Nevadans called on to serve in juries can expect to see some additional funds. This law increases the daily allotment from $40 to $65 for jurors who are still in attendance after the second day of jury selection.

Last week, Gov. Joe Lombardo departed Nevada for a trip to Texas and a trade mission in Canada. Soon after, on Monday, Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony left the Silver State for a trip promoting Nevada tourism in Mexico. 

Our spreadsheet and rolling updates show who is in and who is out for the dozens of Nevada Legislature seats on the ballot in 2024.

The vertical speed boat had yet to make the news, but it was only a matter of time. It was like a giant gauge indicating just how quickly the water was disappearing, and it was too ominous to ignore.

Pending approval by the Las Vegas City Council, Assemblywoman Sabra Smith Newby (D-Las Vegas) is expected to resign from the Legislature to take a job as the city’s deputy manager.

Already, as of Thursday, June 15, he has signed more than 400 bills and vetoed 32 others. Nearly 170 more await his decision.

The vote on SB1 comes after more than five days of backroom negotiations in a special session of the Legislature that ultimately spurred the Tuesday addition of two substantial amendments aimed at tightening the public financing language, expanding the terms of a community benefits agreement and resurrecting two bills Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed earlier this month. 

The team’s $1.5 billion ballpark proposal, which includes $380 million in tax subsidies and write-offs, drew so few fans you’d be excused for confusing it with an A’s home game. 

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. 

SB307 outlines new regulations for the use of solitary confinement that are more stringent and individualized than a similar 2017 bill and mandates annual NDOC reports.

Proponents of SB184, which makes several changes to the city’s charter and would expand the North Las Vegas City Council by two wards, urged lawmakers on the Assembly Government Affairs Committee Tuesday to base their decision on “adequate representation” and the city’s population growth following the 2020 census, which shows that North Las Vegas has increased its population by nearly 10,000 residents, making it one of the fastest growing cities nationwide. The city population has grown to more than 274,000 as of 2022.

Lawmakers, advocates and researchers are often at odds over the best ways to prevent sex trafficking and sexual violence. 

Here’s a look at major policies that passed out of floor sessions last week. We’ll be updating this story throughout Monday and Tuesday, as more bills move out of the Assembly and Senate.

Gov. Joe Lombardo has promised to veto a bill from Sen. Pat Spearman (D-North Las Vegas) to expand the size of the North Las Vegas city council, his chief of staff, Ben Kieckhefer, told The Nevada Independent Tuesday.

“Those folks who are licensed right now, they have frustrations with their regulator, they have frustrations with the illicit market … so that was our goal,” said Brett Scolari, who presented the bill.

After a failed North Las Vegas rent control ballot initiative, the politically powerful Culinary Union vowed to bring the discussion about capping rents to the Legislature — they fulfilled that promise on Friday with a hearing for SB426.

Unlike previous elections in which NV Energy was the dominant political fundraising force among energy companies in the state, the 2022 cycle saw Southwest Gas emerge as the industry’s top legislative contributor, giving more than $196,000 to NV Energy’s nearly $185,000.

SB184 would seek an annual diversity audit of managerial positions, and would also expand the North Las Vegas City Council from four council members to six, shrinking each ward. North Las Vegas Mayor Pamela Goynes-Brown testified in opposition to the measure on Monday, three days after delivering a State of the City address that celebrated the city’s multicultural tenor and diversity among residents and leadership.

This overreach is improper. The residents of North Las Vegas, its mayor and city council are best equipped to make decisions about what is best for North Las Vegas.

Advocates are concerned that the impending loss of some rental assistance programs will contribute to an eviction crisis, as rising rents outpace the growth of wages in the state, and because the state has tens of thousands fewer affordable housing units than it needs.