Summers-Armstrong is the sixth state lawmaker to announce a bid for a different public office and the 15th who will not return to the Legislature in 2025.

The former Clark County sheriff’s victory — bolstered by $8.1 million in big-money contributions ($200 or more) — made him the only Republican to unseat a Democratic governor last year, even though he was outraised by a 3-2 margin through Election Day by his opponent, incumbent Gov. Steve Sisolak.

Carson City judge has rejected the language of a proposed ballot referendum petition that would have repealed public funding for a new Major League Baseball (MLB) stadium in Las Vegas.

The 56-year-old represented Senate District 18 in Las Vegas for a decade before resigning Oct. 26 and accepting the governor’s appointment to lead the Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation (GOWINN) effective last Wednesday. Hammond’s tenure in the Senate was set to end in 2024, and was prohibited from running again due to term limits.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 4041 alleged in a Friday statement that the plan from Gov. Joe Lombardo’s administration would “unlawfully” exclude thousands of state workers from longevity pay, an incentive program designed to boost salaries for some of the state’s longest tenured employees. 

Friends, family and elected officials say Munford leaves behind a legacy of service dedicated to the Historic Westside, championing educational and economic progress in his community and overcoming racism as a Black man in Las Vegas in the 1960s and ’70s.

First elected to the Senate in 2012, Hammond was also elected to one term in the Assembly in 2010. In that time, Hammond twice served on the Republican Senate leadership team, including a stint as the co-majority whip in 2015 and the co-minority whip in 2019.

Miller, 43, shared the news with The Nevada Independent in an interview Friday, saying his growing family and a plan to move was the motivation behind the decision. He will be the 13th lawmaker so far who is not expected to return to their legislative seat in 2025, either because of term limits, a resignation or a run for another office. 

Along with savings from the canceled projects, myriad ARP-funded projects have come in under budget, leaving lawmakers with more than $60 million to obligate before a deadline at the end of 2024. 

Nevada officials are moving forward with plans to adopt a state-managed public health care option despite Gov. Joe Lombardo’s well-documented hostility to the concept.

The teacher union-led PAC “Schools Over Stadiums” announced Thursday that its referendum petition to repeal public funding for a new Major League Baseball stadium in Las Vegas has been legally challenged.

Following an outcry from Nevada businesses over a little-noticed state law adopted this year, state lawmakers have adopted a regulation meant to “provide clarity" on a major liability insurance bill.

In an hourlong interview, Gov. Joe Lombardo addressed a wide range of topics including the Oakland A’s move to Nevada and his K-12 accountability initiative.

Our spreadsheet and rolling updates show who is in and who is out for the dozens of Nevada Legislature seats on the ballot in 2024.

By the end of 2021, Nevada’s incarcerated population reached its lowest level in two decades at less than 10,400 people, down from a recent peak of more than 14,000 in 2016, according to data published by the Nevada Department of Sentencing Policy. 

AAA Scholarship Foundation CEO and President Kim Dyson told The Nevada Independent in an email this week that the organization received 270 self-identified transfer applications between Aug. 10 and Sept. 11.

The two Democrats are competing for the seat of Sen. Heidi Seevers Gansert (R-Reno), who announced in early August that she would not run for re-election in order to spend more time with her family.

The bill established certain regulations, although local governments have yet to establish their licensing process, fees and requirements and hours of operation.

A PAC formed by a statewide teachers union has filed a referendum petition to block $380 million in public funding for the A's proposed stadium.

The legal actions mark the latest escalation in a fight over a $25 million arbitration agreement that has now stretched two years — and two governors.