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PHOTOS: Lawmakers usher in 2025 session alongside family and friends

Monday marked the start of Nevada's 83rd legislative session — the 120-day biennial gathering of Silver State lawmakers, lobbyists, journalists and government officials in Carson City. Photojournalist David Calvert covered the session's first day.

Trump FBI pick Kash Patel’s Vegas home belongs to timeshare tycoon accused of shady practices

Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead the FBI, resides in Las Vegas at the home of a GOP megadonor.

Nevada Latino lawmakers announce priorities against backdrop of mass deportations

The Family Unity Support Act, which would ensure Nevada children have care and access to legal, social and educational resources if their parents are deported, was announced Monday at a press conference where the nine-member caucus unveiled its priorities for the session.

Educator turned advocate joins the Washoe County School Board

Joining the Washoe County School Board was a full circle moment for Trustee Christine Hull, who attended district schools and is now an educator and mother of three students.

Freshman Orientation: Childhood struggles inspire attorney and lawmaker Erica Roth

Roth, a Democrat, is an attorney for the Washoe County Public Defender’s Office and is a former deputy general counsel to Gov. Steve Sisolak.

11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert

Hailed at the time as a breakthrough moment for clean energy, the Ivanpah plant has been struggling to compete with cheaper solar technologies.

10 issues to watch during Nevada’s 2025 legislative session

The Indy’s Nevada Policy Tracker is a guide to the storylines expected to make the biggest splash in the coming months.

‘A keystone species’: How Nevada is fighting bighorn sheep population decline

The Nevada Department of Wildlife released 40 bighorn sheep from Oregon earlier this month into the Black Rock Desert area to help bolster the state's declining population.

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Locked out of power in D.C., Nevada Democrats weigh next steps to turn things around

Nevada Democrats are arguing that the best way for the DNC to move forward is to further elevate the Silver State.

Nevada lawmakers seek common ground, hear from community at listening event

Trump’s executive orders, as well as crime, homelessness and state budget issues, were just a few of the topics discussed during the fifth community listening session of the Nevada Democracy Project.

Freshman Orientation: Cinthia Moore wants to share the American dream with Nevadans

Moore said she felt that she was the right candidate for her community, made up of first-generation immigrants like her who came to the country in pursuit of the American dream.

Lombardo praised Nevada’s new finance system. The switch has been plagued by glitches.

Since switching over to the new system in early January, the state has at times been unable to distribute certain child support, pension and health savings account payments. But officials now say those issues have been fixed.

2024 was a record year for Nevada gaming revenue, but not on the Strip

Nevada casino revenue tops $15.6 billion while Las Vegas resorts saw a 1 percent dip in 2024 to $8.8 billion.

Why the state thinks it can save money by splitting up its health department

This week’s Behind the Bar explores a service freeze affecting people with disabilities and an improvement in the unemployment appeals backlog.

It’s the wettest time of the year, but much of Nevada remains dry

Two-thirds of the way through its snowy season, the state’s valleys remain largely snow-free and snowpack is sporadic across Nevada’s mountains.

Resort industry looks to stop Nevada lottery proposal from reaching the ballot

An effort to remove a ban on lotteries from the Nevada Constitution returns for another round of scrutiny after its approval in 2023.

Nevada taking long-delayed leaps toward serving people who speak limited English

State agencies have complained that bureaucratic red tape and lack of adequate funding made it difficult to actually implement language access plans

President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington.

Nevada agencies scrambling as Trump announces freeze of federal loans and grants

The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting Tuesday as President Donald Trump's administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending, causing confusion and panic among organizations that rely on Washington for their financial lifeline.

What you need to know about Nevada's state budget debacle

In this week’s edition of Behind the Bar, we dive into the recent budget hearings and whether per-pupil funding will drop.

Republicans take voter registration lead in Nevada for first time since 2007

The change marks an important symbolic victory for the Nevada GOP, less than three months after winning a presidential election in the Silver State for the first time since 2004.