Durmick, who worked for Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and has worked as a deputy organizing director and lead researcher for the Nevada Democratic Party, was introduced Tuesday during the monthly Complete Count Committee meeting. Gov. Steve Sisolak established the committee in April by an executive order by to oversee all outreach and coordination between public and private sector organizations to encourage participation in the 2020 Census.

Those findings and other potential improvements on mental health services in the state prison system were released publicly on Thursday as part of an audit report presented to the Executive Branch Audit Committee (composed of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer and controller).

Records offer a glimpse of the challenges that will lie ahead as Nevada once again overhauls its marijuana regulation next year and adopts an oversight regime not unlike the one that reined casinos into a respected mainstream.

Three members of the state’s dental occupational licensing board, plus two top staff members, have resigned from the board amid a scathing audit and sharp criticism from Gov. Steve Sisolak.

Auditors recommended the state increase transparency in its application process, including having a more open dialogue with applicants about requirements in the scoring process. Sisolak said the lack of a public forum for such discussion was “troublesome,” citing revelations from court proceedings this summer that some applicants received guidance on the scoring criteria in private dinners with regulators.

Members of BIDS, who were announced on Tuesday, are charged with helping keep a standard level of legal representation throughout the state for anyone in financial need who is charged with a crime. The board is made up of 13 voting members and three non-voting members, who are appointed to three-year terms.

A credit rating agency has upgraded Nevada’s general obligation bond rating, buoyed by the state’s strong economy, robust employment, population growth and increasing rainy day reserves.

Clark County Regents Kevin Page and Trevor Hayes have said that they will not run next year for re-election to the NSHE Board of Regents, which has jurisdiction over eight Nevada colleges and universities and more than 107,000 enrolled students. Regent Sam Lieberman confirmed over the phone on Friday that he will run for re-election. Washoe County Regent Rick Trachok said on Thursday that he was undecided.

In an interview, Cosgrove said that she and her organization believed that moving the power to redistrict to a bipartisan board and out of the hands of the Legislature — a powerful tool that influences political balance for a decade — would ultimately be a more stable system, avoid potential future litigation over gerrymandering and give more people a reason to cast a ballot.

An email sent Thursday afternoon entitled “I need to be honest with you” and “signed” by Ford’s chief of staff Jessica Adair makes a typical campaign fundraising pitch, highlighting the attorney general’s actions since taking office, including joining an antitrust case against Google and fought the Trump administration on DACA, saying it’s made him a “top target for Republicans.”

“An opt-in opportunity to register relies on affirmation of one’s citizenship and an inadvertent false affirmation of citizenship for the purpose of registration is not only a federal crime but [also] grounds for deportation or denial of a naturalization application,” said Oliker-Friedland.

The Nevada State Board of Pharmacy failed to fully process background checks on wholesale pharmacy companies for more than a decade in spite of requirements under state law, a lapse that Gov. Steve Sisolak called a “longstanding alarming issue” and resulted in the resignation of the board’s former executive director.

Brown's appointment comes after the position was vacant and filled by an interim director for nearly seven months. The agency had paused new and pending applications from businesses for tax incentives — the corporate perk the office is perhaps best known for — and Sisolak has expressed interest in rethinking the incentives the state offers to attract companies.

Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford said a dozen ongoing lawsuits involving the state and at least eight forthcoming administrative hearings on potential license revocations created enough work for four full-time attorneys in the month of September alone.

Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Allen’s decision to enforce new red flag laws, which allow for temporary confiscation of guns for people a judge deems “at risk." has spurred a campaign to have him recalled. Dawn Principe, owner of Sage Hill Arms gun store in Winnemucca and member of the 1,600-member Facebook group behind the recall campaign, said members plan to file a notice of intent on Thursday.

In the last 12 years, there have been multiple attempts to pass legislation to allow firearms on campus in Nevada, the last being 2015 when bill AB148 died in the Republican-controlled Senate after passing the Republican-controlled Assembly. Collins-Johnson testified in favor of such measures in 2011, 2013 and 2015.

Sanchez said he knows Gator will be going to a good home, but the thought of the forthcoming auction has him a bit emotional. He’s forged a bond with a horse that was initially shy and rebellious; they’ve both tasted freedom within the confines of the prison camp through rides on a short trail and by chasing coyotes in the pastures.

The NHPA has filed to become the exclusive collective bargaining union for state employees who are category I peace officers, joining correctional officers and mental health workers who filed in August and September for rights granted in the last legislative session.