Federal agencies have not released data on firings by state. But in a state where the federal government owns more than 80 percent of the land, job cuts coupled with the federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump could lead to a slowdown of services everywhere from wildfire management to veterans’ hospitals to nuclear research.

In today’s edition, we bring you the latest on an effort to protect communities from debt burdens and news of a legislative legal challenge.

Both proposed expansion measures would be more than an eightfold increase from the annual $10 million in transferable tax credits Nevada law currently allows.

The longtime Clark County employee said her three breast cancer diagnoses will help shape some of her priorities in Carson City.

One analysis shows if the federal match for the expansion is stripped and the state can’t meet the gap, more than 300,000 people could be booted from Medicaid.

In a statement, the Nevada Senate Democratic Caucus said that Neal received care at Renown Health and "is spending time with her family while she recovers."

Through the first three days of this session, a whopping 438 bills were introduced — 170 more than any other session since 2017, according to the Legislative Counsel Bureau.

On Feb. 7, the NIH announced that it would cap the rate it would spend on so-called indirect costs for research grants at 15 percent, tantamount to cutting billions of dollars for biomedical and public health research.

When Gov. Joe Lombardo's team gauged Lisa Cole's interest in running for Assembly, she was immediately confident — which stemmed in part from the water rights expert's summa cum laude graduation from law school in 2022.

With President Donald Trump changing immigration policies and detention facilities for migrants already at capacity, the landscape around immigration enforcement is moving rapidly.

A Nevada district court has ruled that sections of a 2023 bill that essentially forced the Elko County Commission to earmark a portion of property tax proceeds for schools in exchange for funding to build a new Owyhee school are unconstitutional.

Aguero said the lack of tariff details makes it hard to forecast any one outcome for a Nevada industry or the state’s economy as a whole — if the tariffs are successful in bolstering domestic manufacturing, Nevada would benefit; if they raise prices on fuel, Nevada could suffer.

The attorneys general said the court should bar Musk from issuing orders to anyone in the executive branch outside DOGE and declare that his actions have no legal effect.

Now, Dalia is raising his children in the same area that he grew up in. His oldest child attends the same elementary school that he did and his younger twins are set to enroll there soon.

The legislative team breaks down where the governor stands on a daily room cleaning mandate and a new bill proposing to rein in AI.

Officials said a new bill should increase the state’s egg supply, but they emphasized it is not a “silver bullet," especially given that there may be an increase in transportation costs with a broader geographic range of suppliers.

In a wide-ranging more than 90-minute interview with Nevada Independent CEO Jon Ralston on Tuesday, the Republican governor was largely defensive of Trump, while saying he supported deploying the Nevada National Guard to the southern border and said that vaccines should be a “personal choice.”

Venise Karris was a medical researcher before working as a union electrician for 27 years. She thinks her experience as a union steward will serve here well as a legislator.

The Indy’s legislative team breaks down what you need to know about upgrades to the legislative building and higher employee contributions to the state’s retirement system.

State agencies and groups have diligently applied for their share of various federal pots for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvement goals, from electric school buses to solar installations to electric appliance rebates.