The comments from Senate Minority Leader Robin Titus (R-Wellington) during Monday’s Legislative Commission meeting reopened debate about Democratic lawmakers’ actions in the final moments of the 2025 legislative session, which ended in June.

Delays in getting insurance approvals are a familiar headache for patients and doctors. But building enough consensus to fix the process in Nevada proved difficult.

Legislators decided to not side with most members of their own party in about 1.5 percent of total votes cast during the session, according to a Nevada Independent analysis of legislative voting data.

The bills going into effect Tuesday are almost 37 percent of the more than 500 bills the governor signed into law this legislative session.

The Nevada Independent analyzed the people behind the bills signed by Gov. Joe Lombardo to learn more about which lawmakers were (and weren’t) successful during the session — and which ones fell victim the most to the veto pen.

We are tracking more than 60 promises the Nevada governor has made from his time on the campaign trail in 2022 to the end of the 2025 legislative session.

In the final days of the legislative session, it looked like major changes could be coming to state elections. But Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed many election bills, meaning voters, candidates and elected officials should not expect big changes.

Entering Nevada’s 2025 legislative session, Gov. Joe Lombardo’s administration had big plans to reform the state’s occupational licensing boards. Five months later, there’s nothing to show for it.

The high court’s Wednesday ruling does not absolve Lombardo of wrongdoing, but it opens the door for a dismissal of the case down the line.

The Nevada Board of Examiners signed off on the payment Tuesday after a Washoe County judge in April held the state in contempt for failing to provide timely treatment to criminal defendants deemed mentally unfit to stand trial.

Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager is proposing new voter ID requirements as part of a potential deal with Gov. Joe Lombardo to resurrect a vetoed effort to increase the number of ballot drop boxes in the days leading up to an election.

Sen. Roberta Lange (D-Las Vegas) criticized a state-commissioned report, saying the analysis of her film tax credit bill had “flawed and misleading conclusions.”

The proposed merger would allow for two studio sites, albeit with lower film tax credit allocations for each of them (but with a higher overall total). Assm. Sandra Jauregui, the other bill's sponsor, said she had not heard anything.

The Republican governor is the sole arbiter of which bills get his signature and what he vetoes, and he exercised that rejection power a record-breaking 75 times two years ago. But he’s often influenced by the advice and insights of his seven-member policy team.

The Assembly Committee on Ways and Means approved AB238 on Saturday with major amendments that also include significant new investment thresholds that developers and film production companies must meet.

The state's precarious budget situation has left legislators focused on maintaining existing programs. The rollout of the new pay and classification system likely would cost between $35 million and $40 million.

The bill would limit the power of local library staff and trustees to remove books, instead tasking courts with deciding whether materials are truly “obscene.”

With less funding available because of a projected decrease in state revenues, lawmakers can’t pass increases to education funding or state worker pay raises similar to those in 2023. 

The requests range anywhere from a new veterans community center in Virginia City and addressing food insecurity to programs boosting early childhood support. But leadership is prioritizing are keeping current programs in place.

Conine, a Democrat, is the first major candidate to enter the race.