Updated: 6:49 PM The 2013 Nevada Legislature has adjourned, ending a four-month session that will be remembered for the expulsion of a troubled lawmaker, historic votes on gay marriage, gun control and unrealized ambitions of tax reform.
Updated: 6:39 AM Nevada lawmakers made short work on a late-session measure to settle a decade-long dispute and cement a $233 million settlement over taxation of free meals provided by casinos.
Updated: 11:06 PM The death toll from last week's storms near Oklahoma City is now 18. Among them a Lake Tahoe educator and veteran storm chaser who died chasing the science of extreme weather.
Updated: 6:55 PM A bill mandating universal background checks on all gun sales in Nevada is on its way to the governor's desk having cleared the Legislature.
Updated: 6:51 PM Just five days after becoming law, Brianna's law has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Even after signing the bill into law last week, Governor Sandoval wasn't sure, but hopeful the DNA legislation would hold up to Supreme Court scrutiny.
Updated: 12:34 PM Nevada lawmakers want to give medical marijuana users a legal way to obtain the drug 13 years after voters legalized medicinal pot in the state constitution.
Posted: 11:27 AM The Nevada Senate has given final legislative approval to a bill allowing Washoe County commissioners to raise taxes for school maintenance.
Updated: 7:01 PM Leaders at Lake Tahoe Community College are expressing their condolences to the family of Carl Young, who died chasing tornadoes in Oklahoma.
Updated: 8:46 AM Most of the five budget bills have cleared the first house in the Nevada Legislature, signaling the end of the 2013 legislative session is near.
Updated: 8:44 AM The Nevada Senate has approved a $2.5 billion public schools budget, bringing lawmakers closer to adjournment as they race toward a deadline to adjourn by midnight Monday.
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