When Copia Power unveiled plans for the Monarch Data Center — a 4.6 million-square-foot complex spanning 505 acres in rural Lyon County — it did so without owning a single acre of the land the project would sit on. That's not unheard of.

NV Energy's poke-in-the-eye of a lawsuit against Northern Nevada artificial intelligence data center developer Tract certainly spices up what promises to be a long fight for fairness on many fronts.

Most vehicle safety regulations were written decades ago, always with the assumption that there would be a human driver behind the wheel. They're trying to catch up with autonomous vehicles, which don't need all the traditional car's features.

It'll be his second trip to the state this year. At least one Nevada congressional hopeful expects to see him there.

A $70M investment from ex-MLB pitcher Chan Ho Park, the actor who portrayed 'The Hangover's' Mr. Chow and a BTS member could increase Asian visitation.

Manse Technology Campus sounds practically collegiate, but it's not a university annex. As presented, it's a massive, privately funded data center complex with a 900-acre footprint.

The amount of the investment was not disclosed. A's owner John Fisher hinted about outside investment in a June interview.

"This is not a change in direction," said Taylor Adams, president and CEO of the organization, now called Northern NV Now, a name meant to be action-oriented and forward-thinking. "It is a clearer way to say who we have become."

Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) and Rep. Mark Amodei's (R-NV) bill would also ban casino-style games on sites such as Kalshi.

Customers flocked into the property 40 miles south of Las Vegas moments after Terrible's Gaming opened the front doors.

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act tackles everything from reining in corporate investors to easing tiny home construction. Here's what it will do.

Boulder City officials took steps Tuesday to challenge the use of nearby federal land for a data center project that might use more than three times as much energy as the city's existing energy load, according to one estimate.

Decades of data reveal an uncomfortable irony: the two most recent cigarette tax increases, in 2003 and 2015, each produced a short-term spike in revenue, but as more smokers quit, that was followed by a steady decline back toward where the tax revenue started.

The state has until the end of September to bring the payment error rate under 6 percent. If it can't, Nevada would join the large majority of states now bracing to cover part of their SNAP benefit costs starting in October 2027.

It's little surprise by now that Gov. Joe Lombardo remains confidently on the bright side of data center development in Nevada.

So far, state gaming regulators have fined casinos a combined $34 million for failing to verify a player obtained his gambling funds legally.

With a $6 billion loan pending from the federal government, the Brightline West project keeps getting more expensive. What's going on?

The Nevada Independent will be tracking what data center-related actions local governments across the state are taking. This page will be updated as officials take more actions. 

However it all started, all-you-can-eat buffets spread across the republic to restaurants like Golden Corral and Ponderosa.

Proposed buyouts of MGM and Caesars would put 25 Nevada resorts into private hands, meaning less public scrutiny and fewer financial reporting requirements.