After more than two years, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Friday that he would be ending the state of emergency on May 20, joining at least six other states where similar orders are expiring this month.

State auditors have tasked the Division of Child and Family Services with developing a plan to correct health, safety and regulatory problems plaguing child placement providers that came to light during a recent audit.

Even with more than half of their members not returning to the Legislature, Assembly Republicans are feeling confident heading toward the 2023 session that they can capture more seats.

Though Democrats are expected to maintain control of both houses, Republicans are hoping to prevent a two-thirds supermajority (14 seats) that could have implications for tax increases.

Republican Las Vegas attorneys Sigal Chattah and Tisha Black battle for the chance to face Democrat incumbent Aaron Ford in November for the title of Nevada’s “top cop.”

The funding request for three new dignitary protection positions, at a cost of $373,000, was approved unanimously during a Tuesday meeting of the state Board of Examiners.

Now, ten months later, state officials have obligated more than half of those funds for dozens of different purposes, including allocations of $250 million for affordable housing projects and $204 million for broadband internet.

The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade this summer with a ruling that would erode federal protections for abortion rights, refueling the polarizing debate in many of Nevada’s most competitive races.

The state’s high court ruled Thursday that Nevada health officials do not have to release diabetes manufacturer records because of a federal trade secret law.

State officials are lifting a requirement that unvaccinated employees undergo weekly COVID-19 tests, while also preparing to roll back a planned monthly surcharge for state workers who have not received a COVID vaccine.

The board on Tuesday modified an agreement with AFSCME, which represents four bargaining units of about 5,300 combined state employees, and adopted a long-delayed bargaining agreement with the Nevada Police Union.

“After careful review and discussions, there's no path forward for NDOC to continue disciplinary action after the emergency regulation expired and the Legislative Commission failed to approve the regulation."

An existing law — that Titus voted in favor of while a state lawmaker in 1997 — automatically raises Nevada’s fuel tax by the exact amount of any reduction at the federal level.

But not every regulation made it through the process unscathed. Two were held up after the commission deadlocked on votes, with Democrats in support and Republicans in opposition. 

The video shared widely on social media shows a one-minute encounter between Sisolak and a man who initially approaches him as if to take a photo, before saying “I can’t tell you what a piece of f—-ing s—- you are.”

The audit also found that some of NDOC’s accounting processes were neither transparent nor accurate, including the misclassification of weapons purchases and inaccurate reporting of vehicles.

A key pillar of the plan is a $500 million investment in a new “Home Means Nevada” initiative that Sisolak said would boost construction, provide more homeownership opportunities and help seniors retrofit their homes.

The shift — announced by Gov. Steve Sisolak during a Thursday morning press conference — follows suit with other Democrat-led states easing pandemic mitigation measures amid a nationwide decline in COVID-19 cases. 

Gov. Steve Sisolak is expected to lift the state’s mask mandate amid a nationwide decrease in COVID cases, joining a parade of states that have announced recent plans to lift their mandates.

The allegation comes as the latest serious rift between members of the higher education system’s governing board and its top administrative executive.