These attacks aren’t just political — they strike a personal chord. Trump’s siege on higher education damages foundational initiatives I proudly led, which resulted in a more equal and inclusive environment in Nevada’s colleges and universities.

Even a 1 percent increase in medical debt is associated with poorer health, higher mortality and lower life expectancy. Taking out a car loan is unlikely to hurt your health, but falling behind on hospital bills might.

Skeptics and others likely to be told to silence their cell phones (and their criticism) might remind fans and paparazzi that there’s an array of other unfinished business in Nevada.

It used to be said that politics is “the art of the possible.” Nowadays it feels more as if it’s merely an opportunity for ambitious politicians to hold the American public hostage for the sake of cheap political wins.

It seems unlikely that the Founding Fathers would write a constitution that would grant anyone the very same absolute power they fought against.

Tract has argued in court filings that Switch has a history of harassing business competitors. The company has denied those allegations.

Even before the pandemic, Trump's first term dramatically increased the nation’s debt, and there’s no indication that his second term will be much better for our fiscal future.

To lump Nevada’s regulated brothel system into the same category doesn’t just stretch the truth; it undermines the fight against actual sex trafficking.

Rocha hated when mistakes became embedded as fact in media coverage or history books; he strived to correct them, to chasten reporters who repeated them.

The commission’s ruling paints Ballou as more advocate than unbiased weigher of fact, but it also noted that the judge testified that “she was not biased but rather showed compassion in her rulings."

The daily demand charge was justified as a way to even out the electricity demand throughout the day. Ironically, it may do the opposite.

Our political era is so bereft of intelligent discourse, the inclusion of any sort of intelligence — even the artificial variety — is a welcome development.

Family separation has been a tactic used against nearly every marginalized group in U.S. history to enforce white dominance, from the separation of enslaved Black families to the kidnapping of Native American children.

International travel continues to falter so much it’s roused the hard-to-rattle marketers at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Bureau to craft a charm offensive in an effort to win back customers.

The award for General Online Excellence — which “recognizes overall excellence of a news organization’s online presence” — was one of 16 awards won by The Indy this year, including eight first-place awards.

Nevada's experience reflects a broader cultural problem in how we discuss commercial sexual exploitation. We are drawn to the salacious details and the powerful names, but we shy away from harder conversations about the systems that make trafficking possible.

In another time, Kirk’s shooter might have just as easily been radicalized by violent revolutionary leftists bombing police stations or cross-burning white nationalists wearing pointy hoods and flowing robes.

Whether it's access to fewer resources or simply the distance required to travel to cast a ballot, clerks and voters in rural and tribal counties face unique challenges.

Former DEA agent Mike Vigil suspects those on board were migrants, not gang members. Thanks to the shoot-first-collect-evidence-later strategy, there was no one to interrogate.

Cash bail is unfair and imprecise in selecting who sits in jail waiting for their case to be resolved. It leads to low-income people being held pretrial while wealthier people pay for their liberty.