One in 6 DMV jobs are vacant and the use of online services has dropped 2.4 percent year over year. The agency said about 200,000 transactions a year are done in person, when they could be completed online.

Since early February, lawmakers have approved grants for more than 50 organizations across Nevada, ranging from less than $11,000 for a hospital in Churchill County to $3 million for the ​​Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows in Reno. 

From July 2019 to June 2021, the agency charged more than $13,000 for roughly 700 hours of inmate labor, while paying those laborers just $745 in wages.

The Nevada Supreme Court ruled on three major election cases Tuesday that reshape the November ballot, allowing an initiative proposing open primaries and ranked-choice voting to proceed while voiding another measure proposing a voucher-style education program.

The Supreme Court issued an expected opinion Friday overturning a 50-year constitutional right to abortion and igniting an issue that could play a significant role in the November midterm elections. 

That amount represents a 25 percent increase over what the state was projected to bring in up to this point in the fiscal year, which was about $3.2 billion.

Treasurer Zach Conine made the announcement Thursday, saying the instruction to divest from those companies will apply to an estimated $89 million out of the office's $49 billion investment portfolio.

Though abortion rights in the Silver State have been protected by state law for more than 30 years, the outcome of the state’s congressional and Senate and gubernatorial elections will likely have implications for abortion protections.

As Nevadans grapple with burdensome rent hikes, wage stagnation and an acute housing shortage, the once-unseemly topic of rent control is making its way into conversations across every level of Nevada government.

Gov. Steve Sisolak announced the end of the state of emergency, meeting a deadline he set earlier this month and joining at least six other states where similar orders are also expiring.

After more than two years, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Friday that he would be ending the state of emergency on May 20, joining at least six other states where similar orders are expiring this month.

State auditors have tasked the Division of Child and Family Services with developing a plan to correct health, safety and regulatory problems plaguing child placement providers that came to light during a recent audit.

Even with more than half of their members not returning to the Legislature, Assembly Republicans are feeling confident heading toward the 2023 session that they can capture more seats.

Though Democrats are expected to maintain control of both houses, Republicans are hoping to prevent a two-thirds supermajority (14 seats) that could have implications for tax increases.

Republican Las Vegas attorneys Sigal Chattah and Tisha Black battle for the chance to face Democrat incumbent Aaron Ford in November for the title of Nevada’s “top cop.”

The funding request for three new dignitary protection positions, at a cost of $373,000, was approved unanimously during a Tuesday meeting of the state Board of Examiners.

Now, ten months later, state officials have obligated more than half of those funds for dozens of different purposes, including allocations of $250 million for affordable housing projects and $204 million for broadband internet.

The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade this summer with a ruling that would erode federal protections for abortion rights, refueling the polarizing debate in many of Nevada’s most competitive races.

The state’s high court ruled Thursday that Nevada health officials do not have to release diabetes manufacturer records because of a federal trade secret law.

State officials are lifting a requirement that unvaccinated employees undergo weekly COVID-19 tests, while also preparing to roll back a planned monthly surcharge for state workers who have not received a COVID vaccine.