Here are three things to watch for on Day 92 of the 2017 Legislative Session.
Nevada
The last month of the 2017 Legislature started with good news when an independent panel of fiscal experts predicted more money for state coffers.
It’s crunch time at the Nevada Legislature, with 30 days and counting to a mandatory June 5 adjournment. Based on legislative history, 75 percent of the work of the 120-day session will be accomplished in the remaining 25 percent of the time available.
Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval and senior administration officials met Friday with Democratic Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson to try to push the legislative process forward as the Nevada Legislature enters its final weeks.
A bill that would bar mental health professionals from conducting sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy on minors was amended in the Assembly on Friday ahead of a final vote next week.
Weighing in on how Nevada should test people for stoned driving, lawmakers advanced a measure on Friday to eliminate urine samples as a viable measure for police to show a driver to be impaired by marijuana.
Not that anyone is trying to rush him out the door, but the Assembly on Friday introduced a bill appropriating $25,000 for an official portrait of Gov. Brian Sandoval.
Nevada’s Medicaid program will continue to expand under a budget approved Friday by a legislative money subcommittee.
A Senate committee heard emotional testimony Friday before approving a bill requiring doctors and other health care professionals to take ongoing training on suicide prevention.
State workers rallied Friday at the Nevada Legislature for an increase in pay, arguing that they are 30 percent behind where they were before the Great Recession.
3 things to watch for on Legislative Session Day 89: reflexology licensing, PLAs and donated drugs.
Assembly Bill 101 would eliminate a requirement that the Nevada Department of Wildlife spend at least 80 percent of the funds from a $3 hunting fee on lethal removal of predators.
There was no opposition Thursday to a bill imposing lodging taxes on short-term rentals arranged through online outfits like Airbnb if such rentals are allowed by local governments.
It didn’t make the headlines, but if you read between the lines, we found out this week that the Nevada Legislature is going to pass Education Savings Accounts. No special session necessary.
Hockey fans may soon be able to show their support for the Vegas Golden Knights with a special license plate.