Energy Secretary Rick Perry defended his $31.7 billion budget request Tuesday, including $116 million to restart the licensing hearings required to build a permanent storage facility for high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.
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Raising Nevada’s minimum wage for workers and minimum age for smokers were just some of the more than 140 new bills that were introduced in the Nevada Legislature on Monday.
A bill introduced Monday in a legislative committee would create a statewide system for those in a housing crisis to access support services 24/7.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry is expected to tell a House panel that his $31.7 billion budget blueprint includes $116 million to restart licensing hearings on a permanent nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.
Leaders of 13 Nevada Indian tribes sent letters to President Donald Trump and Energy Secretary Rick Perry objecting to the transfer of the radioactive material to the Nevada National Security Site.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Monday tapped Jhone Ebert, a former Clark County School District leader and current deputy commissioner in the New York State Education Department, as the state’s next superintendent of public instruction.
Lawmakers Friday took up three bills related to strengthening laws and protecting victims of sex trafficking and prostitution, passing two out of committee to the full Assembly for floor votes.
Four rural Nevada counties are balking at a new state law calling for strict background checks, with elected lawmakers voting to join a “Second Amendment sanctuary” drive affecting sheriff’s offices and statehouses in several Western U.S. states.
Maternal mortality — the rate of pregnancy-related deaths — is one of the few health-care categories where Nevada fares well. But good isn’t good enough, state legislators indicated Friday at a hearing.
The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history could soon have a specialty Nevada license plate designed to generate funds to support those affected by the tragedy.