The Nevada Independent

With the 2026 midterms nearly over, potential candidates have swarmed the state to sharpen and show off their messages.

In recent months, immigration officials have quietly detained or even tried to deport several TPS recipients in Nevada.

Nevadans for Reliable, Renewable, Affordable Energy, a political action committee partially funded by NV Energy, is throwing its weight behind the utility's controversial daily demand charge. The last time the political action committee was this active was when NV Energy's monopoly was threatened in Nevada.

Find out in our latest fact brief.

Plus: Big spending in Nevada's congressional races from environmental groups, a pro-AI super PAC and Trump's MAGA Inc. have gone largely uncovered — until now.

At least three shadowy outside groups are spending money in support of the third-party candidate in the state's most competitive congressional district.

Four years after the former department head murdered a journalist, an audit shows thousands of open cases, undisposed cremains and $623,000 in unremitted service fees.

The Trump administration called it "a robust and efficient tool to verify citizenship or immigration status." But in Missouri, it mistakenly identified hundreds of American voters as noncitizens, and in Texas, there were at least 87 errors.

In today's edition: The NV GOP chair's PAC and a tangled money web. Plus: What we learned from David Flippo's (R) military discharge papers, money pours into Nevada's congressional races at the last minute, and a single case of voter fraud.

Political contributions from companies with a data center footprint in Nevada are on the rise ahead of a legislative session where the industry is likely to face unprecedented scrutiny.

A loophole in Nevada law allows political groups that register weeks before the election to avoid disclosing their donors for months. Now, some of these groups are sending misleading ads.

Ford's role in the nine-member board that approves the clemency process is all over the airwaves — but he is not the sole decision-maker.