As the 2015 regular session of the Nevada Legislature closed down Monday night, an often-heard word to describe the session was "historic."

State legislators came through for a proposed UNLV medical school Monday night.

Clark County leaders, perhaps encouraged by a last-minute flood of state funding for a Southern Nevada medical school campus, may soon shake the cobwebs out of University Medical Center’s abandoned Lied building.

Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday his goal is to have a 100 percent high school graduation rate and every child reading by third grade with the millions of dollars poured into the education system by the Legislature.

With a critical Assembly vote Sunday approving Gov. Brian Sandoval’s controversial new gross receipts tax, all of the moving pieces were falling into place to ensure that the 2015 legislative session will adjourn by midnight today.

History was made Sunday night when the Nevada Assembly approved Nevada's largest-ever tax hike that will raise up to $1.3 billion set on new and extended taxes that are designed to initiate far-reaching reforms in Nevada' struggling K-12 education system.

Spring often is accompanied by the sound of sneezing. If wheezing joins that sneeze, it may not be just allergies — it may be asthma. The past three decades have witnessed a rise in asthma and allergies worldwide.

Nevada lawmakers have passed a hard-fought bill to regulate companies like Uber that allow people to hail a ride through a smartphone app.

Last week, state lawmakers passed what will be a $7.2 billion general fund budget, complete with new programs for education and $8 million for a new medical school at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

An amendment to a bill lost in a confusing Assembly floor vote early Saturday that would have given regulatory authority over ride-hailing companies to the Nevada Transportation Authority sailed through in a second vote Tuesday.

Lawmakers are rushing in the remaining days of the 2015 session to come up with enough money to fund the UNLV medical school.

Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson said he expects lawmakers will find enough money to give the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ planned medical school all the money it’s asking for.