Nevada Politics

A court has issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Nevada Department of Taxation from enforcing a May 31 deadline for submitting recreational marijuana license applications, potentially delaying sales that were supposed to start July 1.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed 29 bills into law Wednesday including a $6 million appropriations bill for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to make up for a projected shortfall due to the costs of fire suppression, emergency response and flood related projects over the past several months in Carson City, Douglas, Washoe, Lyon and Churchill counties as well as Lemmon Valley and Elko County.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed several bills into law Tuesday and vetoed four. Additionally on Monday, he approved four veteran and military related measures at a Memorial Day ceremony in Boulder City.

For the first time in the two years since Nevada’s sweeping Education Savings Accounts program passed, lawmakers dealt head-on and publicly with the voucher-style policy that has divided them on deep ideological fault lines and threatens to snarl their final decisions about the $8.1 billion budget.

Major ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft say their business model in Nevada is endangered after additional restrictions on their drivers surfaced in the Assembly late Friday and were heard in a budget committee Monday.

CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval signed several bills into law on Saturday including measures that will provide voters with physical disabilities more accommodations at polling locations, codify into state law existing regulations allowing for eSports betting and wagering on other specific events, and allow the authorization of a funding stream for enhancements to Nevada state parks and museums.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed 12 bills into law on Thursday including a statewide broadband modernization effort, an act requiring bodycams on most law enforcement officers, and a bill to make it easier to transition to State service from internship and student programs. The governor also vetoed 7 measures.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval visited the campus of Western Nevada College in Carson City on Wednesday and signed two education measures into law.

With less than a week until the next deadline and two weeks until the session must end, lawmakers are preparing to spend hours working diligently through floor sessions to pass hundreds of bills.

CARSON CITY — Nearly three dozen more bills were tossed to the legislative scrap heap after failing to advance beyond a do-or-die deadline in the Nevada Legislature.

CARSON CITY — Governor Brian Sandoval hosted community advocates, law enforcement officials, members of the Legislature and their invited guests in his office Monday for the signing of several bills. The Governor has signed 73 bills into law with 22 receiving final approval.

Two bills were introduced Thursday aimed to recognize firefighters with a memorial in Carson City and further enhance safety measures for Nevada's first emergency responders.

CARSON CITY — Governor Brian Sandoval on Wednesday signed Senate Bill 201, a measure that prohibits the practice of “gender conversion therapy” in Nevada.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed Assembly Bill 162 Tuesday, a measure which requires any business that accepts a DMV-issued I.D. car or driver’s license as proof of identification must also accept U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)-issued cards for that same purpose.

The Nevada Assembly on Monday recognized Lynn Hettrick, Nevada Department of Agriculture Plant Industry administrator and former Assembly member, as a new addition to its Wall of Distinction.

The Assembly Wall of Distinction, established in 2005, honors members who have distinguished themselves with exemplary contributions to the State of Nevada in their public service to its residents and in their professional and private lives.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed Assembly Bill 19 on Tuesday, a measure voted unanimously by both houses and originally introduced by the Nevada Department of Veterans Services. AB19 expands the type of information related to veterans that must be reported to the Interagency Council on Veterans Affairs.

Elections were held for the Executive Board of the Carson City Republican Party on Thursday night, April 27th. The following are the new Executive Board for the Carson City GOP:

The Lyon County Republican Central Committee will hold its next meeting on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at the Smith Library, 22 Day Lane, Smith Valley, Nevada. The meeting will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. The public is invited to attend and learn more about grassroots politics. It is also an opportunity to meet with Republican officials.
For more information, please contact Scott at Chairman-keller@hsne50.com or check our website at http://lyoncountynvrepublicans.com.

CARSON CITY — Can Republicans go left? Can Democrats go right to the hoop? Those are two questions to be answered when elected officials of both parties meet for the Biennial Donkey/Elephant Basketball Classic benefiting the Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion Programs of Seniors in Service.

CARSON CITY — State lawmakers will be spending hours on the Senate and Assembly floors and behind closed doors in caucus meetings as they jam through countless bills that need action by midnight Tuesday.

CARSON CITY — Patients and family members of those who suffer from diabetes shared stories of struggle and heartbreak Wednesday and urged support for a bill to rein in escalating costs of diabetes medication.

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A retired park ranger, Pete Gill now spends his days driving the Bookmobile, delivering library books around Lincoln County. He spends the bulk of his time at elementary schools in Panaca, Pioche and Client.

A group of small-scale liquor distributors who were excited about the possibility of getting in on Nevada’s new recreational marijuana business say they’re now being pushed out by the Department of Taxation’s proposed regulations.

As the father of five kids, Sen. Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, relied heavily on the Clark County library system.
“We would take our kids to lap sit at the library and leave with 30 books — for each child,” he recalled. “Our home was full of books. There’s no way we could have afforded that without the library. We also participated in musicals at the library. It’s just an integral part of my family.”

CARSON CITY – A person convicted of assaulting a civilian employees or public safety volunteer may see facing tougher penalties in court.

With the April 14 deadline for bills to be passed out of their first committees quickly approaching, lawmakers and interested parties will soon see the first major bloodletting as many of the more than 1,000 individual pieces that have been introduced during the first several weeks of the session die in committee.

CARSON CITY — Election officials will have to provide separate lines for disabled voters or allow them to go to the front of the line under a bill unanimously approved Tuesday by the Nevada Senate.

A brewing conflict over Nevada's beer future is coming to a head at the Legislature. For years, Nevada's craft breweries have tried to increase the amount of beer they can make by law, but in every legislative session, liquor distributors have slowed or stopped those efforts.

Las Vegas Raiders jerseys will soon be on sale. The NFL owners approved the relocation of the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas in a 31-1 vote on Monday, culminating more than a year of efforts to lure the team to Sin City.