The Nevada Coalition for Psychedelic Medicines will push for two bills relating to the use of psilocybin, or magic mushrooms.
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The fallout over a housing development on Blue Diamond Hill continues for Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones, who could face suspension or disbarment from the State Bar of Nevada.
Nevada’s congressional delegation highlights policy priorities and bipartisan efforts under GOP control.
After receiving its largest amount of funding of $4 billion in the last legislative session, CCSD announced in September that it was facing a potential budget deficit.
Assemblyman Gregory Hafen II, R-Pahrump, was elected to serve as caucus leader for Nevada Assembly Republicans.
Bills banning firearms near voting centers and a study of research and regulations concerning drugs such as “magic mushrooms” advanced from legislative committees on Thursday, beating a Friday deadline.
The intent of the law that was passed in 2021 and took effect January 1 was to decriminalize most traffic violations, turn charges into civil infractions and keep people out of jail.
Federal public defenders argued before the Supreme Court that lawmakers need to more clearly designate how lethal injections can be carried out in Nevada.
Assembly Bill 125 would ask law enforcement agencies to accept a report of a missing person from a tribal reservation or colony to enter into the National Crime Information Center.
The gaming industry is in support of removing a law that requires them to clean guests rooms daily, but union workers see safety and job issues.
Nevada’s Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing for Rex’s Law, a proposed bill aiming to increase penalties for reckless driving.
An Assembly bill seeking to improve the state’s workers’ compensation process was met with pushback Tuesday from employees who handle injured workers’ insurance claims.
Assembly Bill 313 would require the backfilling of open pit mines once mining companies are done extracting ore and other minerals from the site.
The bill was one of three election-related measures approved by a Senate committee Tuesday, ahead of a Friday deadline.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto vowed to work to fix a “broken” immigration system.