By Ryan Tarinelli Associated Press CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers are once again considering legislation to allow terminal patients to kill themselves with medication prescribed by a doctor. Republican lawmakers on Monday raised questions over patient safeguards and patient competency and coercion, among other specifics in the Democrat-backed legislation. The measure, … [Read more...]
Democrats list top legislative policy priorities in ‘Blueprint’
By Riley Snyder and Megan Messerly The Nevada Independent Nevada’s Democratic legislative leaders are vowing to increase the minimum wage, tackle surprise emergency room bills and ban for-profit, private prisons this session with the help of the state’s first Democratic governor in two decades. Those promises came in the form of the third iteration of the “Nevada … [Read more...]
Democrats urge bipartisanship, outline priorities as historic female-majority Legislature gets underway
By Megan Messerly, Michelle Rindels and Riley Snyder The Nevada Independent Lawmakers kicked off a historic 2019 legislative session with promises to act civilly and defy the political gridlock of Washington, D.C. — a marked contrast to the partisan lines in the sand drawn on opening day last session. During largely ceremonial activities in the snowy capital of Carson … [Read more...]
Give state revenue windfall back to those who created it
Riddle: What is the difference between the Nevada Legislature and a drunken sailor? Answer: Eventually the drunken sailor sobers up. The Economic Forum, which is tasked with estimating state general fund revenues so lawmakers can dodge blame for overestimating, has found a few million more coins in between the couch cushions — $96 million more in the coming biennium and a … [Read more...]