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.

Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager is proposing new voter ID requirements as part of a potential deal with Gov. Joe Lombardo to resurrect a vetoed effort to increase the number of ballot drop boxes in the days leading up to an election.

The amendment would require the sale of public lands in Clark, Lyon, Pershing and Washoe counties within a two-year period

Nevada has a unique opportunity to strengthen our foundation and transform the future for our children by making a bold commitment to early literacy and the expansion of early childhood programs

The federal land disposal and permit process, especially within the Las Vegas Valley urban area, impacts community development, attainable housing, expansion for schools and parks, and infrastructure development vital to future economic development.

In a Friday letter sent to Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, the county said the votes were stuck in the "duplication stage" of the counting process, but have now been counted and were always under county control.

Clark County will kick off a review process for the plans filed Wednesday. Bally's wants the initial phase to be built at the same time as the stadium.

As wedding numbers decline nationally, the Clark County clerk and local chapels are promoting the industry in new ways in hopes of attracting business.

As of Friday morning, about 380,000 Nevadans voted in the primary, a decrease of roughly 20 percent from the past two cycles. But a higher share of Democrats and Republicans voted by mail.

Clark County is upping its number of mail ballot counters and flash drive readers. Washoe County plans to use a new vote sorting device in November to automatically check signatures.

Clark and Douglas counties are both looking to hire more poll workers amid a shortage that comes after the rise in threats against workers following the 2020 election.

Nevada's local governments reported spending nearly $4.7 million to lobby legislators during this year's session, breaking the record for annual lobbying spending by more than $700,000

Save for a newspaper headline or two, Walters' redemption and revenge campaign continued apace. In recent months, he's made more positive headlines for generous donations.

No other state has undertaken similar efforts offsetting development for conservation in the way that Nevada has. Nevada's lands bills hold a unique place among federal conservation strategies and have garnered bipartisan support, bypassing traditional political wisdom of Republicans supporting privatization while Democrats favor environmental protections.

In Nevada, SNPLMA has invested billions of dollars in the state and powered growth throughout the region, while critics have charged that it has enabled suburbanization and sprawl, straining already-precarious water resources. 

Lawmakers introduced and passed several bills tackling the needs of Nevadans experiencing homelessness or housing instability in the recent legislative session. But was it enough?

The provisions of AB486, a bill passed in 2021 to prevent evictions for people who had applied for rental assistance, expired earlier this month, and Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed a bill that contained an attempt to extend it.

Even if the A's lobbying efforts suddenly manifest into something that appears vaguely competent, lawmakers would nonetheless be wise to reject subsidizing yet another wealthy sports mogul in Southern Nevada.

When it comes to pro sports stadium subsidies, politicians across the country have demonstrated that they'll ignore their own constituents in favor of listening to well-funded lobbyists.

Clark County officials are worried taxpayers could have to cover debt payments for the county's part of the $395 million in public money the Oakland A's are seeking to build a $1.5 billion stadium in Las Vegas.