The amendment would require the sale of public lands in Clark, Lyon, Pershing and Washoe counties within a two-year period

In interviews, more than a dozen industry players, lawmakers and environmental advocates touted the law’s transformational potential and existing impact in Nevada. But the bureaucratic and corporate timelines of the IRA’s funding provisions move much slower than the election cycle. 

Entrepreneurship — the act of starting or even growing any business — offers the valley’s residents a chance to define and pursue personal career interests and to have an ownership stake in doing so.

The Office of Entrepreneurship will work with stakeholders and organizations supporting entrepreneurship in Nevada to enhance the skills of entrepreneurs and the business environment in which they operate.

The planned Oak View development off Blue Diamond Road and Las Vegas Boulevard grew in size and cost, but developer Tim Leiweke said the public money will not be sought for the project.

By focusing on quality, economic development opportunities, Nevada fortifies its financial standing more readily through its boom-and-bust cycles, due to its heavy reliance on gaming, while diversifying industry ...

The Nevada congressional delegation is backing an application from Brightline West and the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) for $3.75 billion to build a high-speed rail line from outside of Los Angeles to Las Vegas, hoping the infusion of federal funds can get construction on the long-awaited project underway this year.

Software developers, civil engineers and operations managers are among the top 10 in-demand jobs in Southern Nevada, according to a regional “2022 Workforce Blueprint” released Tuesday.

While unemployment rates have nearly fallen to pre-pandemic levels and high-tech companies such as Google are taking an interest in the state, economic diversification continues to be a top-of-mind challenge for cities in tourism-dominated Nevada. 

A proposed bill that would recognize UNLV and DRI as land grant institutions in addition to UNR has renewed old divisions over perceived equity and fairness in higher education funding.

AB449, sponsored by Assemblywoman Teresa Benitez-Thompson (D-Reno), would place the office under stricter oversight, shift the focus of the office to championing “mom and pop” businesses and generate more funding for affordable housing by requiring that businesses receiving tax incentives make payments into a state fund for affordable housing.

Scott Huntley, an executive with the water authority, said Monday that the SNWA’s executive team had decided to move the proposed contract from the authority’s Thursday meeting and instead kick it to a January meeting of a citizen’s advisory board.

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.