Laws tie moving companies in red tape

By   /  February 25, 2013  /  Issues, Kentucky, Missouri, National, National News, Nevada, News, Power Abuse, State Government  /  1 Comment

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By Eric Boehm | Watchdog.org
HARRISBURG, Pa. – In 2004, Maurice Underwood was just a man with a van.
When he made the decision to start his own moving company, Underwood was running an established small business in Reno, Nev., providing home cleaning services.  A moving business was a natural next step, he thought, after he noticed [...]

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NV: Campus carry bill back for 2013 session

By   /  December 12, 2012  /  Nevada, News  /  No Comments

CAMPUS CARRY: Nevada lawmakers are expected to address the issue again in 2013.

By Sean Whaley | Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – A newly elected Republican state lawmaker plans to push forward with a bill next session to allow students and others with permits to carry concealed weapons on the campuses of the Nevada System of Higher Education.
Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, R- Las Vegas, elected to Assembly District 4 in [...]

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NM: Senate Democrats select pro tem — for now

By   /  December 10, 2012  /  Nevada, News  /  No Comments

IN CHARGE: Pete Campos will lead the Nevada Senate, at least for a while.

By Rob Nikolewski | Capitol Report New Mexico
At the New Mexico Senate Democratic Party caucus on Sunday, Pete Campos was selected as president pro tem of the chamber to replace Sen. Tim Jennings, D-Roswell, who lost his re-election bid back in November.
But while Campos, who’s served in the state Senate for 21 years from Las Vegas, received the [...]

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NV: Democrats call on Sandoval to release budget data

By   /  December 6, 2012  /  Nevada, News  /  No Comments

BUDGET BLUES: Nevada Democrats are demanding Sandoval show his budget numbers.

By Sean Whaley | Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – The Nevada State Democratic Party on Wednesday said Gov. Brian Sandoval should immediately disclose state agency budget requests to the Legislature and public.
Some state lawmakers expressed concern at an Interim Finance Committee meeting in October that the Sandoval administration had not provided them with information about state [...]

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NV: Tax petition battle in hands of Supreme Court

By   /  December 6, 2012  /  Nevada, News  /  No Comments

THE NEVADA Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in the dispute and will rule later on the matter.

By Sean Whaley | Nevada News Bureau
LAS VEGAS – Attorneys for the teachers association and state business interests faced off before the Nevada Supreme Court on Wednesday over whether a proposed margins tax initiative petition has met legal requirements and so should be submitted to the 2013 Legislature.
A Carson City district court judge earlier this year said [...]

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