Ben Kieckhefer, a former state senator and Nevada Gaming Commissioner, will serve as chief of staff for Gov.-elect Joe Lombardo.

State Sen. Heidi Seevers Gansert (R-Reno) will serve as the Senate minority leader during the upcoming 2023 legislative session, sources confirmed with The Nevada Independent on Monday.

As the results for the midterm election pour in, Democrats appear to be maintaining control of the Legislature, but they will likely fall short of hoped-for supermajorities in either house.

In March 2021, President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion ARP federal stimulus package into law, delivering nearly $7 billion to Nevada, including $2.7 billion in flexible aid for the state government. Of that flexible aid, just 3.5 percent ($97 million) remains unobligated.

Nevada Lt. Gov. Lisa Cano Burkhead has submitted draft legislation that would allow county commissions and certain cities to appoint additional members to their local school boards. 

With an extra $15 million added to CHAP, the county expects to have enough funding to help approximately 2,000 households, and to accept applications for assistance through the end of the year.

In a statement following passage of the allocations, Barbara Buckley, executive director of the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, called them a “transformational package of funding for children’s mental health services.”

The losses haven’t necessarily scared the industry away from continued involvement in legislative races

Nineteen bills passed during the 2021 Legislative session are coming into effect on July 1, from changes to K-12 education to updated guidelines for cage-free chickens. 

An interim legislative committee approved more than $75 million in federal aid money for universal free meals in Nevada’s K-12 schools on Tuesday.