Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alexis Hill launches petition urging Nevada lawmakers to reject Hollywood tax breaks and prioritize local services over film subsidies.
Nevada
Sandra Jauregui, the Democratic majority floor leader in the Nevada Assembly, said she will seek the constitutional office to “fight for a new direction for Nevadans.”
Nearly 70 federal employees at the agency tasked with overseeing and modernizing the nuclear stockpile in Nevada were furloughed.
The company’s CEO said it will soldier on without the funding, though it has appealed the decision.
“President Trump has tried to illegally claw back funds from Nevada after hardworking residents of our state have put in the work to address our energy needs,” Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said in a statement.
The bill aiming to increase animal cruelty penalties known as “Reba’s Law” passed the Nevada Senate, a major hurdle for the bill that was once thought to be dead.
The capital improvement project bill, the last constitutionally required budget bill legislators must pass, is soon heading to the governor’s desk.
The Republican governor’s major health care policy reform proposal, opposed by some members of his own party, passed the Senate but didn’t get a vote in the Assembly.
A bill proposed by Democratic Speaker Steve Yeager to include voter ID requirements as part of a compromise passed the Senate and now heads to the governor.
The Nevada Assembly passed Senate Bill 460, sweeping education reforms proposed by Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro and Gov. Joe Lombardo.
Changes to AB 540, one of five bills from the Republican governor, came with about three hours left in the part-time Legislature’s session.
Senate Bill 179 defines the term for Nevada Equal Rights Commission investigations into discrimination in housing, employment and accommodations.
The clock ran out on Gov. Joe Lombardo’s heavily amended bill, preventing a final vote before the 2025 session’s legally manded conclusion.
Amendments made to Gov. Joe Lombardo’s crime and public safety bill reduce his proposals to be tough on certain crimes.
Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro and Gov. Joe Lombardo have merged their sweeping education proposals together, though some more changes could be coming.