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Sisolak announces targeted coronavirus response

Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Monday a “long-term strategy for mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in Nevada through a targeted approach — all centered back to our original goal of making our response state managed and locally executed.’

Nevada weed transport legal battle hinges on timing, justice says

In oral arguments Tuesday before the high court, representatives from the Nevada Department of Taxation and IADON continued their monthslong dispute over who should be allowed to distribute marijuana and restock pot shops in the Silver State.

Nevada expected to boost contract to aid Yucca Mountain fight

Nevada officials are expected to sign off on a contract Wednesday that is part of the state’s efforts to continue the fight against the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.

War of words flares in Arizona over Lake Mead water

But Nevada’s point man in interstate negotiations says he doesn’t expect the dispute to derail efforts to prevent a federal water shortage declaration.

Nevada’s US senators urge FCC to expand rural broadband

Sens. Cortez Masto and Heller join bipartisan group urging new FCC chairman to retain incentives that he has called “a textbook definition of waste.”

Sandoval signs gun, school choice bills into law

Bills enacting unprecedented school choice options for parents in Nevada and prohibiting people convicted of domestic violence from having guns were signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Brian Sandoval.

Nevada’s ‘religious freedom’ legislation declared dead

Sponsors of the bill in Carson City say outrage and a boycott call following passage of a similar law in Indiana have dampened their desire for legislation seen by many as enabling discrimination.