Working-class people, and especially women, have rarely had a seat at the political table, though they make up nearly half of working-class voters. After Democrats fumbled their advantage by misunderstanding what resonated with working-class voters, they see an opening this midterm cycle.
The seven-figure campaign brings Democratic ad spending in the race to more than $6 million this election cycle.
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The Nevada Secretary of State's Office has received seven voter-related Department of Justice subpoenas from the FBI over the past three months, it confirmed to The Nevada Independent on Thursday.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 203 people in Nevada across a two-week span from late June to early July, by far the most people arrested in a two-week period in Nevada on record.
Assembly District 2 is the only genuinely competitive Nevada legislative seat that leans Republican this cycle. That distinction carries extra weight this year, as national polling has shown Democrats modestly favored heading into the midterms.
The county submitted a sweeping proposal to the Nevada Legislature Tuesday to shorten the length of tax incentives, impose stricter spending requirements and prohibit tax breaks for data centers located on federal land.
A new whistleblower report warns thousands of mail ballots could go undelivered as plans are rushed into place. Nevada's secretary of state says he's concerned.
Assm. Rebecca Edgeworth is a Republican who won her seat by nearly 9 points in 2024. So why is her Democratic challenger confident about a win in November?
The congressman told The Indy he's working day and night to get his Northern Nevada lands package through the House in September — and make it law by 2027.
None of the 12 counties reached by The Indy said the state engaged with them as part of the review, which caused some concerns considering the tax breaks are likely going to burden local government coffers.
CCSD said in a statement that it will have no further comment until the review is complete and will update the community on its final decision regarding whether it will reinitiate the use of Flock System cameras.
The 9th Circuit panel wrote it disagreed "with Kalshi's overly broad reading" that the Commodity Exchange Act allows it to offer sports event contracts.
The race is a referendum on public trust in Nevada's election system and whether Nevadans would prefer keeping the same leadership or replace it with someone who does not hesitate to promote unproven claims that elections are rife with fraud.