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Judge rules forgery charges against Nevada ‘fake electors’ can proceed in Carson City

The decision from Justice of the Peace Derek Dreiling means the six defendants will be arraigned in district court, which is set for Oct. 27.

Ignacio Pradoon, executive director and principal at Futuro Academy charter school, sits in his office.

After 2025 funding boost, can Nevada charter schools keep up on teacher pay?

After being left out of a 2023 bill that helped raise educator pay across Nevada school districts, charter schools leaders say new funds approved by lawmakers this year will help them catch up.

Payday lending proposal would ‘bait and switch’ vulnerable Nevadans, critics say

The Financial Institutions Division held a hearing this week for a proposal backed by Dollar Loan Center that would allow licensed lenders to provide payday and installment loans from a single location, a practice not explicitly allowed in Nevada.

Election 2026: Tracking Nevada candidate announcements

Our spreadsheet and rolling updates show who is in and who is out for races across Nevada.

Joey Gilbert, then-Republican candidate for governor, during the Nevada Republican Club meeting in Las Vegas.

Judge dismisses legal malpractice suit against Sigal Chattah, but not Joey Gilbert

Still, the judge noted that evidence provided by Gilbert raises “serious questions of fact about the accuracy of Plaintiff’s allegations. However, the Court is bound, at this stage, to accept these allegations as true.”

Members of the Club Social Nicaraguense Las Vegas.

Immigration crackdown fears dampen Hispanic heritage events in Vegas

Increased immigration arrests and anti-immigration sentiments under the Trump administration have dampened this year’s Hispanic heritage festivities.

The Capitol is pictured in Washington, D.C.

Nevada senators want an end to the shutdown. They say GOP leaders aren’t negotiating.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, one of just two Democrats to back the GOP funding bill, said Republicans need to negotiate on ACA subsidies.

Students walk by the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center at UNR on April 15, 2024.

Are college degrees worth the cost? New report shows whether a Nevada education pays off

The "return on investment" students get from NV's higher ed institutions is lower than the nationwide average, a potential cause for concern for college recruitment.

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Guards walk inside High Desert State Prison as seen on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019.

Nevada OKs $4.6M settlement with family who says beatings by staff killed prisoner

The settlement was approved without comment at Tuesday's Board of Examiners meeting, two years after Walker's death.

International Game Technology interim CEO Nick Khin.

After major merger, IGT returns to Vegas and unveils ‘new’ look at G2E

In this week’s Indy Gaming, the industry’s largest trade show served as a launch pad for IGT’s products and services. Also, the gaming tax deduction fix slows.

Members of the American Federation of State County Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 4041 during a press conference outside the Legislature.

State worker union joins chorus against Nevada film tax expansion proposal

In a letter to the governor, members of AFSCME and other groups warned that expanding film tax credits would be “politically indefensible.”

Medical surgery floor at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada.

UMC nurses feel first effects of federal funding cuts as CEO gets raise

The public hospital expects to shoulder more costs as more patients become uninsured. Nurses call a CEO raise ‘a slap in the face’ amid those conditions.

Are measles cases increasing in Nevada in 2025?

Find out in our latest fact brief.

Looking south from the southern part of Monte Cristo Range toward Esmeralda County.

Feds: Massive Nevada solar project could still move forward with different approach

The massive, Las Vegas-sized Esmeralda 7 solar project planned for Esmeralda County is still viable but is moving forward with a different approach, the Department of Interior confirmed Tuesday to The Nevada Independent.

Fruits and vegetables at a Raley's Supermarkets grocery store featuring the slogan "eat colorfully, live healthy" in Reno.

Nevada may spend $7.3M to keep women, infant food assistance flowing during shutdown

If approved on Thursday, the funding will support a program that reaches 55,000 Nevadans and was at risk of temporary closure due to the federal shutdown.

Insurance brokers and Nevada Health Link officials talk during a Nevada Health Link event.

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Nevada’s new public option health plans face a hurdle — insurance brokers.

Angry at how forced discounts are implemented, at least one broker has said he won’t inform clients of the new plan options, which could violate state law.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers patrol the Las Vegas Strip.

ACLU challenges Las Vegas police’s 287(g) immigration partnership with ICE

Filed Monday, the ACLU lawsuit contends that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s partnership with ICE, known as 287(g), violates a legal doctrine that does not allow local agencies to exercise any powers unless specifically authorized by the Legislature.

Nevada's incoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Victor Wakefield, then the executive director of Teach for America - Las Vegas, interacts with students at Jacob E. Manch Elementary School in Las Vegas in 2015.