Topic: John Oceguera

The hour was well after midnight on the penultimate day of the legislative session. Rank-and-file Republican lawmakers had just taken their first look at the bill on collective bargaining born of the budget negotiations among legislative leaders from both parties and Gov. ...

Construction defect bill dies - again

Readers weigh inCARSON CITY - As a freshman in the minority party, Assemblyman Ira Hansen, R-Sparks, wasn't invited to Monday's late-night budget negotiations between legislative leaders and the governor.But that didn't prevent him from pacing outside Gov. Brian Sandoval's office in the ...

Two Democrats, two budget retorts

When Gov. Brian Sandoval delivered his budget to lawmakers, the two men leading the Democratic majority in the Legislature had vastly different reactions.In his first major act as incoming speaker, Assemblyman John Oceguera, D-Las Vegas, struck a conciliatory tone in response to ...