Local government entities spent just over $3.75 million lobbying Nevada lawmakers in the just-concluded 2017 legislative session, a report released Wednesday by the Nevada Department of Taxation shows.
2017 Legislature
The Opportunity Scholarship program for low-income students, received a one-time $20 million infusion after Democratic and Republican legislators were unable to agree on funding for education savings accounts.
Gov. Brian Sandoval signed 33 bills into law and vetoed two bills on Monday, approving measures aimed at boosting school safety and creating a new state park.
One of the most costly and critical aspects of the Clark County School District’s reorganization now has funding — but won’t roll out until well beyond an August deadline for the overhaul.
The proposal by Sen. Tick Segerblom would also fund the expansion of Reno’s Nevada Museum of Art.
Marijuana social clubs are inching closer to reality at the Nevada Legislature, but some lawmakers are turning their nose up at the idea.
The controversial Education Savings Account program sought by Gov. Brian Sandoval and Republican lawmakers is now homeless.
A resolution stating the Nevada Legislature’s opposition to the construction of a high-level nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain won unanimous approval Friday from a Senate panel.
ESAs, paid sick leave and purchasing Medicaid are on today’s agenda in the Nevada Legislature.
A proposal in the Nevada Legislature would require cybersecurity plans for all critical infrastructure in the state.
Lounges, massages and brownie packaging were among the plethora of marijuana bills that took the first major step towards becoming Nevada by passing the Senate Judiciary committee on Friday.
Opponents of physician-assisted suicide denounced a Nevada legislative proposal Wednesday to allow doctors to prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients.
The Assembly Judiciary Committee on Wednesday heard several bills with the potential to affect the criminal justice system.
An amended version of a bill that would require testing on all sexual assault forensic examination kits received widespread support during an Assembly Judiciary Committee meeting Wednesday.
