Federal funds helped spur every major advancement in life sciences in the last half century. Private foundations can’t fill the gap if it drops significantly.

In the more than 10-year history of Nevada’s film tax credit program, more than 98 percent of the credits have been transferred from movie studios to other companies. Nevada has issued more than $35 million in tax credits, but only about $600,000 have not been transferred.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday it was working to release full funding for the food program, following a Thursday court order.

The state ultimately recovered 90 percent of the affected data. The remaining 10 percent is still in the state’s control, but it was not required to restore essential state services, so it is still being reviewed, the report said.

The news comes after the food assistance program was imperiled by the federal government shutdown.

Food banks in NV face a triple whammy: cuts in federal grants that help them buy food, rising costs of groceries and the impending end of federal food benefits.

The money will boost access to food at pantries statewide, but some legislators want to send cash directly to affected Nevadans instead.

Democratic Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager said there is no more important issue than fully funding SNAP benefits. A fiscal emergency would unlock a $1.3B reserve fund.

Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro has said legislative efforts will likely provide “short term relief.”

New data shows the state had an uptick in obesity while other states saw declines, in a year of federal cuts to food assistance.

Email records indicate the governor had included the treasurer in federal communications, but later asked him to step back.

Now the leader of the Nevada Department of Human Services, Whitley has served in a cabinet role since 2015 and been in state service since 1986.

In just a few years, overdoses in Nevada prisons have increased nearly tenfold, according to prisons director James Dzurenda. In 2021, the department only had 12 overdoses. In 2025, that number catapulted to 127 overdoses to date out of the system’s nearly 11,000 total inmates.

More than 18,000 children younger than 5 will no longer receive a free book every month, after the state legislature failed to renew the program's funding.

Jauregui, who has served in Assembly since 2016, told The Nevada Independent that if elected, she would prioritize increasing tourism throughout the state as well as bolstering workforce development.

The 2025 data marks a 10 percent increase in spending from the 2023 legislative session, which also set a record for local government lobbyist expenses.

After a cyberattack that paralyzed state systems, Nevada will spend more than $300,000 on two projects to boost the state’s cybersecurity.

The Financial Institutions Division held a hearing this week for a proposal backed by Dollar Loan Center that would allow licensed lenders to provide payday and installment loans from a single location, a practice not explicitly allowed in Nevada. 

In a letter to the governor, members of AFSCME and other groups warned that expanding film tax credits would be “politically indefensible.”

If approved on Thursday, the funding will support a program that reaches 55,000 Nevadans and was at risk of temporary closure due to the federal shutdown.