The Nevada Independent has been tracking key legislation and policy debates through our Nevada Policy Tracker.

As of Tuesday morning, a review showed that more than 150 bills had died by the final legislative deadline.

A recent executive order that would withhold federal funding from “sanctuary jurisdictions” — which extend protections to undocumented people — has placed additional pressure on officials to collaborate with ICE.

The Republican governor’s final veto tally stood at 87, breaking his own record for most bills rejected from a single legislative session.

While some are quite enthusiastic about the opportunity to simplify things, others consider the hefty price hike on the retail side a bit harder to swallow. And it’s easy to understand the concern in an industry that is currently struggling to compete against a tax-free illegal market.

In the latest edition of Behind the Bar, attorney general fights price fixing, a new committee to hear medical aid in dying measure and lawmaker says 80-hour work weeks build character.

Trump’s executive orders, as well as crime, homelessness and state budget issues, were just a few of the topics discussed during the fifth community listening session of the Nevada Democracy Project.

We break down who will be running in the November general election.

The spotlight’s on Nevada as residents prepare to vote in races for president, U.S. Senate, and 52 legislative seats that will determine the governor’s veto power.

This year, party leaders in particular had the most success in getting their bills passed. Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager (D-Las Vegas) recorded a Legislature-topping 85 percent success rate, with 11 of 13 bills signed into law. 

No presidential candidates attended the event, and U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) was the only statewide elected official in attendance.

After Senate Republicans blocked passage of the bill Monday night, a termed-out Sen. Scott Hammond (R-Las Vegas) reversed course Tuesday supporting the measure across the legislative finish line and sending it to Lombardo’s desk less than one day after the regular session ended.

Here’s a look at some of the high-profile bills that failed at the second house committee passage deadline.

After serving in the 2015 and 2021 sessions, O'Neill is spending the 2023 session navigating a challenging landscape as leader of the Assembly Republican Caucus.

Juneteenth marks the historic moment that the last recorded enslaved Africans were freed by soldiers in Galveston, Texas, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. The newly recognized national holiday acknowledges the more than 250 years of enslavement endured by generations of Black families.

Of the bills that died, 49 percent of them (117 of 239) were Republican-sponsored measures — despite Republican lawmakers putting forward only about half as many bills as their Democratic counterparts, who hold wide majorities in both chambers.

Anderson said the bill would authorize the CCB to conduct investigations on unregulated operators similar to the investigations it already conducts of licensed operators, such as compiling evidence and presenting it to the attorney general’s office, which can assign civil penalties.

Freshman Republican Assemblywoman Danielle Gallant replaces Glen Leavitt, who served two terms before leaving the Assembly seat to run for state Senate, but dropped out before the election.  

Standing alone at the top of the pack, the Nevada Association of Realtors, also known as Nevada REALTORS, gave more money than any other group, contributing more than $432,000 from the association and its multiple political action committees.

Reports from the Anti-Defamation League indicate 2,717 antisemitic incidents took place throughout the United States in 2021 — the most since tracking began in 1979 and a 64 percent increase in incidents from the previous year.