Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager introduced a bill to remove college degree requirements and direct state agencies to treat federal government experience the same as state experience,.
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.
Nevada could permanently ban cigarette sales to people born after Dec. 31, 2004, to cut down on combustible tobacco use.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford joined two lawsuits Friday attempting to protect funding for the country’s libraries and museums and disruptions to the National Institutes of Health.
A bill to legalize access to life-ending medication for terminally ill patients may be doomed after Gov. Joe Lombardo said he would veto the bill if it passed the Nevada Legislature.
An effort to legalize medical aid in dying in Nevada is in the Legislature is once again in Carson City despite previous failed efforts and a veto from Gov. Joe Lombardo two years ago.
As Nevada lawmakers consider an expansion of Nevada’s film production tax credit program, they can look to Georgia to see how it became a major hub for the TV and film industry.
Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo said the challenge of affordable housing for Nevada residents was a supply issue.
Sen. Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro introduced Senate Bill 451 to keep a 30-year county property tax levy voters enacted in 1996 for another three decades.
A bill contends it could reduce the cost of hospital stays for patients in the Public Employees’ Benefits Program by capping hospital fees.
A bill coming out of a political fight between the state’s trial lawyers and the ridesharing company Uber was fast-tracked through the Nevada Legislature.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture ended funding for two programs as part of the Trump administration’s sweeping effort to cut down on federal spending.
Gov. Joe Lombardo has outlined his housing bill. The legislation would create the Nevada Attainable Housing Fund.
The Republican governor defended his record on education in response to recent criticism from across the aisle in an interview with the Review-Journal.
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.
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.