Assm. Rebecca Edgeworth is a Republican who won her seat by nearly 9 points in 2024. So why is her Democratic challenger confident about a win in November?

Left-leaning candidates face an uphill battle in Nevada, especially against incumbents, who have fundraising advantages and pre-tested coalitions. But in 2026's open races, progressives saw more success.

Nevada's closest election in 2024 was in this district, which outgoing Assm. Sandra Jauregui (D-Las Vegas) won by just 250 votes.

New Treasury guidance provides more clarity about the policy first proposed by President Donald Trump in Las Vegas last year and codified by the Republican megabill passed this summer.

The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip. For the first time in its 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized.

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.

This week's Indy Gaming provides insight into $24.5 million in fines levied by state regulators on three companies. Also, higher illegal gambling fines coming.

Lawmakers decided against hearing AJR5 despite the legislation's 2023 passage. Also, could Boyd win if Hawaii approves sports betting?

The total represents an increase from the amount of money given to state legislators during the 2022 election cycle. Similar to prior election cycles, organized labor overwhelmingly donated to Democrats.

The hotel and casino are no longer separate businesses at the off-Strip resort that used March Madness to tip off its new structure.

It's the first time since the 2018 cycle that casinos and other gaming groups donated more than any other industry, and the most they have donated in a single cycle since The Indy began tracking contributions to lawmakers in the 2016 election cycle.

Lombardo writes that the measure, authored by a freshman GOP senator, "was no different than the law that was repealed" in 2023 and he wouldn't sign it.

The proposal from Sen. Lori Rogich (R-Las Vegas) aims to have more eyes looking out for illegal cannabis. The gaming industry is opposed.

An effort to remove a ban on lotteries from the Nevada Constitution returns for another round of scrutiny after its approval in 2023.

As we did at the end of 2023 and 2022, Indy reporters are pleased to share some of their favorite stories from the past calendar year.

What promises did Trump make to Nevadans across his many campaign visits to the Silver State? Some — such as his pledge to conduct a mass deportation campaign — would affect the entire country but be particularly consequential in Nevada, which has the highest share of undocumented immigrants of any state's workforce.

As in 2022, state Democrats argue that Nevada is the only state that meets the DNC's professed preferences for a state that is racially and economically diverse, politically competitive and feasible for candidates and the party, both from a cost and technical competence perspective. Given Democratic losses in 2024 with Latino voters and working class voters, state party Chair Daniele Monroe-Moreno wrote that the DNC should elevate a state that possesses those kinds of voters in droves.

Inflation, concern about border security and unfocused Democratic messaging all contributed to Trump's increasing success with Nevada Latinos.

A rebrand isn't moving forward, but the casino is experimenting with new technology on the gaming floor. Also, Tilman Fertitta increases his ownership in Wynn.

The freshman senator attributes her success to localizing the Senate race, emphasizing her Nevada roots and commitment to bipartisanship and painting Brown as too extreme for the state. This allowed her to win even in a national environment that favored Republicans and keep enough registered nonpartisan and soft Republican Trump voters from picking Brown as well.