The bill, named after an English bulldog who died from animal abuse in July, strengthens animal cruelty penalties.
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 canceled more than 162,000 voter registrations and inactivated almost 38,000 in a post-general election voter roll cleanup, the Secretary of State’s office reported Monday.
Nevada remains one of five states without a statewide lottery after a resolution to establish one missed a key deadline and died in Carson City.
The Nevada Legislature could ask voters to consider reforming the state’s property tax system in a shake-up that could have big consequences for the state’s housing market and municipalities’ revenue.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford joined a lawsuit Thursday suing the U.S. Department of Education to restore states’ access to several pandemic-era programs supporting low-income and unhoused students.
The second of two proposals to draw Hollywood studios to Nevada by expanding the state’s film tax credit program won unanimous support from a Senate committee.
Police officials relied on a broad executive order and a law that makes records confidential for one Nevada public safety entity to deny inquiries about one agency’s approach to an inaugural, ungated downtown festival.
Gov. Joe Lombardo vowed to “put teeth back into Nevada’s penal code” through a proposed crime and public safety bill he introduced.
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,.
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.