Although NDOC spokeswoman Brooke Santina couldn’t provide exact figures on how many inmates had been released with no ID, the agency releases about 6,200 people a year, so Dzurenda’s estimate of 50 percent would mean more than 3,000 inmates are leaving without one each year.

After a week dominated by debate and votes on a major gun background checks bill, state lawmakers are set to return to their normal schedule of bill hearings on Monday.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Sunday in Las Vegas that Trump administration officials have an obligation to invoke the 25th Amendment if they believe the president cannot fulfill his duties.

The Department of Energy said it shipped a half metric-ton of plutonium to Nevada after months of questioning from state officials. The Nevada Independent explains how the action's furtive nature has spurred a lawsuit, driving a deep chasm between the state and the agency.

Casinos, resorts and industry executives contributed $1.68 million to 59 of the state’s 63 legislators through the 2018 campaign cycle, or about 14 percent of all campaign contributions reported over the last two years. Only three appointees — Assemblyman Greg Hafen and Assemblywomen Rochelle Nguyen and Bea Duran — as well as Sen. Pete Goicoechea, who represents many of Nevada’s rural counties and was not up for re-election in 2018, reported receiving no money from the industry.

“I'll just admit it — I'm skeptical that you're able to do the kind of investigation and enforcement actions that this kind of privileged license requires," said J. Brin Gibson, chair of the advisory panel that is designing a Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board.

Nevada State College officials have embarked on a plan to drastically increase the number of teachers the school produces. They have a multi-tiered strategy and plans for a new education building in hopes of luring more Nevada residents to the field and helping shore up the state's teacher shortages. But in a time marked by teachers leaving the profession, will it work?

Congress passed a spending package last week avoiding another government shutdown, but President Donald Trump also set up a showdown with lawmakers with an emergency declaration to fund his border wall.

The Reno City Council voted unanimously Friday night to appoint attorney Devon Reese to fill an open seat on the seven-member board. The vacancy was created in mid-January when then-Councilman David Bobzien took a position to lead Gov. Steve Sisolak’s energy office.