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    After The Alpine Apartments Fire, Questions Remain Regarding Tenants' Rights

    Jan 17, 2020

    Hours after the smoke cleared from the December 21 Alpine Motel Apartments fire, investigators said the culprit appeared

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    Debriefing: ‘The Timing Was Right’

    Aug 01, 2019

    How a fledgling group lobbying for addiction causes notched a winning legislative session

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    Will A Sales Tax Increase Give CCSD A Bump?

    Jul 22, 2019

    Despite a lingering shortage in education funding, Clark County School District could get a cash infusion that would address some longtime needs. 

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    Unions Savor Legislative Wins, Promise To Stay Active In 2020

    Jul 09, 2019

    Organized labor helped put Democrats in charge of Nevada's governor’s office and both houses of the Legislature for the first time in 30 years, and that alignment aided both public- and private-sec

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    A Look Back At Nevada's Recent Housing Legislation

    Jun 25, 2019

    Lawmakers addressed gun control, criminal justice reform and education. But perhaps one of the most pressing issues was housing. 

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    Nevada Legislative Session Hailed On Left Amid 2020 Backdrop

    Jun 19, 2019
    LAS VEGAS (AP) — As the dust settles on Nevada's legislative session, the buffet of progressive laws passed by the Democrat-controlled, female-majority Legislature is being hailed as an example by Democratic presidential candidates and others on the left.
     
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    Good, Bad Or Ugly: Nevada's Higher Education System And The Legislature

    Jun 19, 2019

    Nevada's higher education system, sought out more these days as high school grads realize good casino jobs are not readily available, got a mixed bag from state lawmakers this year.

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    Nevada Governor Signs Crime, Gun, Health, Immigration Laws

    Jun 17, 2019

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak toured the Las Vegas area as he signed new laws highlighting the Democrat-controlled Legislature's themes of criminal justice reform, gun control, health care and immigration.

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    Nevada Pioneers Law To Protect Pot-Using Job-Seekers

    Jun 13, 2019

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada is set to pioneer a law to prevent job-seekers from being immediately rejected for work based on a positive marijuana test.

    Democratic Assembly members Dina Neal and Edgar Flores sponsored the measure that goes into effect in January.

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    Sisolak Signs Bills On Minimum Wage, Bargaining And More

    Jun 13, 2019

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed into law an increase of the minimum wage, a collective bargaining bill and other measures fulfilling progressive wish lists and promises he set out in his State of the State address.

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    Gov. Sisolak Signs Bills Addressing Collective Bargaining, Affordable Housing

    Jun 12, 2019

    Governor Steve Sisolak signed another set of bills passed during the legislative session that wrapped up a few days ago.

    One bill empowers state workers to collectively bargain for the first time in Nevada history and another raises the minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2024.

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    Nevada Legislature Goes Green in 80th Session

    Jun 11, 2019

    Dozens of bills having to do with renewable energy, water, public lands, wildfire, and outdoor recreation were made law during the legislative session that recently ended. 

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    Nevada To Get Indigent Defense, Outdoor Recreation Offices

    Jun 10, 2019

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Gov. Steve Sisolak has signs laws creating a new state outdoor recreation office, a committee studying how to improve health care and a board overseeing the legal defense of those who cannot afford lawyers.

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    Gov. Sisolak Signs Bill Creating Patient Protection Commission

    Jun 07, 2019

    Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed Senate Bill 544, which creates the Patient Protection Commission.

    The PPC will examine health care costs and the primary factors that are driving those costs.

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    Lawmakers Fail To Pass Birth Control Bill

    Jun 07, 2019

    Despite the historic first female majority Legislature in Nevada, lawmakers failed to pass a bill that would have allowed pharmacists to dispense contraceptive methods directly to patients.

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    Sisolak OKs Test Of Pot Banking, Bans Minors Buying Kratom

    Jun 06, 2019
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    Public Records Bill Passes Right Before Legislature Deadline

    Jun 05, 2019

    A bill dealing with how the state handles public records is headed to the governor’s desk, after clearing the Legislature just 30 minutes before Monday's deadline.

    Senate Bill 287 would impose tougher penalties on agencies that block or stall fulfilling public records requests.

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    Nevada Assembly Minority Leader Jim Wheeler Has Resigned

    Jun 05, 2019

     

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Legislature has ended its session and Assembly Minority Leader Jim Wheeler has resigned from his leadership position.

    Wheeler, R-Minden, stepped down Tuesday during the caucus' post-session meeting.

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    Lawmakers Extend Tax For Schools, Teacher Pay

    Jun 04, 2019

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers passed a bill extending a payroll tax set to expire this summer in order to pay for some school safety initiatives and teacher pay raises.

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    Lawmakers Pass School Funding Formula Overhaul

    Jun 04, 2019

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A bill that aims to overhaul how Nevada allocates its education funds has passed the Legislature and is headed to Gov. Steve Sisolak's desk.

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    Sisolak Signs Bills On Electric Scooters, Domestic Violence

    Jun 04, 2019

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed bills allowing cities and counties to regulate electric scooters, increasing penalties for domestic violence crimes, adopting a sexual assault survivor's bill of rights and 63 other measures.

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    Money, Guns And Schools: Nevada's New Laws And The Ideas That Died

    Jun 04, 2019

    After four months of work, the Nevada State Legislature wrapped up its session Monday.

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    Lawmakers Pass Education Budget

    Jun 03, 2019

    Both legislative chambers unanimously passed a bill outlining K-12 education funding for the next biennium. 

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    Nevada Lawmakers Wrapping Up After Democrats Flex Power

    Jun 03, 2019
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    Lawmakers Wrapping Session After Tackling Abortion, Guns

    Jun 03, 2019
    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers are wrapping up their biennial legislative session by midnight Monday.
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