Adjutant General Bill Burks says unless Congress and President Barack Obama find a way around sequestration’s cuts, 582 of his civilian technicians will suffer the 20 percent/day-a-week furloughs.

The majority of those technicians, he said are in the northern part of the state. The Army National guard has 259 of …

Anyone held for a psychological evaluation would be barred from purchasing a firearm under a bill introduced Friday by Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, R-Reno.

Senate Bill 277 has a narrower focus than the bill introduced by Sen. Justin Jones, D-Las Vegas, which would also mandate universal background checks for all transfers …

A plan to improve and expand social services in Nevada’s rural areas was presented Friday to lawmakers by The Division of Child and Family Services.

Administrator Amber Howell told a joint session of the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees that includes adding four family support positions and …

Sen. Justin Jones, D-Las Vegas, told fellow members of Health and Human Services on Thursday Senate Bill 221 would make it harder for the mentally ill to get guns and make mental health professionals report when a client makes threats.

He said the bill would make courts report to the …

Sparks Democrat Skip Daly’s plan changing property tax to help local governments drew opposition Tuesday as further complicating an overly complex tax system.

“I’m trying to look for a way to help cities and counties,” he told the Assembly Taxation Committee. “It’s designed to help those entities providing services closest …

The Board of Examiners on Tuesday approved $2.37 million in state funds to start the Office of Economic Development’s first Center for Excellence, emphasizing the university system’s expertise in water.

An additional $1.43 million from the Desert Research Institute brings the total value of the contract to $3.8 million.

The …

Assembly Minority Leader Pat Hickey, R-Reno, is calling for legislation establishing a two-year cooling-off period for lawmakers before they can become paid lobbyists.

Thirty-four states have enacted similar legislation, he said.

“This bill will help prevent the revolving-door practice of parlaying legislative clout into lobbying prowess,” he said of AB77. …