Lawmakers were hesitant to pass the measure, even though they solicited the reports that suggested closing a $2.7 billion gap between current funding levels and national average funding target.

The demonstrations, part of the 50 protests, 50 states movement known as 50501, have been planned by various progressive organizations for weeks, with the left-leaning group Indivisible helping organize the Reno and Carson City gatherings. The protest in Las Vegas was also organized by Indivisible. 

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

Eight measures died Friday, including a proposed constitutional amendment that could have dramatically increased property tax revenue for schools.

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

The Legislature’s second committee passage deadline brought 33 bills to their demise Friday. 

Five years after the pandemic, Nevada’s chronic absenteeism rate is still higher than usual. One education advocate says the state needs to work to address the issue or everyone will pay the price.

Wildlife crossings significantly reduce animal fatalities and save millions of dollars by reducing the number of animal-vehicle collisions. AB486, a bill looking to double the existing $1 fee the state charges on new tires and send the funding toward the projects, has been gutted.

In today’s edition, introducing our bill tracker, what we're watching on deadline day and Lombardo says “f— you” to critics.

The Senate and Assembly are considering separate, but similar, bills that would implement a program to buy back and retire water rights in some of the state’s most over-appropriated basins.

Those in favor see it as a way to close a loophole through which billions of dollars in potential property tax revenues are lost thanks to the antiquated constitutional provision. It flies under the flag of the Property Tax Fairness Amendment.

Graduate assistants, who teach and perform research, say their stipends don’t provide liveable wages. They also claim they face harassment and discrimination.

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

... attempting to compare educational institutions as if they have statistically identical children, each equally likely to be studious prodigies, leads to perverse outcomes and impossible working conditions for teachers.

Guest room attendants say they will continue fighting for daily room cleaning to be the standard in Strip properties even after Gov. Joe Lombardo signed SB441 last week.

Here’s a look at which bills have passed (and failed) ahead of Friday’s deadline.

What’s different about this tax is that it would empower the government ... to tax unrealized gains. What that means is the government is asserting that it has a claim to Americans’ money before they even earn it.

The agency’s plan is to reduce the number of operating conservation camps to six for the upcoming two-year budget cycle, closing the camps operating in Ely, Tonopah and Hawthorne.

In a longer-term push to evaluate potential new tax streams, Assemblywoman Natha Anderson (D-Sparks) is seeking a study of wealth taxes during the upcoming interim through ACR7. 

Allowing Medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs is one of the most popular aspects of the Inflation Reduction Act, and a bill proposed by Nevada lawmakers would apply those drug price caps for all Nevadans.