Senate Republicans are mounting a legal challenge to a Democratic-backed bill removing a scheduled decrease in the state’s payroll tax rate, which could have significant ramifications for the state’s two-year budget.

University of Nevada, Reno President Marc Johnson discussed the plan during a Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents special meeting on Friday. The university’s search for a space to accommodate 1,300 students began after two of its student dormitories, Argenta Hall and Nye Hall, were damaged in two explosions on July 5. 

The governor’s office and the corrections agency jointly announced Dzurenda’s departure on Friday, saying that he was leaving to pursue new opportunities and spend more time with his family and children in Southern Nevada. The effective date of his resignation is expected to be announced in the near future, officials said.

Clark County commissioners and school trustees batted around ideas Thursday night about how extra money — courtesy of a potential sales tax increase — could improve education. The recent passage of AB309, which gave county commissioners the power to increase the sales tax by one quarter of one percent in Clark County, was the impetus for the joint meeting.

“I think the writing is on the wall that it will go out of business if we can not have the same opportunities as others,” said Zakalik. “As we have seen in other industries and present in this industry, there will be a strategic approach by those who own majority licenses to essentially put them out of business.”

The internet’s transformation from a novelty to a necessity has left thousands of families at a disadvantage if they lack an internet subscription or a computer or other device with which to connect. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, along with a data security firm, are looking to change that.

A federal judge on Thursday ordered former Democratic state Senate Majority Leader Kelvin Atkinson to serve 27 months in prison and pay $249,900 in restitution for his misuse of campaign funds.

Southern Nevada residents have grown tired of seeing large commercial vehicles and tractor-trailers parked illegally in their neighborhoods. Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom first brought attention to the issue during a commission meeting in early June, proposing that the board grant enforcement powers to multiple agencies.