The battle may have been lost on Education Savings Accounts in the 2017 session of the Nevada Legislature, but the war will continue in the next go-round for lawmakers in 2019.
2017 Legislature
Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford publicly admonished a state senator Monday who remains under investigation for numerous allegations of harassment.
If the Brian Sandoval who ran for governor in 2010 were in office today, the 2017 Legislature would have ended much differently.
Gov. Brian Sandoval said Monday he will sign a bill that supporters expect will bring the rooftop solar industry back to Nevada.
Days after failing twice amid a bitter tug-of-war between lawmakers, Nevada’s special sales tax on marijuana sales was revived and sent to the governor’s desk on the final day of the Legislature.
It wasn’t quite time for a good stiff drink — the Nevada Legislature remained hard at work throughout Monday with a looming midnight deadline to adjourn — but the hour was rapidly approaching.
Nevada lawmakers gave final legislative approval Monday to a package of bills that resolved a stalemate over the budget and signaled the 2017 Legislature would end without chaos by midnight.
Sponsors of Assembly Bill 404 said the office would have added oversight to organizations such as the Las Vegas Convention and Visitor’s authority, and noted a Review-Journal investigation that showed lavish spending alcohol, showgirls and luxuries.
The Nevada Legislature on Monday pushed forward with a bill to allocate $25 million in new money to UNLV’s fledgling medical school, contingent upon the state funding getting a private donor match.
Gov. Brian Sandoval signs 35 bills into law on Sunday, including one making it easier to felons to vote and another adding protections for dogs and cats.
A bill seeking to re-establish the rooftop solar industry in Nevada is on its way to Gov. Brian Sandoval after the Assembly late Sunday agreed to an amendment to Assembly Bill 405 added by the Senate.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Senate reached agreement late Sunday to end a stalemate that threatened the state budget, agreeing to add $20 million in available tax credits to a scholarship fund in place of the Republican priority of education savings accounts.
Marsy’s Law — a bill of rights for crime victims — seemed to have the momentum to get through the Legislature and onto the Nevada ballot next year.
Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoed two more bills and signed 19 others on Saturday, including a bill requiring more reporting of suspected child abuse and neglect.
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