Nevada’s lowest-paid workers will soon see a larger paycheck when the state’s minimum wage reaches about $11.25 an hour, all while many jobs continue to offer starting rates beyond that.
2023 Legislature
Nevada lawmakers want to encourage the adoption of zero emission vehicles in the private and public sectors, having passed two bills this year in support of that goal.
Gov. Joe Lombardo and lawmakers in the Democratic-controlled Legislature passed hundreds of bills this year, though Lombardo set a record for the number of vetoes in one session.
The previous record for vetoes in a single session was 48, set by former Gov. Jim Gibbons in 2009.
The governor’s signature on the legislation ends a lengthy process in which the A’s sought to move from their longtime home in the Bay Area.
The law increases the sentences for reckless driving resulting in substantial bodily harm or death while going more than 50 mph over the speed limit.
A bill to provide $380 million in public funding for a new baseball stadium in Las Vegas that will play host to the Oakland A’s was approved by the Nevada Legislature.
Senate Bill 335 would stay summary evictions for up to 60 days for pending rental assistance applicants. Gov. Joe Lombardo has yet to sign or veto the measure.
The bill allocates $64.5 million for a new school, to replace a decades-old building that sits adjacent to a hydrocarbon plume.
A proposal meant to bring the film industry to Nevada failed in the Legislature, but stakeholders are optimistic that the idea will stick around.
The Nevada Senate Tuesday voted 13-8 to approve $380 million in public financing for a baseball stadium in Las Vegas that’s planned to house the relocated Oakland A’s.
Gov. Joe Lombardo signed Senate Bill 391, which prohibits towns from sounding a siren, bell or alarm associated with an ordinance that required people of a particular race to leave at a certain time.
Nevadans are one legislative step closer to buying scratch off tickets at a local retailer after state lawmakers approved a procedural vote to establish a state lottery system.
The Nevada Assembly is set to hold an “informational hearing” on a $380 million public funding package for a proposed Las Vegas baseball stadium to house the Oakland A’s.
State data shows that Nevada has at least 14 psychiatric residential treatment facilities other than the recently closed Never Give Up Youth Healing Center.