In total, Gov. Joe Lombardo signed 13 bills into law. Four other proposals failed to move forward. Click through our policy tracker for all the details you need to know on every proposal.
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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.
Republicans in Nevada are asking poll observers to complete a more than 15-item checklist that mostly centers on voting machine security. Critics say it invites harassment against workers and sows distrust.
Much of the funding driving the marquee ballot questions is coming from large, out-of-state groups that are working to advance these policies via ballot measures in multiple states and are fueling high-dollar TV ad blitzes.
The proposal would amend the Nevada Constitution to require all voters in Nevada to present a valid photo identification before voting, or part of a personally identifiable number while voting by mail.
If these donors are to be believed, they decided what reforms we need, funded ad campaigns and a slick website, and all we need to do is vote yes to receive their ready-made "reforms."
Most Nevada progressive groups are backing Biden's re-election — but not with direct endorsements — and are banking on young voters thinking Biden better serves their future, a strategy that could face challenges.
The newest set of regulations would go a step further, banning vendors from doing business near parks and schools — leaving vanishingly few options for vendors who make their living with their stalls.
Nevada officials are moving forward with plans to adopt a state-managed public health care option despite Gov. Joe Lombardo's well-documented hostility to the concept.
Climate-change alarmism is not working. What alarmism does quite well, however, is foster skepticism. People are wary of the unfettered, unscientific fear mongering that feeds the media pipeline with one existential crisis after another.
Overall numbers of unhoused people across the state have increased, but experts say the point-in-time count doesn't account for the complexities of homelessness and is a single annual snapshot within a community that changes every day.
During the more than five-hour hearing on SB509, backers of the deal focused on the nuts and bolts of the legislation. But those proponents faced pushback from lawmakers.
Though heralded by proponents as a way to vastly expand the state's film industry and diversify the Southern Nevada economy, opponents were heavily critical of the amount of tax credits proposed in the bill.
More than five years have passed since the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, but Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) still carries the memory of entering the police station in the middle of the night and witnessing the devastation.
As other states move forward on legislation forbidding instruction on sexual orientation and banning transgender girls from playing on school sports teams that match their gender identity, Gov. Steve Sisolak said Nevada is moving in the opposite direction to support transgender youth.
Nevada became the second state in the nation to enact a state-managed public health insurance option on Wednesday, with Gov. Steve Sisolak's signature transforming a bill that hadn't even been made public until six weeks ago into law.
The three bills were heard Tuesday morning during a meeting of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, with Democratic lawmakers and progressive groups heralding the measures as ways that the state can make it easier to vote, but with Republicans questioning the proposed costs and benefits of several of the bills.