The 56-year-old represented Senate District 18 in Las Vegas for a decade before resigning Oct. 26 and accepting the governor’s appointment to lead the Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation (GOWINN) effective last Wednesday. Hammond’s tenure in the Senate was set to end in 2024, and was prohibited from running again due to term limits.

Historically, Westside churches have been a kind of connected body, rather than isolated worship centers, leading the community and connecting it to outsiders — notably local government and political candidates. But some say the church’s influence within and beyond the neighborhood has waned, and caution against pastors aligning so close to civic leaders that they self-censor.

A retired air traffic controller with the Air Force, Clara "Claire" Thomas said that the feeling of watching Thunderbird flyovers is how she describes the feeling of the start of the 81st legislative session as a first-time lawmaker.

The ability to shape the state's direction following a society-altering pandemic ultimately gave Assemblyman Cameron "C.H." Miller the impetus to run for office.

One day before lawmakers are scheduled to convene a special legislative session addressing Nevada's huge budget shortfall, the Clark County Commission unanimously appointed Kasina Douglass-Boone to fill a vacant seat in the Assembly.

The Assembly Democratic Caucus is announcing seven endorsements on Friday, ahead of a major legislative reshuffling in 2020 as lawmakers hit their term limits or seek higher office.

About a dozen seats in the Legislature will have no incumbent in the race in the 2020 election, setting the stage for some fierce competition when candidates formally file to run in March, according to an analysis from The Nevada Independent.

Horsford, who said he met Thompson 20 years ago and had just been texting with the lawmaker last week about policy, called the assemblyman “one of God’s angels” who had been called home, sharing a long list of ways Thompson had immersed himself in community service. Horsford also encouraged lawmakers to take care of their health — a lesson he learned after a six-way heart bypass during his first term in Congress.

Members of the Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections on Tuesday spent nearly two hours in a hearing on AB186, a bill proposed by Democratic Assemblyman Tyrone Thompson that would add the state to the “Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.”

Their agenda also includes presentations from major utility companies and an overview of a two-decade-old settlement with tobacco companies that has been supporting — among other things — the Millennium Scholarships.

Efforts to fund the ESA program, which was derailed by a legal challenge after it was created in 2015, were unsuccessful in 2017 even when there were more Republican lawmakers and a supportive governor.

Nevada lawmakers expressed everything from elation to skepticism after Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak unveiled his policy priorities Wednesday in the State of the State address, highlighting key issues — including state worker collective bargaining and minimum wage increases — that are likely to spur the most tension during the legislative session.