Democratic presidential contender Andrew Yang has made a campaign of saying automation will decimate American labor and Wednesday in Las Vegas, he said Nevada and its service industry could be primed to take some of the hardest hits.

In a letter sent to members of the Public Utilities Commission on Monday, attorneys for the Reno-based casino company wrote that they would be withdrawing their application to depart NV Energy’s electric service and purchase electric power from a new provider, ending a nearly five-month process and ensuring the company stays a customer of NV Energy.

It’s official: Neon is now the State Element. Gov. Steve Sisolak signed AB 182 into law in his office Tuesday afternoon, surrounded by smiling students from Carson Montessori School who helped make it happen.

Bills that would have allowed terminally ill patients to obtain drugs to end their lives, prevented immigration holds without probable cause and provided for appointed rather than elected judges met their end on Tuesday.

After a flurry of votes on Tuesday, lawmakers are back to committee work with discussions on expanding prevailing wage rules, using the popular vote instead of the Electoral College in choosing the president and allowing non-verified ID cards for prisoners.

According to a survey released Monday by Harvard’s Institute of Politics, 46 percent of young Americans now say “government should do more to curb climate change, even at the expense of economic growth.” That’s a 14 percent jump from four years ago.

Former Sen. Harry Reid has advocated for a more measured approach to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation rather than with any immediate call for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. The topic surfaced during a symposium sponsored by the MGM Resorts Public Policy Institute at UNLV, which was held Tuesday at the Bellagio.

The announcement Tuesday comes after Ford’s office in January had received approval from state legislators to pursue outside legal help in a lawsuit against the nation’s largest opioid companies and after a declaration signed by Ford and Gov. Steve Sisolak finding the state needed “additional legal resources” for “comprehensive and effective litigation of matters related to the opioid epidemic.”

Lawmakers have canceled most committee meetings Tuesday and are gearing up for marathon floor sessions, where votes and decisions will also occur on bills creating studies on brothel working conditions, allowing convictions based on confessions and creating new rights for renters.