Keep an eye on property tax hikes, businesses going to pot and car seat requirements on Day 32 of the 2017 Legislative session.
Nevada
As solar and renewable energy measures took center stage at the Legislature on Wednesday, a national group reported that Nevada more than doubled its solar capacity in 2016 to 2,191 megawatts over 1,033 megawatts in 2015.
Despite president’s recent sympathetic comments about their plight, many so-called Dreamers fear they too could face deportation.
Predators who try to solicit children under the age of 14 for sex could be charged with trafficking, under a bill in the Nevada Legislature.
Nevada officials were bracing Wednesday for more details to determine how the new Republican health care replacement bill would impact the state and its residents.
Nevadans would be able to cremate their loved ones with liquid under a bill heard Wednesday in the Assembly Health and Human Services Committee.
Nevada students would have the opportunity to become bilingual as part of a dual-language immersion program presented during the Assembly education committee.
Nevada may start a statewide program that tracks rape kits while keeping victims updated on the kits’ progression through the system.
An initiative to automatically register people to vote when they obtain or renew a driver’s license or identification card at a Department of Motor Vehicles office passed a Senate committee Wednesday.
Nevada students would be required to receive instruction on financial literacy and economics under a bill introduced Wednesday in the Nevada Senate.
Staff with the Nevada Attorney General’s office highlighted the agency’s successes in a budget hearing before state lawmakers on Wednesday.
A bill allowing transgender people to change their names without publishing their new and original names in a newspaper was passed unanimously Wednesday by the Nevada Senate.
Labor groups squared off with critics Wednesday over a Democrat-backed bill to roll back prevailing wage thresholds passed by the Republican-controlled 2015 Legislature.
Fraudsters who illegally provide legal services without a law license may face tougher penalties.
A panel of lawmakers on Wednesday approved funding of nearly $400,000 to provide contracted security for the state’s National Guard facilities, although some committee members expressed concern about the move to privatization.
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