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Nevada GOP says honor those who died in battle by killing background check bill
The Nevada Republican Party early Saturday morning added to the chorus of dissenters to state Sen. Justin Jonss' background checks bill.
Coalition of sportsmen unloads on gun control bill
UPDATE: This came out shortly after the original-- whoops:
Democrats kill sex ed bill out of political fear
As Senate Democrats entombed a sex-ed bill Friday that every Assembly Democrat voted for last month, their explanation to angry progressives seemed to be: “Don’t criticize us for this. We voted for putting gay marriage in the Constitution. Isn’t that enough for you people?”
Lawmakers move to gut bill, keep corruption gravy train going
On Deadline Day in the capital, lawmakers burned up Twitter congratulating themselves for their bills passing and thanking colleagues for their support.
Lawmakers want to carve out special protections for themselves to hide gifts
Legislators want to be able to take gifts from special interests and lobbyists and then hide them, according to an amendment to an already gutted campaign transparency bill. Yes, you read that right. The amendment mysteriously is not on the legislative web site, but I have obtained it ( put in by Assembly panel on Friday) and attached the relevant parts here.
Uncertain road led to mining tax resolution passage; uncertain road lies ahead, too
UPDATED WITH COMMENT ON PASSAGE FROM GOV. BRIAN SANDOVAL: From spokeswoman: "SJR 15 does not come to the Governor and he’s stated that he is opposed to increased mining taxes."
Everything that is new is old in Carson City
There are no new tax debates in Carson City. Some go back decades. Click on the attached, 20-year-old newspaper clip and find: 1. The gaming industry and the Live Entertainment Tax fight is not new. 2. The battle between good policy and money-scavenging by lawmakers is not new. 3. The effort by the gaming industry (like any other industry) to escape taxation is not new. 4. The debate over loopholes in the Live Entertainment Tax is not new. 5. The jobs may have changed, but the faces (Bill Bible, Mike Sloan) are not new.
The Session That Might Have Been
It has to be about more than caring. As state Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis emoted and state Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson fulminated, and a chorus of colleagues chimed in with discordant, self-serving notes, the sound I heard was the music of “Taps.”
Roberson, three others recommended school board hire supe they hired
The letter was sent Monday, a day before the Clark County School Board made Pat Skorkowsky the new district superintendent. It came on the official stationery of state Senate Michael Roberson, but had three other lawmakers signed on, too: Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, Ways and Means Chairwoman Maggie Carlton and Assistant Assembly Minority Leader Cresent Hardy. A bipartisan, southern letter of rec! How could the school board turn them down?