Such a deployment of troops — whose responsibilities typically include responding to natural disasters or helping with overseas missions — marks a drastic escalation of their prior use as it relates to immigration enforcement. Using the national guard often hinges on the explicit consent of a state’s governor, and the extent of their work in assisting ICE is decided by each state’s governor.

The designation could have massive implications in Nevada, which has one of the highest shares of undocumented people in the nation. A recent executive order directed the Justice Department to “identify appropriate Federal funds to sanctuary jurisdictions, including grants and contracts, for suspension or termination.”

Just a few months after launching his bid for the open Nevada attorney general seat, Democratic state Treasurer Zach Conine is scheduled to be in federal court — defending his office against a nearly 6-year-old wrongful termination lawsuit filed by an ex-employee.

Nevada received a poor grade in a new report comparing financial disclosure reports of state supreme court chief justices, with authors saying the state’s forms fail to seek information about investments, board positions and other matters that could inform the public about potential conflicts of interest. 

In 2023, the state estimated that the first phase of the project would go live at the beginning of 2024, with the second phase set for a summer 2025 release — and it met both deadlines.

The Nevada law is going into effect for the first time in 40 years after a federal district judge lifted the temporary pause Tuesday afternoon.

Hill’s likely entry into the race for Lombardo’s seat sets up a competitive Democratic primary in 2026, though official filing isn’t open until next year.

Portions of the bill won’t be felt for until the next few years, but experts warn of delayed effects.

Longtime Nye County District Court Judge Kimberly Wanker filed a petition Wednesday with the state Supreme Court seeking “clarification” as to whether the attorney general’s office is legally required to represent judges subject to complaints brought by the state’s Commission on Judicial Discipline.

Often ranking as one of the fastest-growing states in the nation, Nevada saw the nation’s fifth-largest drop in birth rates over the last decade — a demographic trend that experts say could have major implications for economic growth, tax revenue and state budgeting.

As Nevada prepares to launch a state-managed public health insurance option next year, Senate Minority Leader Robin Titus (R-Wellington) has brought back a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the 2021 law establishing the program.

We are pleased to again publish this advance excerpt from this year’s Almanac of American Politics on the state of Nevada and Gov. Joe Lombardo.

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.

Delays in getting insurance approvals are a familiar headache for patients and doctors. But building enough consensus to fix the process in Nevada proved difficult.

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.

We are tracking more than 60 promises the Nevada governor has made from his time on the campaign trail in 2022 to the end of the 2025 legislative session.

In the final days of the legislative session, it looked like major changes could be coming to state elections. But Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed many election bills, meaning voters, candidates and elected officials should not expect big changes.

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.