Nevada’s economic woes are real, but they’re certainly nothing to build a new prison over. That’s the biggest problem with the state GOP’s latest pabulum. It’s painfully ill-conceived. It even manages to vilify the lowly coyote, who already faces its share of critics.

I am at a loss for words when I reflect on how thoroughly I was fooled by the rhetoric leading up to the election. Watching the distressing and ongoing impact of these policies on our recovery community has been a brutal awakening.

In 2022, Chattah and Gilbert filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Reno hospital for allegedly administering the COVID-19 treatment drug Remdesivir, which they said led to a man’s death. A new lawsuit says it wasn't administered.

Instead, the future of Trump’s enlightened self-interest (less euphemistically, his venal self-dealing) lies in a direct competitor to the backbone of Nevada’s economy: cryptocurrency.

State congressional maps often produce House delegations that are much more lopsided in favor of one party than the state’s partisan demographics might suggest.

This week, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine critic, canceled $500 million in government-funded research projects to create new mRNA vaccines.

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.

Fears of nuclear energy are wildly exaggerated, they said, making a reference to the lovably bumbling power plant worker Homer Simpson. In short, several speakers postured, the time has come to stop worrying and love nuclear power. 

The conference in Elko reflects how some tribal citizens are supporting their LGTBQ+ community members as President Donald Trump rolls back protections and policies.

Boosted by endorsements from Nevada’s two U.S. senators, Ford becomes the Democratic favorite in the race to challenge Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo.

Through the end of June, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested about 48 people in Nevada weekly, more than four times the weekly average in the final 16 months of President Joe Biden’s administration.

From charging ever-higher resort fees to milking patrons for parking fees, it feels as if there’s no end to the “nickel and diming” that takes place at many Vegas area resorts — an environment that has become increasingly hostile to anyone looking for a vacation on a budget.

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have for years worked alongside private security to surveil protesters who oppose Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine, according to internal law enforcement communications reviewed by ProPublica.

Lombardo had an approval rating of 51 percent among all respondents, though 37 percent of them rated Lombardo’s performance as governor as “excellent” or “good,” while another 38 percent marked him as “just so-so.”

The eligibility of more than 130,000 Nevadans could be in doubt because of changes to work requirements, benefit amounts are less likely to increase over time and the state will have to cover more administrative costs.

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

The U.S. Department of Justice has requested Nevada hand over its voter roll data and other voting information related to President Donald Trump’s March executive order that sought to overhaul the nation’s election system.

Such boorish online behavior, however, is more than bad politicking — it is inherently inconducive to having civil or productive conversations about complex policy matters, such as immigration.

There are, however, alternatives to loud, flammable and increasingly expensive fireworks shows. One increasingly popular option is drone light shows, which can be used in increasingly elaborate and colorful formations that no fireworks show can match.

New work requirements and other provisions will lead to a projected $60 million cost to state over next five years — much lower than earlier estimates.