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Modest increase forecast for state revenue

Economic Forum said General Fund revenues should come to $11.4 billion for the 2024-25 budget cycle.

Lawmakers OK $35 million in small business funds

The program is designed to make a combination of private and public funding available to start-ups and other small businesses.

Revenue $800 million ahead of forecast, state economist says

The seven major revenue streams brought in $689.6 million more than forecast this fiscal year, about $3.5 billion so far.

Over objections, lawmakers OK $250M for affordable housing

Members of both parties objected strongly that the spending plan essentially cut the legislative branch out of a say in exactly how it would be spent.

Rural Nevada residents file lawsuit against new district map

The maps split rural Nye County into three state Assembly districts.

Special Session: Redistricting clears Senate Committee but some amendments expected

Democratic lawmakers made it clear Saturday evening they intend to push their redistricting maps through despite strong opposition not only from Republican lawmakers but county officials, Hispanics and Nevada Indian tribes.

Cannabis lounges coming to Nevada with host of new laws

A flurry of laws passed by the Nevada Legislature earlier this year took effect Friday.

Nevada lawmakers start study of Sisolak's 'Innovation Zones'

The proposal first appeared in Sisolak's State of the State address but was never introduced in the Legislature.

208 new laws take effect in Nevada on July 1

All or parts of 208 bills passed by the 2021 Legislature take effect Thursday, including the so-called “public option” health insurance plan.

Sisolak vetoes four bills including ethics measure

Gov. Steve Sisolak has vetoed four bills including the measure that would have turned ethics investigations within the legislative branch over to lawmakers instead of the independent statewide Ethics Commission.

Sisolak signs public health insurance law

The law is designed to create a health plan for all Nevadans that is less expensive but at least as generous as Medicare.

Mining tax plan ups stakes in Legislature's last days

Nevada lawmakers introduced a proposal late Saturday to impose additional taxes on mining, opening the door for consensus between an industry that has long sought to protect its unique tax structure and reformers who want to increase state spending on education.

Four of five money bills now introduced at Legislature

Four of the five bills that create the state budget for the coming biennium have now been introduced in the 2021 Legislature.

Senate passes bill expanding penalties for price gouging during a disaster

The Nevada Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that would expand the definition and penalties for deceptive trade practices, including price gouging, during a state of emergency.

Sweeping rent assistance bill heard in committee

The Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means committees met in joint session Monday to review a sweeping rental assistance bill.

Nevada Republicans punished for defying statehouse mask rule

Long-simmering disputes over coronavirus restrictions in the Nevada statehouse boiled over on Thursday when the Democratic majority voted to punish Republican lawmakers for refusing to comply with rules in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

$500 million added to K-12 funding by legislative money committees

A joint session of Senate Finance and the Assembly Ways and Means committees Wednesday added more than $500 million to state spending for K-12 education in the coming biennium.

Lawmakers approve stimulus funding to restore vacant positions

Lawmakers voted Saturday to restore nearly 500 positions that were originally held vacant because of budget cuts ordered last summer.

Lawmakers call for restoration of K-12 funding cut in governor’s budget

Several members of the money committees objected Tuesday to specific cuts to K-12 education funding in the governor’s recommended budget.

Compromise preserves some funding for Douglas County youth camps

Lawmakers Friday accepted a compromise plan to fund the China Spring/Aurora Pines youth camps in Douglas County.

Nevada lawmakers debate public health care option proposal

Lobbyists representing doctors and hospitals clashed with affordable health care advocates on Tuesday in the Nevada Legislature's first hearing on a proposal to create state-run health insurance plans

Advocates protest amendment to bill fixing unconstitutional bail statute

Defense advocates objected Thursday to an amendment in a bill designed to remove an unconstitutional bail statute.

Bill expands Medicaid coverage to all Nevadans with ‘Public Option’

Democrats led by Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro of Las Vegas on Wednesday introduced legislation that would create a Public Option program that would provide health insurance coverage to “all natural persons who reside in this state.”

Deadline left just four bills to die at Nevada Legislature

Tuesday’s deadline for bills to pass out of the house of origin saw just four pieces of legislation left behind.

Nevada Senate passes proposal to expand birth control access

The Nevada Senate on Monday voted unanimously in favor of a proposal to allow pharmacists to provide patients birth control without authorization from a doctor or health care provider with a traditional prescription pad.

Legislature reopens to public with little fanfare

The Nevada Legislature reopened its doors to the public on Thursday after months of only allowing lawmakers, staff and a limited number of reporters into the building.

Nevada Democrats' priorities emerge on bill deadline day

Nevada lawmakers sped through hundreds of proposals on Friday to meet another major deadline of the 2021 legislative session, which required most bills to pass out of their first committee before Saturday to remain up for consideration.

Legislature faces Friday deadline for bill passage

Friday is the Nevada Legislature’s deadline for passage of non-exempt bills from committee in the house where they were introduced.

Bill expands ability of government to seek reimbursement of wildfire expenses

The Assembly Ways and Means Committee was asked Monday to support a bill expanding the ability of governments and agencies to seek reimbursement from people who willfully or negligently cause wildfires.

Nevada Legislature getting metal detectors and X-ray machines

After years of leadership and legislative counsel directors opposing electronic security, the Nevada Legislature is getting metal detectors and X-ray machines at its main entrances.

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