State prekindergarten programs would expand under an Assembly bill that would allocate $4 million in each of the next two years for the state’s youngest students.
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Who are the players behind Nevada’s booming legal marijuana industry that saw more than $400 million in sales in its first year? We could soon find out under a new amendment to a Senate bill approved by lawmakers Thursday.
Vaping products would be taxed like tobacco, at 30 percent of their wholesale cost, under a bill heard in committee Thursday. Health advocates said they were trying to reverse a rise in teenage vaping while shop owners said the tax would kill their business.
The Legislature’s latest effort to end its constitutionally set biennial sessions and begin meeting every year started its latest journey through the Statehouse on Wednesday.
The Assembly Committee on Government Affairs will hear the bill on Friday. While the museum would be recognized as a state museum under the legislation, it would be privately funded, a supporter said.
The Senate and Assembly health committees heard introductions for several bills Wednesday, including one that aims to improve the services and living conditions of supportive housing for the mentally ill.
A bill to require ward-by-ward voting for city council members in all of Nevada’s cities – primarily a response to how the city of Henderson elects its leaders – looks like it’s heading for reworking after getting a rough welcome in committee Tuesday.
The Washoe County Commission Tuesday chose Greg Smith, a retired labor union apprenticeship coordinator and widower of a state senator, to succeed Sparks Assemblyman Mike Sprinkle, who resigned from the Legislature March 14 amid claims of sexual harassment .
Assembly Bill 456 would gradually increase Nevada’s minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2024, although some progressive activists were hoping for more.
Significantly more transparency could be coming to Nevada’s marijuana industry under a newly proposed bill amendment unveiled Tuesday.
Raising Nevada’s minimum wage for workers was one of the topics covered by more than 140 bills introduced in the Nevada Legislature on Monday.
Raising Nevada’s minimum wage for workers and minimum age for smokers were just some of the more than 140 new bills that were introduced in the Nevada Legislature on Monday.
A bill introduced Monday in a legislative committee would create a statewide system for those in a housing crisis to access support services 24/7.
After introducing 270 new bills last week, lawmakers are prepping for at least one more marathon day in Carson City come Monday.
Lawmakers Friday took up three bills related to strengthening laws and protecting victims of sex trafficking and prostitution, passing two out of committee to the full Assembly for floor votes.
