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Gov. Joe Lombardo during his State of the State address inside the Legislature.

Lombardo Promise Tracker: What pledges has the governor kept in his first two sessions?

We are tracking more than 60 promises the Nevada governor has made from his time on the campaign trail in 2022 to the end of the 2025 legislative session.

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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.

Construction at Lithium Americas' Thacker Pass Workforce Hub in Winnemucca.

‘Beholden to the mine’: Does rural Nevada depend on mines’ goodwill to foot hidden costs?

While coming large-scale lithium mines and their future employees will bring revenue and jobs to rural Nevada communities hungry for an economic jolt, they’ll also bring growing pains. Rural counties will be on the hook to come up with the money to fund critical infrastructure and other expenses — but, with proceeds from the mines not reaching the counties until production is underway, those same counties have limited ways to prepare or pay for expenses in advance.

The Brown's Creek area, which burned in the fall of 2024, on April 23, 2025.

‘Nature wins:’ After wildfire, popular Washoe County trail sees signs of regrowth

Brown’s Creek was one of the areas devastated by the 2024 Davis Fire that burned nearly 6,000 acres in south Reno. The trail, and the hiking experience it offers, isn’t what it once was. Instead, it offers something different — a unique and intimate opportunity for Northern Nevada hikers to witness the destruction of, and regrowth, following a wildfire.

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