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 […]
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 24, 2025 President Donald Trump plans to visit Las Vegas at the end of a trip that starts Friday, when he visits disaster areas in North Carolina and Los Angeles. And with a stroke of his pen, President Donald Trump, commuted the sentences or ordered the dismissal of the cases of more than 1,500 […]
January 17, 2025 Governor Joe Lombardo raised more than $3.2 million in 2024 and has more than $5.5 million in cash on hand as the Republican governor gears up for his second legislative session and a high-profile re-election campaign. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto reintroduced legislation aiming to combat and prevent wildfires Tuesday as a series […]