The 2025 data marks a 10 percent increase in spending from the 2023 legislative session, which also set a record for local government lobbyist expenses.

Hospitality companies, which have grappled with homelessness on the Las Vegas Strip, are expected to make significant financial contributions to the project. But it's also attracted some pushback from legislators.

In the two races in which recounts took place, vote totals shifted by at most five votes.

The program began in 2015 when Volunteers of America and then-Councilwoman Neoma Jardon had the idea to start an employment program for the unhoused population. Since then, 110 people have graduated from the program.

The two largest cities in Nevada are trying to overturn court decisions that said sweeping people from an encampment when there is no room at local shelters "cruel and unusual."

Nevada's local governments reported spending nearly $4.7 million to lobby legislators during this year's session, breaking the record for annual lobbying spending by more than $700,000

No other state has undertaken similar efforts offsetting development for conservation in the way that Nevada has. Nevada's lands bills hold a unique place among federal conservation strategies and have garnered bipartisan support, bypassing traditional political wisdom of Republicans supporting privatization while Democrats favor environmental protections.

During a record-setting heatwave Tuesday morning, Tim, 35, packed his belongings into a Walmart shopping cart. He was one of the many people living near the train tracks between Record Street and Wells Avenue that Reno police ordered to relocate within 30 minutes.

Health organizations and local governments are preparing as Nevada faces record-setting high temperatures.

Understandably, this seemingly miraculous act of rapidly completed civil engineering caused more than a few people to question why it takes so long to build anything in a country capable of such feats.

The 2021 New Americans in Washoe County report found immigrants made up 14 percent of business owners in the county in 2019 and generated $78 million in business income.

State and local leaders joined Latino and Mexican community members this week for celebrations across the state commemorating the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month.

"Today's vote aligns resources, expertise and facilities with the needs of our homeless population," Reno Councilwoman Neoma Jardon said.

The City of Reno Arts and Culture Commission chose Barrientos earlier this summer for a year-long appointment created to recognize artists in the community.

Early surveys on the heels of the initial vaccine rollout and distribution in late 2020 revealed that Latinos, among other groups of color, felt hesitant and skeptical about receiving a vaccine, despite being disproportionately hit by the pandemic. State and local groups identified a lack of access to accurate and up to date information as a reason for the hesitancy and skepticism as rumors and misinformation regarding the vaccines spread across social media.

In an email to The Nevada Independent, state transportation officials said that the cleanup was part of an effort to protect public and water quality safety, but that they had suspended it in order to reduce movement and potential virus spread.

As cases of COVID-19 have proliferated, advocates have raised concerns about how the estimated 7,169 people experiencing homelessness on any given day in Nevada will fare when shelters are cutting back on services to minimize contact with people during an outbreak that threatens those living in close quarters, the elderly and people without access to facilities to properly clean themselves.

With help from a state grant, disability rights advocates along with the Guinn Center for Policy Priorities are convening roundtables with employers to discuss roadblocks to hiring people with disabilities. Beginning in August, they plan to work with legislators to submit bill draft requests addressing wage and employment challenges.

In September, Mayor Hillary Schieve announced a pilot program designed to address the area's housing shortage called "1,000 homes in 120 Days," offering developers local permit fee deferrals that act as no-interest "loans" to attract more construction. By the end of the 120-day application period on Jan. 30, developers had proposed 4,628 housing units scattered throughout Reno.

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