Gov. Steve Sisolak signed bills Wednesday aimed at protecting patients with pre-existing conditions and helping them avoid high emergency-room bills for out-of-network hospitals.
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A bill that would have transformed traffic offenses from misdemeanor crimes into civil infractions in Nevada was pulled by its sponsor.
Democrats and Republicans saw the same number of bills perish last week after Friday’s deadline for legislation to move beyond out of committee.
Environmental groups have dropped their opposition to a bill they had originally blasted as way for the state to green-light a controversial plan to pipe water from eastern Nevada to Las Vegas after the bill was amended last week.
Backed by a bipartisan and diverse coalition of government transparency advocates and news organizations, a newly introduced bill is looking to add some bite to Nevada’s toothless public records laws.
The suicide rate among Nevada teenagers and children nearly doubled between 2017 and 2018, according to the state’s Office of Suicide Prevention.
Former Nevada education official Marcia Washington will fill the vacancy left in the state Senate by the resignation of Kelvin Atkinson, the ex-Senate majority leader who pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud Monday.
Nevada lawmakers introduced legislation Friday that would abolish the death penalty in the state.
A law requiring background checks on private gun sales in Nevada won final passage in the Legislature Friday and was promptly signed by the governor, fulfilling the intent of a 2016 voter initiative that proved unenforceable.