McKenna Ross

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Gaming and Tourism Reporter at Las Vegas Review-Journal

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‘You can be a leader and a mother’: Nevada lawmakers balance role, motherhood

4 days ago | reviewjournal.com | McKenna Ross

State Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro had to take a few unexpected days off in the waning days of the 2023 legislative session. Pregnant with her second child with roughly two weeks until the Nevada Legislature adjourned, Cannizzaro, D-Las Vegas, didn’t plan to make calls and negotiate policy with the governor’s office from a hospital in Reno.
Nevada public school teachers may get raises, except for charter school staff

1 week ago | reviewjournal.com | McKenna Ross

Nevada lawmakers signaled they will continue funding K-12 teacher raises in the next two-year budget cycle, but charter school staff could be left out of future increases, sparking threats of a gubernatorial veto. A panel of state Senate and Assembly legislators recommended about $250 million in spending to fund pay raises in the state’s school districts that were first approved in the Legislature’s last session, but did not follow a recommendation from Republican Gov.
Legislators may allow Clark County to raise fuel taxes without public vote

1 week ago | reviewjournal.com | McKenna Ross

The push to extend a Clark County fuel tax that rises with inflation is moving through the Nevada Legislature for the second session in a row. A broad coalition of supporters told lawmakers in Carson City that fuel revenue indexing — a process that adjusts the fuel tax to allow transportation funding to keep pace with rising materials and labor costs — must continue in order to keep funding road improvements.
‘Grind it out’: Nevada Legislature faces tough budget, policy decisions

1 week ago | reviewjournal.com | Jessica Hill |McKenna Ross

Legislators learned last week that initial state revenue projections are short by about $191 million over the next two years — leaving many bills that carry a cost on the chopping block. The estimated shortfall won’t be the last bad news lawmakers receive; the Economic Forum, which provides the binding revenue estimates, did not include a projection for the State Education Fund, which is expected to be declared short nearly $160 million.
Nevada economic forecast ‘tepid’ for state government revenue in 2026, 2027

2 weeks ago | reviewjournal.com | McKenna Ross |Jessica Hill

Economic experts are giving a tepidforecast for future state revenues during an hourslong Nevada Economic Forum presentation Thursday that will determine what Nevada can afford as legislators weigh passing new policy while maintaining a balanced budget. The fate of expanded educational programming, new film tax credits and Gov.
Gov. Joe Lombardo eyes federal land for Nevada development in agreement

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | McKenna Ross

Nevada and the Bureau of Land Management have agreed to share data on public lands that could be released for future development as part of Gov. Joe Lombardo's larger effort to fix the state's housing crisis. The governor's office and BLM entered a memorandum of understanding Tuesday that lets the state and federal government share data to streamline information and identify future development options on all federally managed land in Nevada. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
Gov. Joe Lombardo eyes federal land for Nevada development in agreement

2 weeks ago | dailyitem.com | McKenna Ross

Nevada and the Bureau of Land Management have agreed to share data on public lands that could be released for future development as part of Gov. Joe Lombardo’s larger effort to fix the state’s housing crisis. The governor’s office and BLM entered a memorandum of understanding Tuesday that lets the state and federal government share data to streamline information and identify future development options on all federally managed land in Nevada.
Gov. Joe Lombardo eyes federal land for Nevada development in agreement

2 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | McKenna Ross

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Gov. Joe Lombardo eyes federal land for Nevada development in agreement

2 weeks ago | swoknews.com | McKenna Ross

Nevada and the Bureau of Land Management have agreed to share data on public lands that could be released for future development as part of Gov. Joe Lombardo’s larger effort to fix the state’s housing crisis. The governor’s office and BLM entered a memorandum of understanding Tuesday that lets the state and federal government share data to streamline information and identify future development options on all federally managed land in Nevada.
Gov. Joe Lombardo eyes federal land for Nevada development in agreement

2 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | McKenna Ross

Nevada and the Bureau of Land Management have agreed to share data on public lands that could be released for future development as part of Gov. Joe Lombardo's larger effort to fix the state's housing crisis. The governor's office and BLM entered a memorandum of understanding Tuesday that lets the state and federal government share data to streamline information and identify future development options on all federally managed land in Nevada.