retirement

The Senate and Assembly money committees on Friday both approved the operating budget for the Public Employees Retirement System.The decision includes adding a General Counsel for PERS to begin handling litigation in-...

Pres. Barack Obama stopped by the set of the “Late Show with David Letterman” Monday night, for his eighth and what is expected to be his final guest appearance....

The Nevada Senate on Monday voted unanimously to approve a bill making major changes to the Public Employee Retirement System, including reducing the annual credit toward retirement from 2.5 percent of salary to 2.25 ...

The Nevada Division of Tourism, also known as TravelNevada, recognized outstanding members of the state’s rural tourism industry Thursday, April 16 at the VolunTourism Awards dinner at the Carson Valley Inn. The annual event was part of the state’s 25th Rural Roundup tourism conference.

A Republican-backed bill that would significantly change the Nevada Public Employees' Retirement System got a closer review Wednesday from a legislative money committee, as rooms nearly full of opponents looked on. The Assembly Ways and Means Committee combed ......

A Wall Street Journal article reminded me of the need to look at our lives and our activities with a little different focus. These three questions may help you set your financial priorities:

First, imagine you have enough money to satisfy all your needs-how would you change your life? Maybe you have some hobbies you would like to do? Many folks say they would work less and some think they might quit their jobs. It is sort of a “if you won the lottery, what would you do then?

A state lawmaker pushing for major changes to the state public employee retirement plan told a committee on Wednesday that long-term workers would actually do better under his proposal than with the current defined benefit pension plan....

Panel OKs bill allowing governments to not work with unionsA Nevada committee has passed two Republican-backed bills affecting public employee retirement payouts and allowing local governments to opt out of collecti...

The Public Employees Retirement System board on Wednesday voted to take a neutral stance on most of the legislative bills aimed at changing the rules for state and other public workers.Executive Director Tina Leiss sa...

My first choice for this month's topic had to do with "April Fools" jokes. You know? Harry Reid speaking to the Nevada Legislature on April 1. My warped mind went crazy with all the things I could say about that. Then Harry announced his retirement.

If he had announced it on April 1, this month's column probably would have been devoted to having as much fun with that as possible. Oh well, now Harry is "old news" so time to go to the other topic that has been bouncing around the cobwebs of my brain.

Hookers love Harry Reid for getting them health care, and for fighting for their “pan-sexual desires,” so they’re offering to host his retirement party....

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller on Wednesday played down any notion that Nevada might suffer much from a loss of political power when U.S. Sen. Harry Reid retires....

A Pahrump brothel has offered to host U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s retirement party. Sheri’s Ranch, 60 miles west of Las Vegas, says several of the senator’s accomplishments have directly improved the lives of Nevada’s legal sex workers and thanked Reid for ......

The Nevada State Law Enforcement Officers’ Association is withdrawing its endorsement of Assemblyman Randy Kirner, provided to him in March of 2014.

In a letter to Assemblyman Kirner dated March 31, 2015, NSLEOA President Sean Giurlani stated:

Public employees lined up in the Assembly Government Affairs Committee on Monday to protest legislation the author conceded is designed to save money by reducing the average employee retirement check.Assemblyman Glenn...

A recent Tax Court case, McCarthy v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2015-50 is an illustration of how it is easy to be confused about retirement benefits and taxation of some Social Security benefits.

The taxpayers are a married couple. She was a retired nurse with state retirement benefits. He worked for wages that were subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes. He got Social Security benefits of $19,132 from his earnings history. They were both age 82 and lived in Ohio.

When Sen. Harry Reid elaborated on his decision to retire, the confusion really began. His attempt to choreograph the media reaction wound up raising more questions than it answered....

Public employees lined up in the Assembly Government Affairs Committee on Monday to protest legislation the author conceded is designed to save money by reducing the average employee retirement check.Assemblyman Glenn...

Bills seeking modest changes to the state public employees retirement system to reduce the cost of pension benefits for new hires were debated at length Monday in a legislative hearing....

Earlier this month, Assemblyman Glenn Trowbridge, R-Las Vegas, introduced AB312, a bill that will reform the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) by increasing the age a person could receive full retirement benef...

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said Friday he won’t seek re-election in 2016. Officials reacted to the Senate Democratic leader’s announcement he’s retiring after five terms: ••• “Harry Reid is a fighter. In his five...

Sen. Harry Reid’s retirement raises questions about the future of the powerful political organization he has used to keep an iron grip on the Nevada Democratic Party for a decade....

Sen. Harry Reid's retirement leaves a decade-long vacuum in Nevada politics, and politicos immediately turned to who would replace him. Among the possibilities were ......

Sen. Harry Reid's announcement that he would not seek reelection in 2017 after 3 terms in the Senate triggered these reactions:...

Especially older adults have a choice to consider, rent or own a home? Like most questions, it gets answered with more questions.
Do you want to stay in your home in retirement or do you want to move? If you stay, what will it cost for property taxes, insurance, maintenance, repairs and utilities? Will that total housing cost be easy or difficult to pay on the retirement income?

Allstate Insurance Company is proud to announce the new ownership of Sierra West Insurance in Carson City, which is independently owned and operated by Brock Nyborg.

"We are thrilled to help Carson City residents protect what matters most to them," Nyborg said. "As a full-service insurance agency, we are a one-stop-shop for insurance and financial needs."

Hundreds of union members rallied in front of the Nevada Legislature on Thursday to protest Republican efforts to curb collective bargaining and push public employee retirement reforms....

The Assembly Government Affairs Committee today sidestepped taking a stand on a controversial bill to launch a slimmed-down retirement system for future ......

A bill seeking to change the public employees retirement system for future hires by switching to a mostly defined-contribution plan was passed out of a Nevada Assembly committee on Wednesday on a split vote with no recommendation....

A bill seeking to change Nevada’s public employees retirement system for future hires by switching to a mostly defined-contribution plan has a hefty price tag in the neighborhood of $800 million a year, according to a fiscal note submitted for the measure....