Nevada Legislature 2025

The sine die that wasn't: An audio journey through the Legislature's messy week

Joey Lovato
Joey Lovato
Alexandra Couraud
Alexandra Couraud
Kristyn Leonard
Kristyn Leonard
Legislature
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Indy staffers in an auxiliary press room working on the final day of the regular legislative session on June 5, 2023, in Carson City.

Nevada's legislative session has reached the end … kind of. 

The Legislature is currently in the throes of the second special session after adjourning its regular session sine die on Monday. Nevada Independent reporters have been chatting with lawmakers, lobbyists, fellow journalists and random strangers wandering around the building at different points of an unusual week to see how everyone was feeling when what was supposed to resolve, didn't. 

Through audio, they captured the emotional ups and downs in the building as negotiations between lawmakers broke down, bills got vetoed, and special sessions of indefinite length loomed among people operating on little sleep and junk food.

Click here to listen to the audio story.

Reporter Alex Couraud (left) interviewing lobbyist Lea Case (right) on the final day of the regular legislative session, June 5, 2023, in Carson City. (Joey Lovato/The Nevada Independent).
Reporter Alex Couraud (left) interviewing lobbyist Lea Case (right) on the final day of the regular legislative session, June 5, 2023, in Carson City. (Joey Lovato/The Nevada Independent)
Lawmakers meeting in a hallway during a conference committee surrounded by reporters and lobbyists on the final day of the legislative session, June 5, 2023, in Carson City. (Joey Lovato/The Nevada Independent).
Lawmakers meeting in a hallway during a conference committee surrounded by reporters and lobbyists on the final day of the legislative session, June 5, 2023, in Carson City. (Joey Lovato/The Nevada Independent)
Reporter Alex Couraud (left) interviewing lobbyist Elyse Monroy (right) on the final day of the legislative session, June 5, 2023, in Carson City. (Joey Lovato/The Nevada Independent).
Reporter Alex Couraud (left) interviewing lobbyist Elyse Monroy (right) on the final day of the legislative session, June 5, 2023, in Carson City. (Joey Lovato/The Nevada Independent)
Reporters Alex Couraud (middle) and Jannelle Calderón (right) interviewing lobbyist Vince Saavedra (left) on the final day of the regular legislative session, June 5, 2023, in Carson City. (Joey Lovato/The Nevada Independent).
Reporters Alex Couraud (middle) and Jannelle Calderón (right) interviewing lobbyist Vince Saavedra (left) on the final day of the regular legislative session, June 5, 2023, in Carson City. (Joey Lovato/The Nevada Independent)
Lawmakers meeting in a hallway during a conference committee surrounded by reporters and lobbyists on the final day of the regular legislative session, June 5, 2023, in Carson City. (Joey Lovato/The Nevada Independent).
Lawmakers meeting in a hallway during a conference committee surrounded by reporters and lobbyists on the final day of the regular legislative session, June 5, 2023, in Carson City. (Joey Lovato/The Nevada Independent)

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