Amendments made to Gov. Joe Lombardo’s crime and public safety bill reduce his proposals to be tough on certain crimes.
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Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro and Gov. Joe Lombardo have merged their sweeping education proposals together, though some more changes could be coming.
Here is a running list of some notable bills the governor has signed.
Film tax credits. Nonpartisans in primaries. Education reform. Here’s where some major proposals are in the legislative process.
Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager proposed sweeping amendments to an election bill as part of a compromise with Gov. Joe Lombardo.
The Islamic Society of Nevada Mosque in Las Vegas has bolstered security after receiving threatening emails amid the furor surrounding President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration last week, a director of the mosque said Monday.
On the first day of the 2017 Legislature, the new Democratic leaders of Nevada’s Assembly and Senate showed they’ll pursue similar agendas in much different ways.
Nevada lawmakers passed one bill Monday, authorizing funding to pay for the 2017 session.
The Justice Department has filed a brief with a federal appeals court in support of President Donald Trump’s travel and refugee ban.
Partisan divides percolated on the opening day of the Nevada Legislature on Monday when Republicans and Democrats in the Senate clashed over rules that will govern how the session is conducted.
Two bills from the 2015 Nevada Legislature that relate to voter identification and firearms on school properties have been revived for the 2017 session.
Vice President Mike Pence could be forced to cast a historic, tie-breaking vote Tuesday in the U.S. Senate on the presidential nomination of Betsy DeVos to be education secretary.
A group of people surrounded two cars stopped on the side of Moapa Valley Boulevard.
If the members of the Nevada Youth Legislature are any indication, there’s a chance that at some point those on both sides of the political fence may come together and do great things.
The 2017 legislative session begins today, and Democrats have only the illusion of control.