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2019 Legislature

Nevada gets small revenue boost from Economic Forum

CARSON CITY – A revised state revenue forecast gives lawmakers $42.8 million more to work with for the two-year budget cycle that begins in July, a nominal increase equal to 0.3 percent of general fund state spending through mid-2021.

Nevada bill targets elected officials engaged in harassment

Local elected officials could be removed from office for on-the-job sexual harassment under a bill heard Monday by an Assembly committee – a measure aimed at one embattled county sheriff who has retained his elected post despite numerous complaints.

Nevada gun control legislation returns to Carson City

Gun control legislation, which made its first appearance early in this legislative session, returns to the Legislature first thing this week with two bills set to be heard before a joint Senate-Assembly committee hearing Monday.