Provides the latest RSS feeds for Reno News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The Las Vegas News.net http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/cat/bc9f1091e6c70d36/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 01:22:00 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:22:00 -0400 30 Nevada Assemblyman James Healey, D-Las Vegas, speaks about his former partner who died in an accident in 2010, during an Assembly floor debate on gay marriage at the Legislative Building, in Carson City on Thursday, May 23, 2013. The Assembly voted 27-14 in favor of repealing the language in the Nevada Constitution that defines marriage as between a man and a woman, giving voters a chance to ... http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214727739/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:56:44 -0400 http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214727739/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 CARSON CITY -- Republicans on Thursday blasted an amended construction defects bill whose Democratic sponsor admitted will bring little help to the economically devastated construction industry. "You are correct, not everyone is happy," said Assembly Minority Leader Pat Hickey, R-Las Vegas, after listening to Democrat Richard "Skip" Daly of Sparks discuss Assembly Bill 367. ... http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214726418/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:44:23 -0400 http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214726418/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Thursday, May 23, 2013 | 2:37 p.m. Gas prices could increase statewide under a bill that received strong support today from lawmakers and business groups. The gas tax increases would begin later this year in Clark County, if the Clark County Commission approves tethering various gas taxes to a certain measure of the inflation rate. So as the price of goods balloons, so, too, does the gas tax. ... http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214726420/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:44:20 -0400 http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214726420/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 NEW YORK -- The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report. All states but West Virginia and North Dakota showed significant drops over five years. But the Mountain States of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah saw rates fall by 30 ... http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214724960/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:47 -0400 http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214724960/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 voted 27-14 to approve a constitutional amendment that would repeal the 2002 amendment banning same-sex marriage. Combined with the Senate approval from April, this completes the amendment’s first phase of approval. Both chambers must approve the measure a second time during 2015 legislative session, following which it will be advanced to the ballot in November, 2016. Unless a ... http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214725120/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:20:56 -0400 http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214725120/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Marc Johnson announced that the field at the university’s Mackay Stadium would bear Ault’s name going forward. So, officially, it’s now Chris Ault Field at Mackay Stadium. ';I was always blessed at this University but my biggest blessing was always my family,'; Ault said at the presser. ';Though there is only one name on the field, I’m hoping it reflects a ... http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214723656/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:16:57 -0400 http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214723656/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore inspects the product and learns about the different uses for and varieties of marijuana during a trip to a dispensary in Arizona on Friday, March 22, ... http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214723016/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:16:05 -0400 http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214723016/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 CARSON CITY -- A bill that would offer tax credits to companies that film in Nevada won approval Thursday from a Senate committee, but it was amended to make it a four-year pilot program and limit the incentives to $20 million per year. Senate Bill 165, sponsored by Sen. Aaron Ford, D-Las Vegas, would offer a variety of credits, including for employee salaries and benefits. It originally proposed ... http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214722040/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:08 -0400 http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214722040/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Health officials say they traced a salmonella outbreak that sickened nearly 300 people to cooked chorizo sausage served at a Las Vegas restaurant. A report released Wednesday by the Southern Nevada Health District said the salmonella contamination likely occurred at the Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar, not where the sausage was produced, the Las Vegas Sun reported. "[There is] a small ... http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214721275/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:24:55 -0400 http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214721275/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 A federal judge in Reno Thursday temporarily halted the trial of Harvey Whittemore, shown here in April in Las Vegas, after being told that a juror may have made an inflammatory comment about the ... http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214720406/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:41:36 -0400 http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214720406/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Western Nevada College (WNC) had unique Multi-faith Baccalaureate Service on May 20 in Carson City (USA), first in its 41 plus years of ... http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214711820/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:25:46 -0400 http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214711820/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 letter to the editor . /inline-content --> Last October, a young woman in Milwaukee named Zina Daniel filed a domestic violence restraining order against her husband. This barred him from obtaining a firearm under federal law, but several days later, he did just that, purchasing a Glock semiautomatic handgun online from a private seller who was not required to conduct a background check. The ... http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214710846/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:17:44 -0400 http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214710846/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 WASHINGTON -- It was a down year for the alfalfa farm owned in Nevada by Sen. Dean Heller. Heller reported $13,545 in hay sales off the family property in Smith Valley in 2012, a drop from $34,110 the year before. A financial disclosure report the Nevada Republican filed with the U.S. Senate this month suggested in a notation the "Heller Hay Farm" had a loss for 2012. The senator's ... http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214704628/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:20:02 -0400 http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214704628/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 CARSON CITY - In a party line vote following an emotional floor debate, the Nevada Senate today passed a measure that would expand background check requirements to private party firearm sales. Senators on both sides of the issue recounted stories of family members killed by a gun as they argued the merits of closing the background check loophole. A cadre of survivors and family members of ... http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214701132/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:51:53 -0400 http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214701132/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 CARSON CITY -- A bill requiring background checks for private sale gun purchases won approval Wednesday in the Senate on an 11-10 party-line vote. It now goes to the Assembly where Democrats have a 27-15 majority. The vote to pass Senate Bill 221 did not come before Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, attempted to amend the measure to eliminate the requirement that private gun ... http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214701023/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:51:48 -0400 http://www.thelasvegasnews.net/index.php/sid/214701023/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36