It wasn’t a political machine or influential office-holder that directed Dallas Harris to apply for and eventually be appointed to a seat in the Nevada state Senate. It was a post on Facebook. “A friend of mine mentioned that ‘Oh, look, there’s an opening in Senate Districts 3 and 11.'” He posted the link for the application and mentioned he was thinking of applying. And I thought to myself, ‘Let me just click this link here,’” she said in an interview on the IndyMatters podcast. “I felt like this was the time to step forward, so I did.”

A former Republican legislator is leading a new effort to recall a Las Vegas city councilman from office. A notice of intent to recall Councilman Steve Seroka, a Democrat, was filed Monday by former Assemblywoman and conservative activist Victoria Seaman, Kim Fergus and Ulrira Miyashiro.

Tax breaks used as an economic development tool left Nevada’s public school districts without an extra $60 million during a recent fiscal year, but education leaders aren’t necessarily feeling robbed. Good Jobs First, a national policy resource center, published a report this month that examines how corporate tax breaks have affected public education funding.

Groups in four corners of the state have been meeting over the last year to contemplate how to better care for residents grappling with mental health issues, a population that oftentimes has no one to advocate on its behalf.

The heavy winter storms after Thanksgiving were good news for skiers. With little snow until March last year, the early start to the season provided much-awaited precipitation in the West. But climatologists and hydrologists say it’s far too soon to draw any firm conclusions.

Congress avoided a partial government shutdown last week when it approved funding legislation to keep the government open through Dec. 21.

Gov. Brian Sandoval issued an executive order Friday that asks a state commission to require energy and mining companies to offset the impacts of their activities on Greater sage-grouse, an imperiled bird that has come to symbolize the tension between conservation and development.

Some of the 61 licenses were awarded to applicants for the 12 counties that currently do not have dispensaries, including White Pine, Pershing, Storey, Mineral, Lyon, Lincoln, Lander, Humboldt, Eureka, Esmeralda, Elko and Douglas Counties.