May 9, 2025 Nevada’s vast public lands, long a flashpoint in state-federal tensions, could be used to generate federal revenue under an amendment to the GOP’s comprehensive spending package. Rep. Mark Amodei led House Republicans in approving a reconciliation bill Monday that included a late-night amendment to sell off more than 93,000 acres of public […]
May 2, 2025 The U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation this week that would require price transparency for all short-term lodging, which Nevada officials hope could help boost the state’s tourism industry. Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford introduced a sweeping measure that could transform the way websites operate in Nevada — requiring online platforms […]
April 25, 2025 Hundreds of bills made it through the major deadline known as First House Passage on Tuesday, sending the measures to the Nevada Legislature’s second chamber for consideration. Unlike the first committee passage deadline on April 11, which saw more than 280 bills die from inaction, Tuesday’s deadline resulted in the death of […]
April 18, 2025 Nevada Legislature lets 1 in 4 bills die last week, allowing a state lottery, limiting number of balloons released in a day and outlawing road rage are among 300 bills that died. This week, Nevada lawmakers could ask voters to consider changing the state’s property tax system in a shake-up that could […]
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 […]
March 21, 2025 Legislative Updates Important Dates: March 24 Last day for committee bill introductions April 11th First house passage deadline June 2nd Sine die ‘Soil is a living thing:’ Why a healthy dirt program is again before Nevada lawmakers With soil as the backbone of healthy food and people, regenerative agriculture […]
March 14, 2025 The Clark County School Board unanimously selected Jhone Ebert, Nevada’s superintendent of public instruction, to be the Clark County School District’s next leader. The additional pay for teachers working in special education and Title I schools is coming to an end before the conclusion of the school year, according to an email […]
March 7, 2025 In what could be a headlining topic of the 2025 Legislature, lawmakers heard a bill that would dramatically increase tax credits for film industries to lure a film studio and the jobs that come with it to Southern Nevada, creating a mini-Hollywood in Las Vegans’ backyard. Deportations ordered by President Donald Trump […]