State Politics
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Slots still open for Las Vegas’ free, mobile pre-K program
An innovative, free mobile pre-K program is bringing early learning to some low-income neighborhoods in Las Vegas.
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Thousands of families to benefit from NV Energy’s multimillion-dollar refund plan
Thousands of customers were overcharged by NV Energy. Here’s what you need to know about the company’s $32.6 million refund plan.
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Nevada’s biggest industry can’t afford to live
Leisure and hospitality workers in Nevada struggle to make ends meet.
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Lombardo envía a la Guardia Nacional de Nevada a apoyar las deportaciones de Trump, y crece la preocupación
Una legisladora estatal de Nevada tildó el plan de deportaciones de Trump de “reliquia del pasado que se ha salido de los límites”, y por ello cuestionó al gobernador por sumarse a la iniciativa.
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Ford seeks to unseat ‘vulnerable’ Republican governor
If Attorney General Aaron Ford wins, he would be the first Black American elected as governor in Nevada.
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9 impressive facts about Nevada’s Culinary Workers Union
With members representing 178 countries, the Culinary Workers Union is the largest Latinx, Black, AAPI, and immigrant organization in Nevada.
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Nevada LGBTQ+ advocates respond to trans rights setbacks at state and federal levels
Nevada’s LGBTQ+ community and allies are coming together to face legal and political challenges impacting transgender people across Nevada after Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed two bills affecting transgender Nevadan’s access to care, as well as the Supreme Court’s decision last week to uphold a law in Tennessee banning youth gender-affirming care.
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Here’s where major bills stand at the end of Nevada’s legislative session
Among the bills that survived is a voter ID bill that the president of the NAACP Las Vegas said could further disenfranchise the most vulnerable Nevadans.
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At Lombardo’s request, Hansen ‘reluctantly’ blocks bill to rein in runaway corporate home ownership
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.
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Bill seeks to ensure full refunds when utilities overcharge customers
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.
