Federal and state officials are offering divergent explanations for why more than 100,000 people were removed from Nevada’s Medicaid rolls.

As the nights lengthen and summer fades into autumn, Northern Nevada housing advocates are calling on their leaders to prioritize preventing weather-related deaths, although local government officials say one of the major proposals is unworkable for now. 

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) called Tuesday morning for indicted Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-NJ) resignation, joining a raft of vulnerable incumbents in distancing herself from the beleaguered New Jerseyan.

In Nevada, the counties that have seen turnover since the 2020 election are: Clark, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Storey, Washoe and Carson City.

In an hourlong interview, Gov. Joe Lombardo addressed a wide range of topics including the Oakland A’s move to Nevada and his K-12 accountability initiative.

Our spreadsheet and rolling updates show who is in and who is out for the dozens of Nevada Legislature seats on the ballot in 2024.

“A lawyer who has no expertise in a particular area can ethically take it on, so long as they put in the time and do the work to become competent in providing those services,” Edwards said.

By the end of 2021, Nevada’s incarcerated population reached its lowest level in two decades at less than 10,400 people, down from a recent peak of more than 14,000 in 2016, according to data published by the Nevada Department of Sentencing Policy. 

There’s just seven days until government funding lapses, and with House Republicans yet to pass a spending bill, federal agencies are preparing to close. The last government shutdown — the longest in U.S. history — lasted 35 days in 2018 and 2019.

AAA Scholarship Foundation CEO and President Kim Dyson told The Nevada Independent in an email this week that the organization received 270 self-identified transfer applications between Aug. 10 and Sept. 11.

Ramos Jones was appointed this week by Gov. Joe Lombardo as the new director of the Office of New Americans (ONA), where she said her goal is to help immigrants achieve the American dream.

More than 100,000 Nevadans’ who were disenrolled from Medicaid after a system glitch have had their coverage reinstated, temporarily providing them with insurance while the state works to resolve the error.

Legislators required the Department of Public Safety to launch the dashboard after they received enough funding. It was part of a broader 2021 bill that limited use of force practices.

During a legislative update meeting Monday hosted by the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy, state officials said that part of the funding solution will arrive in the form of a newly implemented provider tax on private hospitals.

Linda Gilkerson, who voted against Gilbert’s contract, expressed concerns that the high costs would exceed the district’s budget for legal counsel, which she said was about $160,000 annually.

Hundreds of emails, documents and invoices obtained through public records requests filed by The Nevada Independent reveal the scope of the state’s investigation into Positively Kids.

The people dealing with the fallout of the nuclear testing in Nevada got a reminder — they only had a year left to apply for compensation for health ailments they believe could be linked to the bombs.

In a 140-page report released Wednesday, the Biden administration’s mining working group proposed a path forward for mining reform in an attempt to address two complicated truths. 

Harter leaves behind a legacy as both UNLV’s longest-serving and first female president, having steered the university during a time of surging growth in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Gov. Joe Lombardo axed the SMART21 project in March, with state officials saying in July that IT upgrade was “past the point of salvaging.” By then, the state had already spent more than $80 million, tens of millions more than originally anticipated.