It’s Lombardo’s strongest stance yet against his party’s plans, which have already drawn the ire of Democrats in a state that has expanded Medicaid eligibility.

One analysis shows if the federal match for the expansion is stripped and the state can’t meet the gap, more than 300,000 people could be booted from Medicaid.

A Nevada dairy was the first place a second strain of bird flu was discovered. How is it different from the first variant and are milk and eggs safe to consume?

A new tribal sponsorship program rolled out last year in Nevada is aimed at getting tribal citizens covered and protecting them from incurring debt for uninsured care.

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.

Workers aren’t booted from the insurance program for low-income families if they have a job, but critics say it’s a quiet subsidy for profitable corporations.

Outreach workers who travel into the tunnels said they have noticed an uptick in the number of people living underground as housing costs have skyrocketed and local officials have adopted a zero-tolerance approach to homelessness.

The rampant spread of bird flu has led to increasing commercial egg prices, a declaration of emergency in a neighboring state and extra safety precautions in Nevada.

Nevada has nowhere to go but up on youth mental health services. A lack of sustainable funding has prevented a more unified network of care.

During his tenure, he shepherded the agency through the COVID-19 pandemic and many other public health challenges, including the opioid epidemic.

As of 2023, nearly 86.9 percent of the state’s population lives in a federally designated mental health professional shortage area.

The state’s Division of Industrial Relations, the agency responsible for workplace safety and worker protections in Nevada, has adopted a regulation to protect workers from heat-related illness.

Since 2010, young people aged 15-24 have the highest rate of suicide attempts of any other age group in the Silver State.

Voters in Nevada and two other states voted last Tuesday to advance protections for abortion rights in their state constitutions while also electing Donald Trump for the White House.

The state-managed health insurance program will now include abortion services alongside its other medically necessary health care options.

The discovery of a document with a passing mention of Agent Orange suggests the government may be involved in contaminating the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.

Nevadans will vote on a ballot question to enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution, though the measure would not affect access to abortion care in the Silver State.

As a ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in the Nevada Constitution goes before voters in November, a new poll shows Silver State residents oppose criminalizing the procedure.

The bill would establish a statutory right to IVF, provide protections for health care providers and expand insurance options to cover IVF treatment.

To bring a lawsuit in the future, the order dismissing the case noted that plaintiffs would need to demonstrate the legislation caused actual harm.