April 6, 2021
Nevada Legislature
Lombardo has previously bucked other Republicans by supporting universal background checks.
Lawmakers must pass the resolution again in 2025 before it would go before voters as a ballot question in 2026.
The plan addresses four key areas: school choice, early childhood literacy, improving the teacher pipeline and increasing accountability.
While Storey County looks forward to the tax windfall from the end of the Tesla abatement, the payoff is not secure.
Joint subcommittees on K-12, higher education and capital improvement projects held the Legislature’s first school budget hearing.
The stakes are high as Nevada looks to craft a two-year plan to improve educational outcomes.
He said the raises are intended in part to offset the increases in Public Employee Retirement System premiums.
The revenue currently goes to the General Fund but the proposal would claim $1.6 million for mental health programs this coming year.
SB448, sponsor Sen. Chris Brooks said, will “capitalize on Nevada’s regional position in the U.S. to really make us a hub for this new energy economy.”
A bill to put teeth in trespass laws involving possession of firearms in resorts was approved on a party-line vote Saturday.
Over the objections of Republican members, the joint money committees Thursday approved overall budget cuts to the system of higher education totaling $84.5 million.
Attorney General Aaron Ford on Friday asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to give his office the power to conduct “pattern and practice” investigations into the policies and conduct of law enforcement agencies in Nevada.
Members of the money committees on Wednesday balked at the plan to put $8 million in federal COVID-19 funding into the Donor’s Choose Internet platform after being told that organization would get more than $1 million of the funding in overhead costs.
Nevada lawmakers on Wednesday heard three proposals about changing liability laws and helping fire-fighting agencies coordinate their responses.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Wednesday signed legislation creating the treasurer’s program to provide special bank accounts to help the disabled.
The Nevada Senate on Friday approved legislation restricting the governor’s ability to make appointments to the Public Employee Benefits Program board.
Nevada lawmakers are now considering whether to make people who undertake organized harassment — commonly known as doxxing — legally accountable for their acts.
The Nevada Assembly voted Tuesday to abolish the death penalty.
The Legislative Building is reopening this coming week — with restrictions.
Senate and Assembly members of the money committees split Tuesday over the governor’s proposed deep cuts to state support for the China Spring and Aurora Pines youth camps in Douglas County.
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