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Lombardo signs bill intended to lower egg prices in Nevada

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Gov. Joe Lombardo signed legislation today authorizing the Nevada Department of Agriculture to temporarily suspend the state’s ban on caged eggs when supply is strained by ...

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kkoh.com

Gov. Lombardo Signs Law Allowing Nevada to Temporarily Drop Cage-Free Egg Rule

(Carson City, NV) — Nevada is now allowed to temporarily suspend its cage-free egg rule. On Thursday, Governor Joe Lombardo signed a law that allows other types of eggs to be sold. The bill was fast tracked by the state Assembly and Senate this week. It is aimed at reducing egg prices and increasing availability during a statewide and nationwide egg shortage, triggered by bird flu. Before the law was signed, only cage-free eggs were allowed to b…

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Las Vegas Sun

Lombardo signs bill intended to lower egg prices in Nevada

Gov. Joe Lombardo signed legislation today authorizing the Nevada Department of Agriculture to temporarily suspend the state’s ban on caged eggs when supply is strained by ...

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Can suspending a cage-free egg law solve the soaring price problem? One state takes a crack at it

By JOSH FUNK, SEJAL GOVINDARAO and TY ONEIL | Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Back when egg prices remained securely under $2 a dozen in 2021, Nevada joined several other states concerned about animal welfare in requiring cage-free eggs. Now four years later, a dozen eggs costs an average of nearly $5 in the U.S. because of the lingering bird flu, so Nevada passed a law the governor signed Thursday that will allow the state to suspend that law tem…

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