After winning re-election in 2020, Assefa resigned the following January — just weeks before the start of the 2021 legislative session — alleging he was “mistaken” about the state’s residency requirements to run for legislative office.

In a rare move, Gov. Joe Lombardo testified before state lawmakers on Thursday in support of his bill revising a contentious 2019 restorative justice law that critics say limits student discipline.

For the second session in a row, lawmakers will consider SJR7, a measure that, in simple terms, would remove the board that governs higher education from its position in the state constitution as the governing board for the state university.

Advocates are concerned that the impending loss of some rental assistance programs will contribute to an eviction crisis, as rising rents outpace the growth of wages in the state, and because the state has tens of thousands fewer affordable housing units than it needs.

Top-ranking Nevada lawmakers from both sides of the aisle shared a stage in Reno on Tuesday to answer pressing policy questions at IndyTalks, a forum hosted by The Nevada Independent.

The Nevada State Police are investigating after Reno City Councilwoman Jenny Brekhus reportedly backed her car into a woman who appeared to be homeless after attending a ribbon-cutting event a week ago.

Though the 2024 midterms remain more than 600 days away, early Republican campaign attacks against Rosen are centering around a proposed new rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for Medicare Advantage, the capitated Medicare Part C program created in the 1990s that pays private insurers to cover seniors’ health care benefits. 

But in spite of leaders’ disagreements, they each emphasized the open lines of communication between them, including weekly meetings and discussions during committee hearings. 

“I have major concerns that we're going to have to send money back, and that's just unacceptable,” Monroe-Moreno said.

The legislation, which had its first hearing in the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources on March 13, received support from a wide range of environmental groups. A group of 145 local, national and international scientists also submitted a letter supporting the proposed legislation. 

Out of nearly 700 bills requested by members of the Legislature, lawmakers have introduced a little more than 500 as of Monday evening, including 61 on Monday.

"The only reason I'm alive is because I had a helmet on. I did not know I had a concussion," Thornton told The Nevada Independent following the hearing for SB80 — a bill heard by the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday on behalf of the Nevada Youth Legislature.

Major political donors in the health care and pharmaceutical industries pumped more than $1.3 million into legislative campaigns in the 2022 election cycle, ahead of a 2023 legislative session likely to be rife with fierce debate over health care issues. 

On Wednesday, state lawmakers held a hearing on proposed legislation that would mandate health insurance, including Medicaid, cover all medically necessary gender-affirming treatments.

Read for a summary of the most interesting storylines in the Legislature this year, and how discussions are playing out across different policy areas.

In the last week, President Joe Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came to Las Vegas with dueling messages about the state of the country.

A group of 40 Democratic legislators led by Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro (D-Las Vegas) are introducing a measure to enshrine abortion protections in the Nevada Constitution.

State Sen. Fabian Doñate (D-Las Vegas) announced more details on Thursday about his plan to expand Medicaid coverage to all Nevadans regardless of citizenship status.

At the core of Stiglich’s speech was SB58, a bill that would create a unique Judicial Fund in the state budget, mirroring a similar Legislative Fund (aptly named for funding the Legislature) from which funds don’t revert back to the state’s General Fund once legislative sessions are over. 

Check the Legislature’s YouTube page, and you’ll find a cornucopia of videos showing the hundreds of committee meetings and floor sessions that occur everyday. All except one.