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.
Former Nevada Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, who currently serves as president of the University of Nevada, Reno, is one of 435 university and college presidents and chancellors to sign on to a letter protesting the “unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American education.”
Thousands of homeowners in Nevada have seen their insurance policies canceled or not-renewed due to wildfire risk, prompting state lawmakers to warn that “a crisis is brewing” and considering ways to combat it.
By Michael Lyle, Nevada Current Amid growing numbers of traffic fatalities across Nevada, state lawmakers during interim meetings last year discussed whether red light and speed cameras or enhanced infrastructure would be the best way to improve road safety. A...
Nevada Republican National Committeewoman and former political candidate Sigal Chattah has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as interim U.S. Attorney in Nevada, her office confirmed Friday.
Democratic Assemblymember Max Carter, the bill’s sponsor, said he not only wanted to give eviction reform another chance. He also wants to give Lombardo a “second chance to do what’s right for Nevadans, all Nevadans, not just corporate landlords.”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has axed two programs that gave Nevada schools and food banks more than $6 million in funds to buy food from local farms and ranchers in the state last year.
The positions eliminated include park rangers, engineers, ecologists, maintenance workers, and cultural resource staff for the ninth most-visited area managed by the National Park Service. By Jennifer Solis, Nevada Current More than a dozen federal workers at Lake...
