New laws increasing criminal penalties for fentanyl trafficking and stealing catalytic converters are part of the more than 100 bills passed earlier this year that took effect in whole or in part on Sunday. That subset of the roughly 540 bills signed by Gov.
Following an outcry from Nevada businesses over a little-noticed state law adopted this year, state lawmakers have adopted a regulation meant to “provide clarity" on a major liability insurance bill.
By the end of 2021, Nevada’s incarcerated population reached its lowest level in two decades at less than 10,400 people, down from a recent peak of more than 14,000 in 2016, according to data published by the Nevada Department of Sentencing Policy.
The two Democrats are competing for the seat of Sen. Heidi Seevers Gansert (R-Reno), who announced in early August that she would not run for re-election in order to spend more time with her family.
The decision opens a seat in a key suburban Las Vegas swing district next year one of only a handful thought possible to flip from Democrat to Republican as Republicans and Gov. Joe Lombardo aim to stop Democrats from taking a veto-proof supermajority of legislative seats ahead of the 2025 session.