According to the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps report, 96 percent of county residents live near a park or recreational facility, compared to 84 percent nationally.
McKenna Ross
Politics and Government Reporter
Email: mross@reviewjournal.com
McKenna Ross joined the Review-Journal in June 2021 and previously covered gaming and tourism and Southern Nevada's nonprofit sector for the newspaper. Before moving to Nevada, she reported for MLive, a Michigan news site, and interned at publications in Michigan, Oregon and Florida. McKenna is a graduate of Michigan State University and a 2021-2024 Report for America corps member. When she's not working, she's either reading or hiking Southern Nevada trails with her dog.
What started out as a tongue-in-cheek name for a block of businesses for Las Vegas’ gay community may soon become the name of a historic landmark.
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Democratic lawmakers asked Gov. Joe Lombardo to consider fast-tracking recruitment efforts for federal employees in Nevada who were recently laid off.
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Despite a Nevada Supreme Court ruling that blocked a ballot initiative, an Uber-backed group is running ads in Nevada urging legislators to curb “greedy lawyers.”
Legislators have put forward over 1,100 ideas for bills all while potential federal budget cuts loom over their heads.
Proposed legislation expanding the state’s film tax credit program to lure Hollywood studios to Southern Nevada has captured the interest of some in the state.
Nevada’s healthcare leaders sounded the alarm on pending Medicaid cuts during a legislative hearing.
The media conglomerates will lobby the Nevada Legislature to expand the state’s film tax credit program to help fund a 31-acre movie studio in Summerlin.
Sponsors and school officials say the bill would codify existing procedures in school districts. Opponents say they are worried about the penalties.
Tenant and housing advocates hope the new Legislature could bring renter and eviction reform to Nevada. But several of the proposals were considered — and vetoed — before.
Virginia City’s boom in the later half of the nineteenth century brought some of Nevada’s early Black residents to the community for its wealth and opportunity.
Nevada could draw large-scale studio projects with two bills introduced this week that propose expanding film tax credits.
Nevada’s expanded federal and state health insurance program for low-income earners could see funding cuts, according to one consideration in the Congressional budget plan.