A bill making its way through the Legislature asks state energy regulators to search for a way to mitigate power bill volatility when fuel prices spike by potentially requiring NV Energy to have more skin in the game.

According to four people with knowledge of the situation, discussions are taking place behind the scenes about addressing NV Energy's liability in wildfires started by its equipment.

Some residents of states with bans obtain abortion pills through community networks, foreign pharmacies or medical providers in other states.

Lawmakers decided against hearing AJR5 despite the legislation's 2023 passage. Also, could Boyd win if Hawaii approves sports betting?

The pharmaceutical industry was responsible for about $300,000 of the total contributions, while health care groups — defined as anything from hospitals and insurers to patient advocacy groups — donated about $1.4 million.

In the latest Behind the Bar, evolving film tax bill may support more than just film and data on legislator success on deadline day.

SB78, a bill to consolidate many occupational licensing boards and increase oversight and transparency of the bodies, eked its way through the Legislature’s first committee passage deadline last week.

Welcome to a special edition of Behind the Bar, where our reporters bring you a roundup of some interesting nuggets that caught our eye during Friday's deadline.

Staff at The Nevada Independent bring you all the details you need to know from the first major legislative deadline.

In today’s edition, introducing our bill tracker, what we're watching on deadline day and Lombardo says “f— you” to critics.

A bill introduced by Sen. Melanie Scheible (D-Las Vegas) would prohibit the sale of single-use plastic water bottles on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe.

From rent control to seeking federal lands and giving tenants recourse when their homes are in disrepair, here are key policies Nevada may pursue to respond.

Lombardo, alongside several state law enforcement officers, championed the bill during the press conference as “commonsense criminal justice reforms” that will improve community safety, although state data indicates that property crime and violent crime have ticked down over the past two years.

In this edition of Behind the Bar, we break down the governor’s crime bill, explain the efforts to take on Ticketmaster and explore a new bill to counter federal layoffs.

Federal funding makes up more than 27 percent of the state’s budget, with Medicaid being the largest line item. Democrats say every dollar cut hurts.

The total represents an increase from the amount of money given to state legislators during the 2022 election cycle. Similar to prior election cycles, organized labor overwhelmingly donated to Democrats.

The Senate and Assembly are considering separate, but similar, bills that would implement a program to buy back and retire water rights in some of the state’s most over-appropriated basins.

In this week’s Behind the Bar: We explain Lombardo’s housing bill, and how lawmakers propose vastly expanding a narrow state paid family leave requirement.

Over the next two years, Nevada Medicaid expects there to be a 15 percent reduction in Medicaid caseloads from mixed-status families because of “increased federal scrutiny.” Lawfully present immigrants — including asylum seekers and green card holders — have been allowed to enroll in Medicaid since the ‘90s.

In this edition of Behind the Bar, legislators want to protect workers from wildfire smoke and push use-it-or-lose-it broadband funding out the door.