McKenna Ross joined the Review-Journal in June 2021 and previously covered gaming and tourism and Southern Nevada's nonprofit sector for the newspaper. Before moving to Nevada, she reported for MLive, a Michigan news site, and interned at publications in Michigan, Oregon and Florida. McKenna is a graduate of Michigan State University and a 2021-2024 Report for America corps member. When she's not working, she's either reading or hiking Southern Nevada trails with her dog.
Sen. Ira Hansen, R-Sparks, said lawmakers have been preparing a petition to amend the governor’s special session agenda in order to add legislation regulating corporate homeownership.
Two bills backed by Gov. Joe Lombardo have yet to be heard by the full Nevada Senate after five days of the special Legislative session.
Four bills have passed both chambers of the Nevada Legislature and could soon be signed by the governor as a special legislative session enters its fourth day on Sunday.
The proposal followed the funding lapse in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, during the federal government shutdown. Senate Democrats said they wanted to create a similar system run by the state in case of future funding lapses.
Gov. Joe Lombardo called the special session to address more than a dozen different pieces of legislation. The most talked about bills have included an effort to attract the film industry to Southern Nevada and the governor’s widesweeping crime bill.
A special session of the Nevada Legislature started with dramatics on Thursday when call to remove a bill proposing increased tax breaks for the film industry from consideration resulted in a tie vote.
Nevada lawmakers return for a special session Thursday to address unfinished bills and urgent issues in Carson City, including a controversial film tax credit program.
As politicos prepare to reconvene as soon as Thursday, there remains a level of uncertainty about what exactly will be on the agenda until the official proclamation comes.
The activity comes as the agenda for the special legislative session, which could start Thursday, is still being finalized.
As families worry about rising costs in other areas of the household budget, parents of young children have to contend with additional care costs.
The “threat actor” who conducted a ransomware attack on the state of Nevada was in the government’s computer systems as early as three months before, the state revealed in an after-action report released Wednesday.
Almost 200,000 households in Nevada received partial food assistance benefits Wednesday, four days after a lapse in federal funding delayed SNAP benefit payments across the country.
Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen said the delegation needs President Trump to commit to not resuming explosive nuclear testing, particularly in Nevada.
“It has never quite met the promise of what it has been stated to give,” Georgia lawmaker Marvin Lim said in a Monday afternoon webinar.
It’s unclear what kinds of tests he ordered and how Nevada — home of the nation’s nuclear stockpile — would be affected.
