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The Washoe school tax bill, AB46, passed out of the Assembly Ways & Means Committee Thursday morning on a party-line vote, 10-5. The measure, which would raise property taxes by 5 cents per $100 of value and sales tax by 0.25 percent in Washoe County, now goes to the Assembly floor.

John Barrette / Nevada Appeal Andrew Edlefsen, standing, from the Las Vegas office of the U.S. Commerce Department commercial services division, and Robert Francis, far left, of Core4Consultants in Reno, discussed manufacturing and exporting during Wednesday morning's Northern Nevada Development Authority breakfast meeting .

Shannon Litz / Nevada Appeal Rachel Andersen talks about the International Harvester 300 Utility she re-built for her senior project Wednesday at Carson High School.

Last October, a young woman in Milwaukee named Zina Daniel filed a domestic violence restraining order against her husband.

A Carson City man was sentenced to two to six years in prison on one count of home invasion and one count of subordination of perjury Tuesday morning in district court.

Carson City The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All suspects are innocent until proved guilty in court: MONDAY a 9:06 a.m.: Tanya Farinacci, 26, of Carson City was arrested at the Carson City Jail after turning herself in on a domestic battery warrant.

COURTESY This Cobra helicopter is part of the Cactus Air Force fleet of military aircraft and vehicles that will become part of displays at the Wings and Vehicle Museum planned for the Carson City Airport.

Clark County students experience some the largest classes in the country. Although the overcrowding is expected to decrease by one or two students next year, the vast majority of kids won't see any significant change.

For Neil Heslin, a construction worker from Newtown, Conn., it's not difficult to talk about his brave and loving son, Jesse.

With two weeks remaining in the Legislature, the Washoe County delegation of state lawmakers is not showing a unified front on the Washoe school tax bill.

Carson City The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All suspects are innocent until proved guilty in court: THURSDAY a 1:20 p.m.: A 27-year-old Fallon woman was arrested at the Carson City Jail on a Carson violation-of-a-suspended-sentence warrant after being transported from Churchill County.

Though it was overshadowed by capital spending issues, Carson City government's no-tax-hike general fund budget of nearly $60 million won approval Monday.

Nevada's state Senate on Monday, May 20, approved creating special identification cards that will serve as de factor driver's licenses for people living in the state illegally, The Associated Press reported.

Nevada lawmakers today will consider a bill that will mandate ward-only city council elections in Reno and in Sparks.

An Assembly committee has passed a bill to establish ward-only in four Nevada cities.

This weekend you can help an organization that sends local World War II veterans to Washington, D.C. to see the monuments built in their honor.

As the Legislature rushes to close its business in the final two weeks of its session, lawmakers and Gov.

Sally Roberts / Nevada Appeal Adriana Castellanos paints a Scooby Doo face on Jayden White Saturday during the Cops and Kids Sheriff's Open House.

Jim Grant / Nevada Appeal Jeff Resler, center, led the National Guard team members, from left, Erick Studenicka, Mike Getten, Vince Carlese, Clayton Chappell, Tom McElroy and Roy Hellen in the annual Bike to Work Week.

Because life works backward, particularly when you look at it askance, this year's fashioning of next year's Carson City budget is a bit like lines from an epic poem.