Feds must step in to fix U.S. problem with soaring prescription drug costs, Cancela says
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers State Sen. Yvanna Cancela, D-Las Vegas, has earned a reputation at the Nevada Legislature as
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Raising gaming tax not discussed for boosting education funding, Senate Majority Leader says
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers The Nevada Legislature will seek to increase funding for education with a two-pronged approach —
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New Nevada school funding plan does not include new money, may be harmful to rurals, head of teachers’ union says
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers Ruben Murillo, president of the Nevada State Education Association, was not pleased after he was
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Yeager leads quest at Legislature to overhaul Nevada’s criminal justice system
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers Assemblyman Steve Yeager, D-Las Vegas, is trying to overhaul the Nevada criminal justice system in
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Tolles wants Legislature to take ‘holistic approach’ to minimum-wage debate
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers Assemblywoman Jill Tolles, R-Reno, said she understands the push by the Democratic majority at the
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Mining merger in Nevada could mean job losses, dip in rural economy, leading state senator says
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers The merger of the local assets of Nevada’s two largest gold-mining companies — Barrick Gold
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Hardy’s bill to ban Nevada’s legal brothels gets pushback from industry workers
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers A proposal to ban legal brothels in rural Nevada by a state senator from Clark
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Rural, Northern concerns not being heard at Legislature, Assembly GOP leader says
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers The voice of rural Nevada is not being heard at the Legislature, Assembly Minority Leader
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Washoe DA critical of Legislature for proposals to change drug trafficking law, abolish private prisons
By Ray Hagar / Nevada Newsmakers Washoe County District Attorney Chris Hicks is wary of the “criminal justice reform” being
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Medicaid for many? Assembly Democrats will consider new health-care plan in 2019 Legislature, Frierson says
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers A bill that would let Nevadans buy into a state-sponsored Medicaid-style health insurance plan could
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