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New Assembly bill offers option to choose schools
A new Nevada Assembly bill would enable parents to send their children to the public school of their choice, but lawmakers would have to come up with the bus fare.
Friday May 17 | Reno Gazette-Journal
Measures to be introduced requesting more than $88M
Bills requesting more than $88 million in supplemental and one-shot appropriations -- some of them not included in the governor's proposed budget -- are being introduced in the Nevada Legislature this week.
Democrats abandon pledge, seek to raise and make permanent tax on employment
Democrats in the Nevada Senate introduced legislation today to raise taxes on private-sector payrolls throughout the state and use the revenue to fund early-childhood education programs.
With time running out, Democrats' tax plans spark partisan firefight
Nevada Sen. Michael Roberson, R-Henderson, speaks out against a Democratic redistricting plan during debate on the Senate floor Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at the Legislature in Carson City, Nev.
Elaine Wynn bemoans state of education in Nevada, lobbies for national search for new superintendent
Elaine Wynn chats with Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Klaich after speaking at Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce Business Power Luncheon at the Rio Wednesday, May 8, 2013.
Crises are seized or surrendered
While covering the ongoing news over the busing of mental patients out of Nevada by a state hospital, I called former Nevada governor Richard Bryan to interview him on the impact these kinds of disputes have on the state's ability to attract news businesses.
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons said Monday that the Mexican government has offered to pay health-care costs of Mexican nationals residing in Nevada.
Ray Hagar: GOP Sen. Kieckhefer explains his 3 'progressive' votes at Legislature
Kieckhefer, a former reporter at the Reno Gazette-Journal and press secretary to Gov.
Elections Morning Digest: How much lower can Tom Corbett go?
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Meet the man in charge of Nevada's online gaming laws
Spirits, a series of questions regarding the establishment, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011.
In 1954, Colliers magazine contrasted the glitter of Nevada casinos with the misery of some of the state's citizens.
Nevada Dem made 'impulse decision' to come out
When Nevada state Sen. Kelvin Atkinson entered a floor debate Monday over a legislative effort to repeal the state's same-sex marriage ban, he had no idea he'd be waking up the next morning with his name in national headlines.
Senate gets it right on same-sex marriage
When the vote was cast, Senate Joint Resolution 13 -- a repeal of Nevada's constitutional ban against same-sex marriage -- passed 12-9 on a near-split down the party line.