NV Energy says it wants to ensure “that customers understand daily demand, have the information and tools they need to assess the impact of daily demand on their utility bill, and understand how energy use affects daily demand.”
The Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act, introduced by Nevada Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, directs the Department of the Interior to grant the Southern Nevada Water Authority rights-of-way for the construction and operation of a 40-mile water pipeline beneath the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area.
Lawmakers said they’ve heard from constituents who can no longer afford high costs of auto insurance either becoming under insured or lacking insurance altogether.
Food delivery apps will no longer be able to list restaurants on their platforms without first verifying those restaurants have business licenses and health permits, thanks to a new law that went into effect on Jan. 1.
Federal immigration enforcement in Nevada wasn’t an issue listed on Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo’s formal proclamation announcing a special session last week. But the issue made its way to one legislative chamber anyway, in the form of an initiative from Democratic Assembly leaders that was unequivocally rejected by their Democratic colleagues in the Latino Legislative Caucus.
The proposed Summerlin movie studio bill now under consideration by lawmakers in a special legislative session could force the state to cut expenses or increase revenue to accommodate the bill’s massive expansion of transferable tax credits.
A bipartisan duo of state lawmakers hosted a webinar Monday to cast doubt on the merits of passing what would be the state’s largest public subsidy in history, a transferable tax credit plan that supporters hope to enact in an upcoming special session of the Nevada Legislature.
Gov. Joe Lombardo’s deputy chief of staff and finance director told lawmakers a special legislative session will happen in November and will include funding issues for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as SNAP.
Las Vegas home sellers saw a median profit of 53% in the third quarter of this year, down from 59.6% a year ago. The typical Las Vegas home sold in the third quarter had been owned for about eight and a half years, according to a new report from ATTOM, a real estate data analyst.
Metro’s 287(g) agreement with ICE, named for a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act, allows police to issue civil immigration warrants and detain individuals up to 48 hours beyond their scheduled release so that federal agents may take them into custody. The agreement violates Nevada law, according to the lawsuit, because it was not condoned by state lawmakers.
