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.
Gov. Joe Lombardo on Monday announced he plans to call the Nevada State Legislature into a special session “at some point over the next few months.”
A provision of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that caps the federal tax deduction for gambling losses at 90% will be costly for gamblers and the Nevada economy, but a potential boon to the illegal betting industry, say experts who joined U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) Monday in Las Vegas to discuss her effort to restore the full deduction.
Nevadans who get medical insurance through Nevada Health Link may see their premiums rise dramatically next calendar year, new data released by the state suggests.
Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo asked the Republican legislative caucus to block a bill that attempts to limit cash-rich corporate investors from purchasing large swaths of housing in Nevada, Republican state Sen. Ira Hansen said on Tuesday.
Lawmakers are looking to pass a law that would require utilities to fully refund energy customers who are overcharged, closing loopholes that have allowed utilities to withhold full refunds from wronged customers.
Nevada’s Economic Forum adjusted the tax revenue forecast down $191 million for the upcoming biennium, representing a further dimming of an already dreary outlook of how the economy will fare under the Trump administration.
