— by Megan Slack, August 01, 2013 America has always been a nation of immigrants, and throughout the nation’s history, immigrants from around the globe have kept our workforce vibrant, our businesses on the cutting edge, and helped to build the greatest
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Hello, I am Sen. Mo Denis, majority leader of the Nevada State Senate. I appreciate the opportunity to give the response to Gov. Sandoval’s State of the State speech. On behalf of Speaker (Marilyn) Kirkpatrick and myself, I wish to welcome the
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Madam Speaker, Mr. President, distinguished members of the Legislature, honorable justices of the Supreme Court, constitutional officers, Sen. (Dean) Heller, honored guests … My fellow Nevadans: For nearly 150 years, governors before me have stood in front of this body and delivered
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From Steven Horsford, NV Senate Majority Leader: Since the start of the legislative session in February, we’ve heard weeks and weeks of testimony about how to fix the state’s budget. Today, the Democratic leadership introduced a budget approach that makes the fundamental
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Of late, we’ve all been hearing how Nevada doesn’t have money for this and Nevada doesn’t have money for that. We all have to tighten our belts and share in the sacrifice. Well, that is, unless you’re a hungry legislator. It appears
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With the rules changed to allow pre-filing of proposed legislation, the 120-day session will start with a full trough. 128 Assembly bills have been pre-filed and 125 Senate bills have already been pre-filed. All those bills be introduced in the few days
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