In a letter to the governor, members of AFSCME and other groups warned that expanding film tax credits would be “politically indefensible.”

In this edition of the Indy Elections newsletter: National Dems pounce on redistricting proposal, unions push play on film tax credits and Annie Black is back.

The Nevada secretary of state’s office moved to a top-down voter registration system that collects and stores voter preregistration and registration information and is used by all 17 county clerks.

With use of AI images on the rise, digitally manipulated images have become more commonplace in local politics. New legislation seeks to regulate that use.

The email threats came as lawmakers in other states received similar communications in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Though lawmakers in 2025 were able to pass some transparency laws, the vast majority of transparency bills failed to make it across the finish line. According to a Nevada Independent analysis, 26 bills and resolutions were introduced in 2025 that sought to increase transparency in government and campaigns. Only 8 were signed into law by Lombardo.

Attorneys for Planned Parenthood asked a Clark County judge to block a nearly 40-year-old Nevada law requiring minors seeking an abortion to first notify their parents or guardians or get a judge’s permission, after a federal judge lifted a decades-old injunction last month.

The First Judicial District Court has only two judges and no public access to online court documents or hearings. Frustration over the lack of transparency on some of the state’s most important cases led Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager (D-Las Vegas) to sponsor AB490, a bill in the 2025 legislative session that would have moved initiative petition disputes to other courts that have electronic access to documents and hearings.

Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager (D-Las Vegas) and Majority Leader Sandra Jauregui (D-Las Vegas) will serve the rest of their terms through the end of 2026 but will leave their roles in the lower chamber 10 years after entering office.

Sen. Jacky Rosen has been an ardent supporter of Israel, but led the call and said more needs to be done to stop civilian suffering in Gaza.

Only two lawmakers found themselves closer to the middle of the spectrum than the farthest extremes: freshmen Sens. Lori Rogich (R-Las Vegas) and John Steinbeck (R-Las Vegas). This was the lowest number since at least 2011.

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.

Several experts voiced concerns about tariffs and federal land ownership in a “State of Housing” panel hosted by the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association on Monday in Las Vegas.

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.

Since 2024, billion-dollar companies, including TripAdvisor and Dropbox, relocated to Nevada. More than a dozen others have announced plans to incorporate there.

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.

Lawmakers were hesitant to pass the measure, even though they solicited the reports that suggested closing a $2.7 billion gap between current funding levels and national average funding target.

The Nevada Independent has been tracking key legislation and policy debates through our Nevada Policy Tracker.