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CARSON CITY — The applied-for and installed capacity for the rooftop solar net energy metering (“NEM”) program in Nevada has reached a combined 80 megawatts under the Tier 2 net excess energy credit rate structure established by Assembly Bill (“AB”) 405.

Prescription drug costs have skyrocketed at an alarming rate, rising faster than other goods and services in the U.S. since 2014. The increase in prices has left consumers with higher health care costs forcing them to make difficult decisions regarding their health. It has specifically hurt some of our most vulnerable populations – including our older generations on fixed incomes. This is especially concerning in my district, Assembly District 22, given its large aging population.

On Thursday, June 20 the Carson City School Board and the Carson City Board of Supervisors will hold a joint meeting in the Sierra Room of the Community Center, located at 851 E. William Street.

On the table for discussion are joint use agreements, collaborative efforts, Assembly Bills, and more.

CARSON CITY — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak recently signed a trio of bills that make life easier on marijuana users now that the drug is legal for adults to possess.

After passing unanimously in the Assembly and Senate, Senate Bill 140 (SB 140), which sets aside 10 percent of uncommitted groundwater as a reserve, was signed into law yesterday by Gov. Steve Sisolak. The Nature Conservancy in Nevada is focused on protecting water for the environment and applauds the legislature and Governor for taking this innovative step toward conserving water for communities, for the environment, and for the future.

CARSON CITY – The Nevada Assembly Republican Caucus released the following statement Tuesday:
“Effective immediately, Assemblyman Jim Wheeler has resigned as Minority Floor Leader due to personal reasons. He nominated Dr. Robin Titus (R-AD 38) to be the new leader and she was unanimously elected by the full Caucus.”

Assembly Republicans have shuffled their leadership less than day after the end of the legislative session. Assemblywoman Robin Titus, R-Wellington, has replaced ...

The photography exhibit of Melody Hoover, at the Nevada State Assembly Building, is ending with the close of the 2019 Legislature Session. The fourteen framed photographs are of Nevada Landscape and will be shown at the Nevada Artist Association Art Gallery, on a rotating basis, starting June 1.

A massive education funding formula overhaul passed through the Senate Wednesday, heading to the Assembly with less than a week left in the Nevada Legislature ...

A bill to raise Nevada's minimum wage has passed the Assembly in a party-line vote. The measure approved Tuesday by Democrats seeks to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour for workers not offered health insurance and $11 an hour for employees who are.

A sprawling criminal justice reform bill that aims to curb the state's growing prison population has inched one step closer to becoming law. Democrats in the state Assembly passed the amended ...

Carson High School students not only experienced exciting college, job, and career opportunities outside of school this past week, they were also presented with an explosion of options directly.

Chamber Orchestra Students returned from their successful regional music festival in San Francisco, several CHS students enjoyed job shadowing with Nevada Legislators, and May 21 offered students access to its job and career fair throughout the day.

Sierra Lutheran High School sophomore Annalynn Mueller was honored Monday during a surprise ceremony at the school for taking second in the nation in the Fleet Reserve Association’s (FRA) Americanism Essay Contest.

More than 100 people joined NARAL Pro-Choice Nevada (National Abortion Rights Action League) in a rally Tuesday at the Nevada State Legislature to support Senate Bill 179, also called the “Trust Nevada Women Act.” In a time when abortion is being outlawed in several states around the country, Nevada instead went in the opposite direction with SB 179, securing a woman’s right to choose.

Dozens of people rallied outside the Nevada statehouse on Tuesday in support of a bill that would remove a requirement that physicians tell a pregnant woman about the ...

Although our community was unable to react to the Oct. 1 shooting by passing common-sense gun safety legislation, a bill passed by the Nevada Assembly would allow us to ...

A sprawling criminal justice reform bill that seeks to curb Nevada's expanding prison population cleared its first legislative hurdle. The omnibus legislation passed out of the Assembly Judiciary committee in ...

A bill introduced in the Assembly on Tuesday aims to fulfill one of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s main goals for the session — the creation of a Cannabis Compliance Board to ...

As we head into the middle of the month many of us haven't turned on the air conditioner because the weather outside has been comfortably, pleasantly air conditioned these past few weeks. And now with valley rain, wind and Sierra snow on the way, we tip our hat to one Carson Now reader, LaNair, who pledged he wouldn't turn on their heater these next few days because, well, it is May after all. Enjoy as we roll with the changes ahead. Here's what's happening around Carson City this Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

The Cyborg and Transhumanist Forum - the first event of its kind - will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 15, 2019.

Address:
Nevada State Legislature Building
401 S Carson St, Carson City, NV 89701
Second Floor Atrium (See the Second Floor Map)

A legislative panel on Wednesday heard a Nevada bill that would rewrite the state's abortion laws and remove a requirement that physicians tell a pregnant woman about ...

Legislation that requires hospitals to provide victims of sexual assault with a document outlining resources for them is headed to the governor's desk. The Assembly bill cleared the Nevada Legislature on Tuesday with a ...

Assemblyman Steve Yeager, D-Las Vegas, is trying to overhaul the Nevada criminal justice system in one of the biggest efforts of the 2019 state Legislature. With Assembly Bill 236, Yeager wants to change a long-standing statewide culture some feel is ...

Flags around the capital city flew at half mast today following the death of Assemblyman Tyrone Thompson, Democratic Majority Whip, of Las Vegas.

Thompson was in care at Carson-Tahoe Medical Center when he passed away early Saturday morning.

He was 52 years old. At this time, no official cause of death has been reported.

Clark County Board of Commissioners and City Councils of Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Mesquite in Nevada will start one each of their meetings during May with ancient Hindu prayers, containing verses from world’s oldest extant scripture.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocations from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before these meetings. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English interpretation of the prayers. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages.

Nevada lawmakers are set to hear a bill that would rewrite the state's recall election laws. The measure passed the state Senate in a 16-5 vote and is expected to be ...

The marijuana licensing process in Nevada is likely going to get a bit clearer. The state Assembly and the Senate have now passed a bill — Senate Bill 32 — that would ...

My friend Marie was told recently it was illegal to harvest rainwater in Nevada. She was referring to putting large barrels under gutter downspouts to catch and store water running off a roof. Many people have done this for years, but actually it was illegal in Nevada until 2017.

Both Nevada State Assembly and Senate in capital Carson City started their sessions on April 22 with ancient Hindu prayers; containing verses from world’s oldest extant scripture.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed delivered these invocations from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the Assembly and Senate. After Sanskrit delivery, he then read the English interpretation of the prayers. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages.

On April 13, the controversial Bee Bill, Senate Bill 389, quietly died after it failed to meet the committee deadline, according to the Nevada Legislature website.

Over 100 Nevadans in both Carson City and Las Vegas came forward to protest the bill on April 8 during its discussion before the Natural Resources Committee meeting.