Minden is a former “sundown town,” where ordinances prohibited non-white people from remaining after dark. A loud siren that heralded the deadline to leave still sounds twice daily.
Colton Lochhead
Carson City bureau chief
Email: clochhead@reviewjournal.com
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Colton Lochhead covers pot and politics for the Review-Journal, where he started as an intern covering crime and breaking news in 2012. Raised in Las Vegas, the life-long desert rat graduated from Bonanza High School before earning his journalism degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Democratic state lawmakers unveiled a sweeping renewable energy bill Thursday that they say will pave the path for Nevada to meet its renewable energy goals while boosting jobs along the way.
A bill that would have banned the death penalty in Nevada is dead, Democratic leaders announced Thursday.
New tax revenue projections and federal aid to the state have left Nevada lawmakers in a far better position than they anticipated when the 2021 Legislature began in February.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Wednesday touted the efforts undertaken during to the COVID-19 crisis to mitigate its economic impacts on Nevada.
The state’s Economic Forum said Tuesday that Nevada tax revenues have given the state an extra $586 million, a relief to lawmakers who anticipated cutting budgets as the state recovers from COVID-19.
As lawmakers consider creating the first government commission to regulate esports competitions in Nevada, the world’s biggest video game developers are trying to kill it.
Under the bill approved Thursday, no water from the Colorado River could be used to irrigate ornamental grass on non-residential properties starting in 2027.
Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a revived effort to establish a public health insurance option in the state aimed at helping some of Nevada’s 350,000 uninsured residents get health coverage.
A bill that would have allowed tech companies to form their own local governments in Nevada is dead for the 2021 session; instead, a special committee will study the idea over the next two years.
With fewer than 40 days until the end of the 2021 Legislature, a bill to allow the creation of autonomous “innovation zones” within counties has still not been introduced.
The state Assembly on Tuesday voted in favor of a bill that would abolish the death penalty in the Nevada.
The requirement to wear a mask while in public will remain in place, however, the governor said.
Bills that would abolish the death penalty, ban “ghost guns,” and allow for cannabis consumption lounges were among dozens of bills approved by lawmakers on Friday.
With a likely water shortage looming next year, regulators in Southern Nevada are setting their turf-removal sights on the next big group of water hogs.