Hundreds of bills were passed by the 2019 Nevada Legislature: Here’s how many of those new laws will affect everyday people.
Bill Dentzer
Former Government and Poiltics Reporter
People gathered Tuesday night in front of the Nevada Legislature building in Carson City for a vigil for Nevada Assemblyman Tyrone Thompson, who died last week.
The Nevada Legislature has passed a law writing federal protections on pre-existing health conditions into state law, sending the bill to the governor for his signature.
Commercial fossil hunters and others who remove historic or culturally significant artifacts from state lands could see tougher penalties under a measure that seeks to conform state law with its federal counterpart.
A move to ban private, for-profit state and local prisons in Nevada, passed by the Legislature in 2017 but vetoed by then-Gov. Brian Sandoval, is back before lawmakers.
The latest motion, filed in the same court that issued the previous denial, is “another step in our aggressive, multifaceted legal strategy prevent Nevada from becoming a parking lot for nuclear weapons and waste,” Attorney General Aaron Ford said in a statement.
Steve Sisolak was sworn in as Nevada’s 30th governor Monday on the steps of the state Capitol in Carson City under overcast skies and following a weekend of snow.
When Gov.-elect Steve Sisolak and other state officeholders are sworn into office Monday, Democrats will assume control of Silver State government to a degree not seen since at least the early 1960s.
Why Araujo pulled the short straw seems to reflect trends that played out in elections across the state and the country.
Election results can upend polls and predictions. But in the cold, sober light of the morning after, they tend to make a lot of sense. So let’s start making sense of Nevada’s results from Tuesday and look at the key takeaways.
In its six-year life, Nevada’s 4th Congressional District seat has flipped three times, Democrat to Republican to Democrat. Two of its former occupants vied to reclaim it this year, with Democrat Steven Horsford defeating Republican Cresent Hardy in a rematch of their 2014 race.
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