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Little opposition to bill that would protect Nevada well owners

Bills protecting domestic well owners from possible water cutoffs and authorizing the state engineer to limit how much domestic wells can pump in over-appropriated basins drew little opposition Tuesday.

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5th-graders ask Nevada Assembly for free state park admission

Fifth-graders in Mrs. KellyLynn Charles’ class at Lummis Elementary School in Las Vegas are all in on a proposal in the Legislature to give them one-year free passes to Nevada’s state parks and recreational areas.

Nevada Senate OKs bill to ban heli-hunting

The Nevada Senate gave unanimous support Tuesday to a bill outlawing the use of helicopters to fly hunters to remote locations to shoot big game.

Nevada counties may have to implement e-commerce safe zones

Nevada counties would designate a sheriff’s office or police station as a safe zone for buyers and sellers of e-commerce to meet and complete transactions, providing a degree of safety under a bill heard Tuesday by an Assembly committee.

 
Trump signs order to rescind Obama’s plan for clean energy

Declaring “the start of a new era” in energy production, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that he said would revive the coal industry and create jobs.