The fundraising lead is split in the 10 competitive races where both parties’ establishments have endorsed candidates.

Plus: The growth of nonpartisan voters and a new poll

A recent survey from Silver State Equality found that about 40 percent of the Nevada youth who responded say they don’t feel secure at school. 

One of the biggest fundraising hauls came from Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom, a PAC seeking to enshrine abortion access in the Nevada Constitution via ballot initiative. The group recorded raising $1.8 million, driven primarily by $1 million from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Think Big America.

A committee was mandated to study federal and state laws and regulations concerning the removal of cannabis from Schedule I through SB277, which was passed in the 2023 legislative session. They are required to have a report ready for the Legislature by March 2024 that includes their research findings and policy recommendations.

Other bills that went into effect include measures that increase criminal penalties for stealing catalytic converters, place stronger restrictions on pet restraints and loosen fee hikes at Nevada prisons.

Rescheduling would remove significant and unfair tax burdens on licensed cannabis businesses and increase opportunities for research, both of which pave the way for future growth and economic development.

Legislators required the Department of Public Safety to launch the dashboard after they received enough funding. It was part of a broader 2021 bill that limited use of force practices.

Gov. Joe Lombardo announced late Friday that AAA Scholarship Foundation has "volunteered to utilize reserve funds to ensure that no students who qualify under Nevada law lose access to their scholarship this year."

A question about improving motorcycle safety in Nevada led UNLV medical student David Bandbaz to conduct three years of research that eventually culminated in a bill passed during the 2023 legislative session.

Lawmakers introduced and passed several bills tackling the needs of Nevadans experiencing homelessness or housing instability in the recent legislative session. But was it enough?

This year, party leaders in particular had the most success in getting their bills passed. Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager (D-Las Vegas) recorded a Legislature-topping 85 percent success rate, with 11 of 13 bills signed into law. 

Other laws taking effect Saturday include measures that create a “bill of rights” for Nevadans with disabilities, overhaul the state’s school discipline policies and bolster pay for state employees.

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo has signed a bill requiring health insurers cover gender-affirming care, bucking expectations as other GOP-led states across the country advance anti-LGBTQ legislation.

Nevada officially outlawed fertility fraud June 7 when Gov. Joe Lombardo signed SB309. The bill gained unanimous support in both houses of Nevada’s female-majority Legislature, which took on a variety of reproductive health policy matters this spring.

The special session is the second convened by Gov. Joe Lombardo in two days since the end of the regular session Monday, with only one bill up for consideration. SB1 is a copy of SB509 from the 2023 regular session — a bill that failed to pass during the final hours of the session Monday night. 

A PAC linked to Gov. Joe Lombardo is launching a new round of digital attack ads targeting six legislative Democrats on Tuesday, ratcheting up a public pressure campaign.

Here’s a look at which bills have passed (and failed) ahead of Friday’s deadline.

Lombardo’s action marks the first veto of the session and arrives after he pledged on his campaign website to “veto any legislation” that would take away the “right to build a firearm for personal use.”

This is a critical point, because if we don’t have control over our own bodies and the ability to make private family decisions, we have to ask ourselves — are we truly free?