A spate of new laws passed by the 2019 Legislature are set to take effect Jan. 1, covering everything from gun rights to equal pay, sick leave and hunting tags.
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Storey County has approved a $250,000 payment to a onetime top deputy sheriff to settle her pending federal lawsuit suit against the county’s sheriff.
The Patient Protection Commission proposed by Gov. Steve Sisolak at the start of his term and established by the Legislature last spring now has its leadership and board.
The Nevada Corrections Department has moved to make testing and treatment for hepatitis C standard procedure, but lawmakers have questioned the additional cost.
The Democratic senator from Massachusetts said she called for Trump’s impeachment after the release of Mueller report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Gov. Steve Sisolak denounced a move by the Trump administration to tighten eligibility requirements for the food-stamp program, which could cut aid to some 80,000 low-income Nevadans.
A citizens group filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the state’s new gun control red flag law, which empowers authorities to seize firearms from people deemed a threat.
Nevada’s 1970s shield law protecting journalists from having to reveal sources applies to digital as well as legacy media, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday.
A Carson City judge has ruled legislative Democrats cannot rely on attorneys with the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
Some of Nevada’s 34 occupational licensing boards have hired lawyers and lobbyists with user fee money, some of whom occasionally advocate against the interests of the state.