Senate getting down to business
CARSON CITY -- The state Senate actually got back to business tonight as lawmakers got a real glimpse of a possible adjournment. The Senate even dispensed with the ludricous practice of walking dow...
Buckley recessing Assembly
CARSON CITY – Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley is recessing her house with the hope that the special session's business will be completed within an hour. The Assembly finished its business ap... Senate partisan fight continues
CARSON CITY – The Senate kept the partisan rancor at a fever pitch this evening, with a third straight vote on Democratic-Republican lines. The latest vote came on the actual plan to reduce t...
Raggio flip-flopping?
Perhaps Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio has caught the flip-flopping bug from the governor. Moments before walking into a committee meeting, Raggio told reporters he intended to process Assembly...
The Power of One
CARSON CITY – If there was any ever proof that one vote in a house can matter, a dust-up between Democrats and Republicans over a surprise amendment in the Senate provides it perfectly. Senat...
Lobbyists taking it easy
CARSON CITY -- Unlike the scene at a regular session of the Legislature, in which lobbyists are often seen parsing every word in a bill, the lobbying corps assembled for the 24th special session was...
Shuffling the deck chairs
The turmoil continues in the governor's office as the rumored staff shake-up has finally been announced. Both "chiefs of staff" Mike Dayton and Diane Cornwall are gone, leading to the elevat...
Assembly approve Senate bill
The Assembly has approved a Senate bill draining the state's so-called rainy-day fund and reverting the estimated $276 million to the state's general fund. "It's raining and storming," re...
Assembly on a roll
The Assembly has passed two more measures. Assembly Bill 3 transfers $19.8 million from a variety of different accounts into the state's general fund. Assembly Bill 4 revises the list of preferred...
Tracking Changes
CARSON CITY – It’s sometimes hard to keep track of the political changes since the Legislature adjourned last year. Sen. Dina Titus, for example, is no longer leading the Democrats in t...
Assembly is on fire
CARSON CITY – The Assembly is blistering through its business with rapid public hearings on several measures. Assembly Bill 1 transfers $36 million from the Interim Finance Committee to the g...
No partisan problems -- everyone mad at Gibbons
CARSON CITY – Any partisan strife typical between the two houses of the Legislature evaporated this morning thanks to a common target of both Senate and Assembly ire. Gov. Jim Gibbons may just h...
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