The former staffer was replaced by Amy Wood, a prominent anti-vax activist and former regional manager for Turning Point Action USA, a major conservative political action group founded by the late Charlie Kirk.

Gov. Joe Lombardo announced Wednesday he’s leading a petition to amend the Nevada Constitution to keep transgender athletes out of girls’ and women’s sports, even though there are already bans in place at the state and national level.

Officials confirmed Tuesday they are planning on submitting a waiver to take effect in 2028. The state is also planning to ask the federal government to allow food stamp recipients to buy additional hot foods, such as rotisserie chickens.

Collecting debt is a fundamental — yet underdiscussed — part of Nevada’s government, and there have been minimal changes to the process in the past decade, despite tens of millions of dollars not ending up in state coffers as they should. 

Voters can no longer select their preferred party at the DMV. Instead, new voters’ information is transmitted to their county election office, and when their eligibility is confirmed, they are mailed a form to select their political party.

The programs' federal funds were paused over the summer due to the state's delay in submitting a key financial report for 2024.

Former state engineer Adam Sullivan, who was terminated amid a water rights struggle in an overtapped basin, said he “faced pressure” to change decisions.

In a more than 230-page report, outside analysts uncovered a lack of supervisors on duty at night, possible lapses in compliance with federal requirements to reduce prison sexual assaults and yearslong waits to resolve prisoner grievances.

The departure is unexpected. The state engineer often serves under multiple governors, and the role requires expertise in complicated water laws.

The wrongful death lawsuit alleges that the March 2025 death of a man in High Desert State Prison was caused by months of medical neglect by officials.

After Fortune article, agency said it never felt pressured by Gov. Joe Lombardo’s team and citations were canceled because they were “legally insufficient.”

A revived version of Gov. Joe Lombardo’s sweeping criminal justice bill passed out of the legislature, aiming to reestablish a Resort Corridor Court that was criticized by civil liberties groups, but also incorporating Democratic proposals to restrict immigration enforcement in sensitive locations. 

The Indy’s tracker will have you covered for key developments on the first day of the 36th special session in Nevada’s history.

Federal funds helped spur every major advancement in life sciences in the last half century. Private foundations can’t fill the gap if it drops significantly.

In the more than 10-year history of Nevada’s film tax credit program, more than 98 percent of the credits have been transferred from movie studios to other companies. Nevada has issued more than $35 million in tax credits, but only about $600,000 have not been transferred.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday it was working to release full funding for the food program, following a Thursday court order.

The state ultimately recovered 90 percent of the affected data. The remaining 10 percent is still in the state’s control, but it was not required to restore essential state services, so it is still being reviewed, the report said.

The news comes after the food assistance program was imperiled by the federal government shutdown.

Food banks in NV face a triple whammy: cuts in federal grants that help them buy food, rising costs of groceries and the impending end of federal food benefits.

The money will boost access to food at pantries statewide, but some legislators want to send cash directly to affected Nevadans instead.