Some lawmakers were concerned about assurances that the workforce would be made up of Nevadans and whether it would benefit regions outside of Southern Nevada, while trade unions showed wide support for the proposal.

Steinbeck worked for the Clark County Fire Department for more than 30 years, including five as fire chief. His work took him everywhere from the aftermath of 9/11 to the response to the 1 October shooting.

Assm. Howard Watts (D-Las Vegas) is proposing a constitutional amendment to create a seven-member commission that would determine the pay for legislators and the state's six statewide officers.

The bill would require the addition of at least 10 drop boxes in Clark County and five in Washoe County. It’s the latest effort by legislative Democrats to speed up ballot counting without shortening the time frame on when mail ballots can be received.

It’s Lombardo’s strongest stance yet against his party’s plans, which have already drawn the ire of Democrats in a state that has expanded Medicaid eligibility.

The joint venture means two of the biggest names in the film industry have aligned behind one of two competing film tax credit bills.

In today’s edition, we bring you the state of play on the film tax credit proposal, an effort to end daylight saving time and the lottery bill.

We are tracking more than 60 promises the Nevada governor has made from his time on the campaign trail in 2022 to the start of the 2025 legislative session.

In today’s edition, we bring you the latest on an effort to protect communities from debt burdens and news of a legislative legal challenge.

Both proposed expansion measures would be more than an eightfold increase from the annual $10 million in transferable tax credits Nevada law currently allows.

One analysis shows if the federal match for the expansion is stripped and the state can’t meet the gap, more than 300,000 people could be booted from Medicaid.

In a statement, the Nevada Senate Democratic Caucus said that Neal received care at Renown Health and "is spending time with her family while she recovers."

Through the first three days of this session, a whopping 438 bills were introduced — 170 more than any other session since 2017, according to the Legislative Counsel Bureau.

When Gov. Joe Lombardo's team gauged Lisa Cole's interest in running for Assembly, she was immediately confident — which stemmed in part from the water rights expert's summa cum laude graduation from law school in 2022.

A Nevada district court has ruled that sections of a 2023 bill that essentially forced the Elko County Commission to earmark a portion of property tax proceeds for schools in exchange for funding to build a new Owyhee school are unconstitutional.

Now, Dalia is raising his children in the same area that he grew up in. His oldest child attends the same elementary school that he did and his younger twins are set to enroll there soon.

The legislative team breaks down where the governor stands on a daily room cleaning mandate and a new bill proposing to rein in AI.

Officials said a new bill should increase the state’s egg supply, but they emphasized it is not a “silver bullet," especially given that there may be an increase in transportation costs with a broader geographic range of suppliers.

In a wide-ranging more than 90-minute interview with Nevada Independent CEO Jon Ralston on Tuesday, the Republican governor was largely defensive of Trump, while saying he supported deploying the Nevada National Guard to the southern border and said that vaccines should be a “personal choice.”

Venise Karris was a medical researcher before working as a union electrician for 27 years. She thinks her experience as a union steward will serve here well as a legislator.