The Nevada Board of Examiners signed off on the payment Tuesday after a Washoe County judge in April held the state in contempt for failing to provide timely treatment to criminal defendants deemed mentally unfit to stand trial.

Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager is proposing new voter ID requirements as part of a potential deal with Gov. Joe Lombardo to resurrect a vetoed effort to increase the number of ballot drop boxes in the days leading up to an election.

Sen. Roberta Lange (D-Las Vegas) criticized a state-commissioned report, saying the analysis of her film tax credit bill had “flawed and misleading conclusions.”

The proposed merger would allow for two studio sites, albeit with lower film tax credit allocations for each of them (but with a higher overall total). Assm. Sandra Jauregui, the other bill's sponsor, said she had not heard anything.

The Republican governor is the sole arbiter of which bills get his signature and what he vetoes, and he exercised that rejection power a record-breaking 75 times two years ago. But he’s often influenced by the advice and insights of his seven-member policy team.

The Assembly Committee on Ways and Means approved AB238 on Saturday with major amendments that also include significant new investment thresholds that developers and film production companies must meet.

The state's precarious budget situation has left legislators focused on maintaining existing programs. The rollout of the new pay and classification system likely would cost between $35 million and $40 million.

The bill would limit the power of local library staff and trustees to remove books, instead tasking courts with deciding whether materials are truly “obscene.”

With less funding available because of a projected decrease in state revenues, lawmakers can’t pass increases to education funding or state worker pay raises similar to those in 2023. 

The requests range anywhere from a new veterans community center in Virginia City and addressing food insecurity to programs boosting early childhood support. But leadership is prioritizing are keeping current programs in place.

Conine, a Democrat, is the first major candidate to enter the race.

In a lawsuit filed last week in Clark County District Court, attorneys for Kara Jenkins argued that state officials targeted her after she refused to give confidential case information — such as case numbers — to a state auditor.

The Nevada DMV is offering walk-in appointments to those without REAL ID with upcoming flights.

For three consecutive sessions, efforts to join a licensure compact for nurses have stalled. The holdup may lie in a standoff between unions and the health care industry.

More than a dozen bills introduced during this year’s legislative session have sought to regulate or expand the use of AI, including to prevent its use in certain mental health settings and use it to give SNAP recipients discounted food.

Gov. Joe Lombardo orders flags to be lowered to half staff and lawmakers have taken to social media to remember the pope, who died Monday at 88.

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Some residents of states with bans obtain abortion pills through community networks, foreign pharmacies or medical providers in other states.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto wrote that the grant terminations could have a devastating effect on communities across the state.

Federal funding makes up more than 27 percent of the state’s budget, with Medicaid being the largest line item. Democrats say every dollar cut hurts.