Attorneys for a group of gun control advocates are appealing a decision by a Clark County judge dismissing their attempt to force the state to implement a voter-approved initiative requiring background checks on most private gun sales or transfers. A notice filed Wednesday in Clark County District Court states that backers of Question 1, the 2016 ballot measure, plan to appeal Judge Joe Hardy’s August ruling that the state could not be forced to implement the initiative, given the FBI’s refusal to handle background checks that the initiative said the bureau must carry out.

As part of the “search for relevancy” for the position of treasurer, Conine said he wanted to focus on an issue that isn’t historically connected to the office — marijuana. His idea deals with an issue that’s dogged Nevada’s and other states that have legalized the drug for recreational use — a lack of reliable and accessible banking options, forcing the industry to rely on (and pay taxes) solely with cash. Banks have been reluctant to serve dispensaries given marijuana’s federal illegality.

A group of progressive organizations including Planned Parenthood plans to spend $3 million in Nevada as part of $30 million, three-state push to mobilize voters concerned about women’s access to abortion and health care ahead of the midterm elections.

It happens every election cycle. Accusations fly that a candidate took campaign contributions either from a nefarious source or did the bidding of a donor while in office. Separating fact from fiction during campaigns, especially when it comes to campaign finance, can be difficult to suss out — but we want to make it easier.

June 12, 2018 was not a good day to be a Nevada election administrator. Newly purchased voting machines experienced glitches across the state on primary election day — including a few problems deemed “significant” by election officials and that ultimately led to a do-over special election in the Republican primary for Clark County public administrator, a race initially decided by only four votes. A recent Reno Gazette Journal story found that up to 300 instances of voting-machine problems were reported during the election — significantly more than the number of problems originally reported.

“I figured this was the only way to give my son a better life than I had,” she said about pursuing a degree in spite of the grueling schedule. “If this program could help me for my last semester and possibly offset some of my student loan debt, it would change my life for myself and my son.”

Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt owns and likely rents out a two-bedroom condominium in Virginia, but because of a unique provision in state law isn’t required to report it on state campaign finance disclosure forms. Records obtained by The Nevada Independent show that Laxalt purchased the two-bedroom, one-bathroom in January 2006, and the property is listed on online rental portals updated as recently as two months ago.

“Sometimes you feel very proud and you say, ‘yes, I’m important to this country, they’re trying to do something for me’ and the next day they say ‘there isn’t a solution again’ … this is a rollercoaster of emotions.”

Nevada officials have filed an emergency request with the state Supreme Court seeking to block a lower court’s decision to release the identity of the attending physician scheduled to oversee the delayed execution of Scott Raymond Dozier. In an emergency motion filed Wednesday, the attorney general’s office, representing the Nevada Department of Corrections, is seeking to block a Tuesday decision by District Court Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez.

For a self-professed “lion in winter,” Gov. Brian Sandoval certainly keeps a busy schedule. A review of Sandoval’s official calendar through the first half of 2017, obtained by The Nevada Independent via a public records request, details a rare behind-the-scenes look at the often hectic schedule of the termed out Republican governor’s meetings with prominent business executives, legislators, congressional representatives and Cabinet officials.

More than half of Nevada’s private sector workforce isn’t offered a retirement savings plan through their employer — a slow-moving crisis that could affect older Nevadans and cost the state millions in safety-net programs. According to an AARP estimate, approximately 557,000 private sector workers work for a business that does not offer any kind of retirement savings plan.

Sandoval spokeswoman Mary-Sarah Kinner confirmed Monday that the governor was in Japan, although she didn’t say how long the trade mission would be, when it started or other details.

Just how prepared is Nevada if a nefarious hacker or foreign country tries to meddle in the upcoming November election? That’s the question that state and federal elections officials tried to answer earlier this month at Table Top the Vote 2018, a national cyber election exercise hosted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Despite often-touted improving jobs numbers and a sinking unemployment rate, many Nevada residents are still suffering from the financial crash of 2008. Case in point: a survey conducted last year by a Nevada Supreme Court commission found that households with income less than 125 percent of the federal poverty level have a total of about 147,000 legal “needs” every year.

Controversial rancher Cliven Bundy has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to order that Nevada’s federally owned lands are the property of the state and to force the state and county to defend Bundy’s land rights on his Bunkerville cattle ranch.

A nascent nonprofit linked to a national voting rights group is poised to spend huge sums on television advertising supporting an automatic voting rights ballot question ahead of the November election.

A Clark County judge has denied a lawsuit filed by gun control advocates to force the state to implement a stalled, voter-approved initiative which would have required background checks on many gun sales or transfers in the state that are currently exempt. The decision by Judge Joe Hardy Jr. issued late Monday deflates a nearly year-long effort by backers of the stalled ballot measure to compel the state to enforce Question 1, which passed by less than 1 percentage point in 2016.

“Ohio faces the risk that Planned Parenthood, though serving as Ohio’s agent in administering its programs, might decide to promote abortion,” the brief said, adding that “a patient coming for services relating to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Project or the STD Prevention Program might also receive what Planned Parenthood calls ‘options counseling’ and so walk away with a list of abortion providers.”