By Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal The Nevada Senate passed a bill that would pave the way for new school construction across the state Monday, while ending Nevada’s long-standing practice of paying prevailing wages on state-sponsored construction projects. The bill, Senate Bill 119, would allow an extension of bond rollover funds from property taxes for school […]
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By Associated Press Nevada lawmakers reviewed a bill Monday that would allow people to bring their dogs with them into taverns and saloons, but it got a less-than-cuddly response from health officials concerned about slobber and dog hair in cocktails. The Senate Government Affairs Committee discussed SB105 on Monday, which is sponsored by Sen. James […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tahoe Transportation District officials are in Washington, D.C., this week on a mission to convince lawmakers to pass the federal transportation bill that would bring money to the Lake Tahoe Basin. The Trans-Sierra Transportation Plan and Coalition is a loose coalition of six California jurisdictions and five from Nevada that have an […]
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By Joan Lowy, AP WASHINGTON — Drone on, the government says. Just not through the night sky. Or close to an airport. Or out of the operator’s sight. And probably not winging its way with a pizza or package, any time soon. Long-anticipated rules proposed Sunday will open an era in which small (under 55 […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee California water agencies are on track to satisfy a state mandate to reduce water consumption 20 percent by 2020. But according to their own projections, that savings won’t be enough to keep up with population growth just a decade later. A 2009 state law requires urban water agencies to reduce […]
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By CNNMoney It’s been a year since Colorado became the first state in the nation to allow people to sell and buy pot legally in January 2014. And the state took in $53 million in tax revenue as a result. Colorado made pot legal for everyone, not just medical patients, but it also slapped a […]
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By Steve Tetreault, Las Vegas Review Journal WASHINGTON — A Nevada bill submitted to Congress on Thursday would realign federal lands in Douglas County, opening some for development while creating a 12,330-acre scenic wilderness. The measure would designate the Burbank Canyons Wilderness in the Pine Nut Mountains northwest of Wellington. The area of three deep […]
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The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency wants Nevada to spend $75,000 in the next two years to protect Lake Tahoe from invasive aquatic species. TRPA Executive Director Joanne Marchetta on Feb. 13 told lawmakers that the program costs $1.5 million, with the feds and California helping to pay for the program. Fees from boaters account for […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal The American Gaming Association will launch a national initiative in conjunction with the 2016 presidential campaign aimed at showing the industry’s economic benefits to candidates for the nation’s highest office. The effort, dubbed “Gaming Votes,” is twofold — to educate casino industry employees, vendors and other stakeholders on candidate […]
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By KXTV You won’t find cigarettes and tobacco chew on the store shelves of Raley’s, Bel Air and Nob Hill Foods by the end of February, according to Raley’s. The West Sacramento-based grocery store chain has made the decision to cease sales of tobacco products to promote health and wellness. According to Raley’s public affairs director […]
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