Gov. Joe Lombardo signed two executive orders that end COVID-19 directives and direct the Department of Administration to make recommendations concerned with state employment.
Taylor R. Avery
Former Politics and Government Reporter
A Clark County judge ruled Wednesday that lawmakers who are simultaneously employed as public employees are not in violation of the state constitution’s separation of powers rule.
Former Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo was formally inaugurated Tuesday afternoon as the 31st governor of Nevada in front of a crowd of hundreds.
Gov. Joe Lombardo was sworn in as the 31st governor of Nevada during a small ceremony Monday morning.
The governor-elect will take part in two Carson City ceremonies, one of which is being scheduled to comply with state law.
The governor issued his proposed budget Thursday for the next biennium, which will be handed off to Gov.-elect Joe Lombardo.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said during a state pardons board meeting that he could not leave the governor’s office without “starting the necessary conversations.”
Judge James Wilson said that the board did not give the proper amount of notice to victims’ families prior to the meeting, although he allowed that the board did have the power to commute death sentences.
In the world of Nevada lobbying, more than a handful of second-generation lobbyists followed their parents into the field.
Gov. Steve Sisolak is asking the Nevada Board of Pardons to consider commuting all death sentences in the state during a meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
Tiehm’s buckwheat, a rare wildflower only found in a portion of Esmeralda County, was designated as an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday.
Gov.-elect Joe Lombardo announced former state senator and gaming commissioner Ben Kieckhefer will serve as his incoming chief of staff.
Despite efforts by Republicans to make inroads with Nevada’s Latino voters, early CNN exit polls show that outreach was largely unsuccessful.
Clark and Washoe counties officially certified the 2022 election results on Friday.
Joey Gilbert, the former Republican candidate for governor, applied for an open position on the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees that was vacated by Angie Taylor, who was elected to the Assembly.