Lawmakers across Nevada condemned the Minnesota attack. In a statement to The Nevada Independent, Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office said that “political violence of any kind is despicable” and called it a “senseless tragedy.”

Sources close to the Senate Democratic Caucus said that caucus leaders offered to hold a quick special session to pass the bill, but the governor declined.

A federal judge has issued a temporary block on the Trump administration’s cancellation of hundreds of millions of dollars in AmeriCorps grant funding and thousands of service workers in about two dozen states that sued in April.

On the final day, lawmakers, staff and lobbyists scrambled to push forward some of the most consequential bills of the 120-day session. Not everything made it before time ran out.

Issues still on the table as the session ends include Gov. Joe Lombardo’s five policy bills, Democratic priority bills, and one remaining budget bill that, if passed, could signal that a final deal to end the session on time has been reached.

On Thursday, Lombardo signed SB451, which will renew an expiring 0.2 percent property tax, and AB530, which will allow Clark County to adjust fuel taxes to ensure transportation funding keeps pace with rising costs.

On April 28, President Donald Trump called for the federal government to withhold funds from "sanctuary jurisdiction" if they obstruct immigration enforcement activity. It could have a wide-reaching effect in Nevada, where nearly 30 percent of state funding comes from federal sources. 

The justices heard arguments Thursday in the Trump administration’s emergency appeals over lower court orders that have kept the citizenship restrictions on hold across the country.

Conine, a Democrat, is the first major candidate to enter the race.

A coalition of 20 state Democratic attorneys general say that the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars unless states agree to certain immigration enforcement actions.

The sweeping measure could transform the way websites operate in Nevada — requiring online platforms to implement age verification systems and require minors to have approval from legal guardians before using social media.

A dozen states including Nevada have sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade to stop its tariff policy, saying it is unlawful and has brought chaos to the American economy.

Perhaps his weakest moment came when Lombardo lamented having to work with a state Legislature controlled by the Democrats. After playing Veto Corleone in the 2023 session, he sounds like a whiner in 2025. And when you’re whining, you’re not leading.

The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan by a coalition of 16 Democratic attorneys general, including Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford.

Saying research on gender identity is “unscientific,” the National Institutes of Health revoked $5 million in grants.

Several Henderson students had pieces featured in the annual Glass Craft and Bead Expo held at the South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas this past weekend. 

The attorney general and secretary of state in Nevada, a presidential battleground, defended their state's elections as fair, secure and transparent.

Nevada's long-dormant law requiring minors to give parental notification before undergoing an abortion will go into effect at the end of the month, after a federal judge lifted a federal injunction that prevented the law from ever being enforced.

Nevada education advocates are bracing for impact. Between staffing cuts, the Trump administration’s efforts to cancel federally appropriated spending and congressional Republicans’ budget blueprint — which calls for $330 billion in cuts to education and workforce spending over 10 years — federal education funding in the state could be in jeopardy.

In today's edition, Gov. Joe Lombardo will only sign legislation that “protects school choice and expands opportunity," an effort to punish death threats on the campaign trail and new measure seeks to address high teacher vacancy rates.