June 6, 2025 And just like that, the 83rd legislative session is over. Monday’s close of session means dozens of bills now await Gov. Joe Lombardo’s signature. Since entering office, Lombardo has generally stayed quiet on environmental issues, and it will be interesting to watch what bills he signs or gives a silent sign of […]
May 30, 2025 The last days of the Legislative session are upon us! Steve Yeager, speaker of the Nevada Assembly, said on Nevada Newsmakers there is a good possibility of a special session of the Legislature later this year to deal with cuts in federal appropriations. Many state lawmakers are concerned that the push in the […]
May 23, 2025 Today is the deadline for bills to pass out of their second house of the Legislature. With the June 2 constitutionally mandated end of session looming, there are roughly 100 bills that must pass out of their second legislative house today or die. Governor Joe Lombardo received Senate Bill 451 (SB451) from the Nevada […]
April 11, 2025 Today marks the Nevada Legislature’s first committee house passage deadline, which typically marks the largest round of bill deaths in the 120-day legislative session. By the time lawmakers wrap up today, any bills not voted out of their first committee or granted an exemption from legislative deadlines end up in the legislative […]
April 4, 2025 Governor Joe Lombardo sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner, following their recent announcement of the Joint Task Force on Federal Land for Housing. In his letter, Governor Lombardo praised the launch of the unprecedented task force, while requesting representation […]
March 28, 2025 The Trump administration informed Nevada food banks that it was suspending emergency food assistance programs poised to deliver more than 1.3 million pounds of food, at a time when food bank usage in the state remains higher than pre-pandemic levels. That amount of food could provide more than 1 million meals to […]
January 31, 2025 Nevada State Budgets hang in the balance with the possible Federal funding freeze. A federal judge stepped in and temporarily blocked the president’s order, but that didn’t stop the chaos and confusion that followed across the country and right here in Nevada. This all comes as several agencies were in front of […]
January 10, 2025 In the wake of the devastating California wildfires, Nevada Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto plans to reintroduce a proposal in Congress to better fund fire departments, interagency coordination and recovery efforts. In a landmark decision for property rights, a Washoe County judge has ruled that Nevada law enforcement cannot exploit a federal […]
January 3, 2025 Happy New Year!! As Nevadans ring in the new year with fireworks and festivities, new laws passed by the Legislature a year and a half prior will take effect, from a diaper tax exemption to a wage requirement for employees with disabilities. And well before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a […]
December 27, 2024 The Bureau of Land Management has launched a last minute review of the proposed Rock Valley Solar Project in the Amargosa Valley in Nye County, which would produce and store enough renewable energy to power about 360,000 homes in Nevada and California. Federal land managers will determine whether one of the largest […]