The Nevada Legislature wrapped with some progress made, but experts say it was over all underwhelming. Term limits and lack of leadership and communication are to blame.
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Gov. Joe Lombardo rejected a bill to expand drop box access and implement voter ID as part of his record-setting vetoes of bills from the Democratic-controlled Nevada Legislature.
The Nevada legislative session ended with a hold-up from Senate Republicans. A bill to bring a film studio to Las Vegas died, as did three of the Gov. Joe Lombardo’s five signature bills.
The capital improvement project bill, the last constitutionally required budget bill legislators must pass, is soon heading to the governor’s desk.
The Republican governor’s major health care policy reform proposal, opposed by some members of his own party, passed the Senate but didn’t get a vote in the Assembly.
The Nevada Assembly passed Senate Bill 460, sweeping education reforms proposed by Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro and Gov. Joe Lombardo.
Changes to AB 540, one of five bills from the Republican governor, came with about three hours left in the part-time Legislature’s session.
The clock ran out on Gov. Joe Lombardo’s heavily amended bill, preventing a final vote before the 2025 session’s legally manded conclusion.
The signing marks the first significant bill passage of the 2025 legislative session.
The Assembly unanimously approved his proposal to fund “attainable housing” projects and reduce barriers in developing more residential supply in the state.
Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro both have education bills. Here’s what they’d do.
Here are six bills that have passed both the Assembly and Senate, which the governor could soon take action on.
Joe Lombardo signaled his approval of two Southern Nevada tax extensions that would keep revenue sources in place for police officers’ salaries and road infrastructure projects in Clark County.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo was one of seven Republican governors who did not sign a letter praising President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
With the federal government controlling 80 percent of the state, Gov. Joe Lombardo said Southern Nevada will run out of land to develop on by 2032 if more parcels aren’t released.