“You don't completely mentally get over it,” she told The Nevada Independent about the experience of being trafficked. “But spiritually and emotionally, you can get over the hump … reaching out is the most important thing to getting out of it.”

You can play a role in the policy-making process by communicating with lawmakers directly about issues or weighing in on bills during hearings. Scroll through this guide to learn how to participate in Nevada’s 82nd legislative session.

Amid rising costs of living and increasing food prices, a nonprofit has opened a community market at a Las Vegas middle school, hoping to provide relief and support to students and their families. 

Public officials work for their constituents, but it's impossible for them to know all the problems of those they represent. The best way for Nevadans to communicate their needs to public officials is to engage with them.

The Clark County School District has opened up a new center focused on providing support to recently immigrated students and their families as they adjust to their new lives in the United States. 

Nevadans will soon be able to save big on prescription drugs after the state joined a coalition that negotiates lower drug costs, according to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services. 

Summary evictions in the Silver State are a uniquely expedited and murky process, leaving tenants with the burden to defend themselves.

State and county officials say that ballots are sent to the wrong address because of issues with keeping voter rolls up to date. Election officials are typically not informed when someone moves out of state or to a different in-state residence (unless they register to vote at that new address), so there is sometimes a lag between addresses listed on the rolls and actual residences of voters.

Protesters can and should prepare for protests by understanding their First Amendment rights to peaceably assemble beforehand, lawyers say. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) provides an outline of protester rights, and professional groups including the Las Vegas Latino Bar Association organized a webinar with four panelists in early June to clarify the details and complexity of protester rights.