday, with most...
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Nevada Senate passes bill that eases voter-approved smoking ban
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- A bill that would ease the terms of a voter-approved measure that banned smoking in many Nevada bars and other public places was approved on a 14-5 vote Friday in the state Senate...
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Nevada lawmakers endorse bill to help promote plug-in hybrid cars
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- A Nevada Senate panel voted Thursday for a measure that would help to promote plug-in hybrid cars by letting them use car pool highway lanes even if only one person is in the vehicle...
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Nevada Senate passes toll road bill
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- The Nevada Senate passed a bill to establish framework for toll road construction in Nevada.
There were 15 votes cast in favor of SB206, and six against. All nine Republican
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Lawmakers discuss higher education cuts
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada lawmakers are discussing the higher education budget and say that if the state is not granted a waiver from federal requirements for getting stimulus money they would likely
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US Sen. Ensign speaks at Nevada Legislature
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., says that whoever surfaces as the top Republican challenger to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., will get his support and the race will
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New Senate bill would change pay structure in Nevada's nuclear dump office
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- A new Nevada Senate bill would change te salary structure in the state Agency for Nuclear Projects, which has led the fight against federal plans for a radioactive waste dump
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Regent plan rejected
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- The state Senate voted along party lines to reject a measure that would have amended the Nevada Constitution to end direct elections of the state's university
system regents.
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