President Donald Trump returned to Las Vegas on Saturday for his first rally since retaking the presidency, touting his first week in office and describing his return to the White House as “liberation day.”

In this week's D.C. Download, many of Trump's orders are intentionally vague, but they’ve certainly spooked many of the Democrats in Nevada’s congressional delegation.

Graduate assistants, who teach and perform research, say their stipends don’t provide liveable wages. They also claim they face harassment and discrimination.

The newly elected Democratic senator for District 1 said she was inspired to run to address challenges she regularly saw pop up after years of working in education.

The early departure means the governor needs to fill two seats on the three-member regulatory panel.

Frierson, a Democrat who spent 10 years in the Assembly, including three years in the top leadership role of speaker, was nominated for the position by President Joe Biden in 2021. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in April 2022 for a four-year term. 

In today's edition of the Behind the Bar newsletter, a closer look at the governor's priority bills on education, health care and housing.

With a stroke of his pen, President Donald Trump pardoned, commuted the sentences or ordered the dismissal of the cases of more than 1,500 people charged with crimes related to their conduct on the attempted insurrection on Jan. 6 2021, from assaulting police officers to destroying government property.

Attorneys general from 18 states sue to keep decades-old immigration policy tied to the 14th Amendment in place.

State officials acknowledged the shortfall and said they have already made revisions to the proposed budget, but an $85 million deficit remains with those changes included.

In his first two years as Nevada’s attorney general, Aaron Ford tangled with then-President Donald Trump 33 times.

Jackson is believed to be the first formerly incarcerated legislator in state history. In Carson City he wants to build on his work as an organizer for progressive groups.

The Republican governor focused on combating crime, bringing more accountability to public education and overhauling the state’s health care system.

Hoping to comply with federal law, the state committed more than $200 million to overhaul a children’s behavioral health system that ranked last in the nation.

Each Cabinet-level nominee must go through a public hearing in the relevant Senate committee and then be confirmed by the Senate as part of the upper chamber’s “advise and consent” duty.

Two days after the State of the State, The Nevada Independent’s legislative team brings you the inside scoop on some of the policies discussed during the address. Keep an eye out Sunday for our annotated edition of the State of the State.

The Republican governor also pledged to split the Department of Health and Human Services and increase education accountability measures, as he kicks off the final legislative session before his 2026 re-election bid.

Welcome to our first edition of Behind the Bar for the 83rd legislative session. The newsletter will have a slightly different format this year but still provide you with essential updates on the Legislature twice a week (possibly more).

Colleagues say she shaped the lobbying corps by taking younger lobbyists under her wing, coordinating coffee meetings and celebrating their successes.

Gov. Joe Lombardo raised more than $3.2 million in 2024 and has more than $5.5 million in cash on hand as the Republican governor gears up for his second legislative session and a high-profile re-election campaign.