A new internal state audit raps the Department of Corrections for overcharging prisoners on supplies and medical co-pays, high overtime costs during the pandemic, and lax oversight on how it assigns state-owned vehicles to staff.
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The measures require 141,000 valid signatures before they can be placed on the November ballot.
Republican Adam Laxalt warns that the left is taking over all American institutions, but says his election can stop the trend.
The first day of October will see 46 new laws take effect, including those protecting distinctive hairstyles from discrimination, withholding casino winnings from people who owe child support and the authorization of marijuana consumption lounges.
The former assemblywoman boasts backing from state Sen. Dina Neal, Controller Catherine Byrne and Nevada NOW President Jeri Burton.
A Douglas County town and regional Native American tribe have announced a “collaborative agreement” that will allow the sounding of the town’s one-time racist municipal siren, a signal since recast as a latter-day tribute to first responders.
Lawmakers passed some 565 bills in the 2021 session, from expanding voting procedures and decriminalizing speeding tickets to banning certain types of weapons without serial numbers and raising taxes on the mining industry to fund education.
Rival Republican and Democratic views on voting in America clashed in a legislative committee Thursday over a bill to make mail-in balloting the permanent and predominant method of voting in Nevada.
The Nevada Legislature convened for its 81st regular session Monday, kicking off its biennial 120-day session slowly in a legislative building still shuttered due to the COVID-19 threat.
Businesses in Clark and Washoe counties that faithfully comply with COVID-19 guidelines would be immune from legal liability from employees who get sick under a bill that moved ahead early Tuesday in the Senate.
Two police reform bills, one each in the Senate and Assembly, moved forward Saturday in spite of public reaction that ranged from only tepid support to blistering opposition, mostly from progressive interests who wanted lawmakers to do more.
Lawmakers worked into early Sunday morning on competing proposals to raise the state’s mining industry taxes, with the Senate passing one measure and the Assembly passing three on mostly party line votes.
With Nevada pausing in its COVID-19 recovery plan through July amid rising rates of infection and illness, the state on Wednesday announced a new push to fight the disease through targeted outreach and intervention.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Monday night responded to President Donald Trump hours after the president said many governors were weak in dealing with Black Lives Matter protesters.
Nevada will vastly expand its COVID-19 testing and contact tracing abilities under a framework announced Monday by Gov. Steve Sisolak, an effort funded by federal dollars.
The state Aging and Disability Services Division has set up a new website to help senior Nevadans and their caregivers find resources in the face of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Gov. Steve Sisolak issued a statewide stay-at-home order for Nevada’s 3 million residents Wednesday, and late in the day also activated the state National Guard.
