Legislature 2009

Chamber, unions clash on government pay, perks

The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce is like the kid who taunts the barking, chained-up dogs in the neighborhood.

Concerns arise over illegal statewide sales of synthetic hemp products

April 21, 2024

By Grace Da Rocha

The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board said it had recently received “several reports of intoxicating hemp products being sold within the state and on the internet” ...
Nevada's first regulated cannabis consumption lounge opens in Las Vegas

Feb. 27, 2024

By Grace Da Rocha

In the seconds before the first state-regulated cannabis consumption lounge would open at Thrive Cannabis Marketplace near the Strip, Clark County Commission Tick Segerblom prepared for the occasion. Segerblom, a lawmaker who has long advocated for the advancement of legal marijuana, held a joint ...
Missed deadline puts Clark County teacher, staff raises on hold

Feb. 17, 2024

By Hillary Davis

The Interim Finance Committee — a body of state lawmakers that makes various funding decisions between Nevada’s regular biennial legislative sessions — most recently met Feb. 8 to decide ...
In Nevada’s battle for doctors, med schools seek more residencies

Jan. 14, 2024

By Grace Da Rocha

On Match Day 2023 — when graduating medical students learn where they’ll spend their first year post-graduate training — 26 UNLV med students were pegged for residencies in Nevada. The other 42 graduates ...
CCSD Board faces opposition to limits on appointed members

Jan. 13, 2024

By Hillary Davis

The Clark County School District Board is seeking to expand restrictions on its nonvoting, appointed board members with a policy that does not allow the newly seated members to make or second motions ...
Lawsuit takes aim at Nevada's public option health insurance program

Jan. 3, 2024

By Casey Harrison

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Nevada’s First Judicial District Court in Carson City, charges that Senate Bill 420, passed into law during the 2021 legislative session, violates three provisions ...
Business community, lawmakers discuss ways to improve landscape for Nevada startups

Nov. 29, 2023

By Katie Ann McCarver

With the 2025 Nevada Legislature on the not-too-distant horizon, entrepreneurs and business owners are engaging state lawmakers about ...
Assembly Dems backing union electrician for vacant seat in Nevada Legislature

Nov. 28, 2023

By Casey Harrison

Assembly Democrats are endorsing a longtime union worker to fill a vacant seat in a district Democrats have largely controlled since 2012. Venise Karris, a retired member of the ...
At UNLV, a first-of-its-kind Cannabis Policy Institute is up and running

Nov. 28, 2023

By Grace Da Rocha

The institute will serve as a research hub for cannabis policy and “local, state, national and international implications for public policy, law, medicine, science, economics and ...
Nevada’s laws, Las Vegas’ appeal make city attractive for surrogacy services

Nov. 23, 2023

By Emma Brocato

Nevada boasts unique legal protections that help surrogates and intended parents in the process of bringing a child into the world, officials with SurrogateFirst say.
Facing pressure to resign, CCSD's Jara defends his performance

Nov. 18, 2023

By Hillary Davis

In a letter to the School Board dated Nov. 9, Jara said the calls earlier this month by Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager and Senate Majority Nicole Cannizzaro for him to resign or be fired were ...
MLB owners to vote on A’s move this week

Nov. 12, 2023

By Casey Harrison

A 2019 analysis by Arizona State University’s Global Sport Institute shows that all but two of the 30 MLB stadiums have received ...
State Senate leader joins Assembly speaker’s call seeking big changes atop CCSD

Nov. 8, 2023

By Hillary Davis

Key Nevada lawmakers are ratcheting up the pressure on Superintendent Jesus Jara to no longer helm the Clark County School District. Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager, D-Las Vegas, called on the CCSD School Board on Monday to “take whatever steps are necessary” to begin the termination process, days after his public request for Jara to resign was met with ...
Nevada judge tosses teachers union-backed petition to put A's stadium funding on 2024 ballot

Nov. 7, 2023

Associated Press

A Nevada judge threw out a proposed ballot referendum backed by a statewide teachers union that would give voters the final say on whether to give $380 million in ...
Nevada Assembly speaker calls on CCSD head Jara to resign

Nov. 2, 2023

By Hillary Davis

Nevada Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager called on Clark County Schools Superintendent Jesus Jara to resign Wednesday, citing a litany of criticisms ...
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Legislature 2009

Chamber, unions clash on government pay, perks