More than 80 percent of voters supported the 2018 ballot question to keep the city attorney an elected position. But this week, the city manager's office sought to recommend that the Legislature make the position appointed rather than elected.

Lawmakers enact rules to limit use in mental and behavioral health situations as well as emergency planning.

"The frequency of these concerns suggests more attention is needed to improve the care of children in select areas," the report noted.

Assm. Howard Watts (D-Las Vegas), seeking his fifth term, narrowly lost to challenger Miguel Dávila, who was backed by unions and articulated a new vision of local politics.

The proposal would have limited transgender athletes to sports based on their assigned sex at birth and required entities overseeing school sports to categorize them as male, female or coeducational.

While Henderson is considering a moratorium, other municipalities are pushing forward on the sale and construction of new centers across Clark County.

Unions representing construction workers and other building trades boosted candidates running in open races and against incumbent lawmakers. On Election Day, most lost.

Northern Nevada's local government primary saw the longtime top prosecutor in the state's second largest county lose to his first ever challenger.

Curious about the results of the Clark County local elections? Read The Nevada Independent's breakdown of the results so far.

The state paid out a penalty of $753,000 last year and a $447,000 fine in February.

In an interview with The Nevada Independent, she said she still worries about Republican attempts to ban the procedure nationwide.

The Southern Nevada Health District denied a trauma center upgrade for Sunrise hospital. Was it over fears that it would hurt another hospital?

Sen. Lisa Krasner (R-Reno) was one of the few legislators in Northern Nevada who voted in favor of a proposal to expand Nevada's film tax credit program this fall, much to the chagrin of Nevada conservatives.

State Sen. James Ohrenschall, 53, is fending off a challenge from 29-year-old Junior Romero, who has taken more centrist positions on homelessness and public safety.

City staff will work in the coming months to craft a proposal that encompasses suggestions from the public, outside groups council members and regional officials who have been studying the issue for more than a year.

Nevada's closest election in 2024 was in this district, which outgoing Assm. Sandra Jauregui (D-Las Vegas) won by just 250 votes.

A renewal for Henderson's park tax is scheduled for June. The Indy takes a deeper look at why the question is on the primary ballot rather than the general.

At the Las Vegas event, national and Nevada-based Democratic insiders said the party had lost ground in virtually every state in 2024 because it moved too far left.

Nevada Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the lower court should not have allowed the 40-year-old law to remain in effect, saying it is "unconstitutionally vague."

The vote means more than 3,5000 state employees could soon get representation from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 4041.