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Reid Airport director departing with expansion initiatives on the horizon

Rosemary Vassiliadis announces plans to retire in September after leading the nation’s seventh-busiest airport since 2013.

Children and guardians during a STEAM workshop for children on maps at the South Valleys Library in Reno.

Nevada rates near bottom for children’s well-being, though poverty, teen births tick down

Nevada continues to rank 47th of out 50 states in children's wellbeing, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2025 Kids Count Data Book.

A machine dispenses medications to an infant during a tour of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Sunrise Hospital.

‘One big beautiful bill’ would batter rural hospital finances, researchers say

Hospitals in rural areas would collectively lose more than $1.8 billion with a 15 percent cut to Medicaid. That loss in revenue is roughly equivalent to 21,000 full-time hospital employees’ salaries.

Gov. Joe Lombardo during a press conference.

2025 Lombardo Veto Tracker: Governor breaks own record after rejecting 87 bills

The Republican governor’s final veto tally stood at 87, breaking his own record for most bills rejected from a single legislative session.

Gov. Joe Lombardo leaves Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro's (D-Las Vegas) office inside the Legislature on the final day of the 83rd session in Carson City.

Who killed Lombardo’s big crime bill? Procedural delays, last-minute changes blamed

The final hours of the legislative session may have been the killing blow to the bill, but that isn’t the full explanation.

Protesters during the No Kings demonstration against President Donald Trump organized by the Northern Nevada chapters of Indivisible and the 50501 movement in front of the Capitol in Carson City.

PHOTOS: Thousands gather for ‘No Kings’ protests across Nevada

The demonstrations, part of the 50 protests, 50 states movement known as 50501, have been planned by various progressive organizations for weeks, with the left-leaning group Indivisible helping organize the Reno and Carson City gatherings. The protest in Las Vegas was also organized by Indivisible.

Bureau of Land Management signage near Washoe Valley.

GOP push to sell off public lands revived in Senate. Here's how it could affect Nevada

Mike Lee, who has long eyed public lands sales as a way to accommodate growth in the West and opposed new conservation efforts, has taken a new tack with public lands sales.

A scorched car rests on a roadside as the Tamarack Fire burns in the Markleeville community of Alpine County, California.

Officials brace for fire season as Nevada is ‘abnormally dry’

Fire officials are touting interagency cooperation, recent legislation and one-time state and federal funding as being instrumental to battling Nevada's wildfires this season.

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Gov. Joe Lombardo during a Board of Examiners meeting inside the Nevada State Capitol building.

Lombardo vetoes voter ID bill pitched as compromise with legislative Democrats

The proposal was part of an apparent deal that would have brought voter ID to Nevada next year in exchange for increasing ballot drop boxes before Election Day.

Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) speaks during the 28th annual Lake Tahoe Summit on Aug. 14, 2024, at the Round Hill Pines Beach Resort in Zephyr Cove.

Amodei bucks Trump in vote on funding for public broadcasting

In his first vote against the Trump administration since the president retook office, Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) opposed the White House’s multibillion dollar rescission request Thursday over his support of public radio.

Nevada’s infrastructure among best in the nation, but report IDs looming challenges

Nevada’s infrastructure is among the best in the nation, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). But its rating also shows substantial room for improvement.

Witold Banka, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, attends a press conference at the 2024 Summer Olympics on July 25, 2024, in Paris, France.

Anti-doping watchdog urges U.S. authorities to shut down planned drug-fueled event in Las Vegas

Organizers of the games scheduled next May promise $1 million bonuses to beat world record times. Athletes will be encouraged to use performance-enhancing drugs under medical supervision.

A new exterior rendering of the Athletics $1.75 billion, 33,000-capacity stadium for the Strip. The view is from Tropicana Boulevard.

As A’s prep for ceremonial groundbreaking, Bally’s plan for nearby resort questioned by analyst

In this week’s Indy Gaming, construction looms for the A’s ballpark, but what about Bally's resort plans? Also, what is the future of the IGT name?

From left, Attorney General Aaron Ford, Gov. Joe Lombardo and Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar.

Nevada to pay $753K for delays in providing mental health care to criminal defendants

The Nevada Board of Examiners signed off on the payment Tuesday after a Washoe County judge in April held the state in contempt for failing to provide timely treatment to criminal defendants deemed mentally unfit to stand trial.

Students walk by the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center at the University of Nevada.

Does tobacco revenue fund Nevada’s Millennium Scholarship?

Find out in our latest fact brief.

Assembly Majority Leader Sandra Jauregui (D-Las Vegas) inside the Legislature.

How a resolution backing public land sales for housing died in the Nevada Legislature

A seemingly straightforward resolution introduced by Assm. Sandra Jauregui (D-Las Vegas) failed to advance out of the Legislature thanks to a confluence of factors most notably including Rep. Mark Amodei’s (R-NV) failed last-minute federal amendment to sell off hundreds of thousands of acres of public land in Nevada as part of the Republicans’ budget reconciliation package.

Instructor Vito Susca shares a laugh with his English as a Second Language class at the Fort Bend Literacy Council in Sugar Land, Texas.