Gov. Joe Lombardo has vetoed bills on guns, trains and climate change.
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Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed a trio of firearms bills on Wednesday, his first vetoes of the 2023 session.
Jennifer Togliatti will bring 25 years of legal experience as a deputy district attorney, a justice of the peace and a District Court judge when she joins the Gaming Commission as its first woman chair.
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.
Nearly 300 new laws passed by the 2019 session of the Nevada Legislature go into effect July 1, ranging from crimes and punishments to education, health care, taxes.
Recreational marijuana sales became legal in Nevada on July 1, 2017. In the year that’s passed, cash has flowed, businesses have grown and no major controversies have surfaced.
One candidate has been charged with theft and wiretapping. Another was convicted of domestic battery and accused of waving a gun while drunk. One was an Army deserter.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke spoke to reporters Sunday evening in Bunkerville as he wrapped up a much-anticipated visit to Southern Nevada that included a hike at Gold Butte National Monument and a stop at Basin and Range National Monument to see American Indian rock art.
A budget amendment allowing the state to directly run its only juvenile maximum-security facility raised concerns among lawmakers.
The Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee on Thursday approved a transfer of about $700,000 for state officials to get the troubled Red Rock Academy ready to reopen in September.