Only two lawmakers found themselves closer to the middle of the spectrum than the farthest extremes: freshmen Sens. Lori Rogich (R-Las Vegas) and John Steinbeck (R-Las Vegas). This was the lowest number since at least 2011.

Legislators decided to not side with most members of their own party in about 1.5 percent of total votes cast during the session, according to a Nevada Independent analysis of legislative voting data.

The Nevada Independent analyzed the people behind the bills signed by Gov. Joe Lombardo to learn more about which lawmakers were (and weren’t) successful during the session — and which ones fell victim the most to the veto pen.

The Republican governor’s final veto tally stood at 87, breaking his own record for most bills rejected from a single legislative session.

The Legislature’s second committee passage deadline brought 33 bills to their demise Friday. 

Nevada’s Democratic legislative leaders said that communication with Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo has improved, while top Republican legislators appeared open to supporting legislation capping insulin at $35 monthly under private insurance.

The long-anticipated release of a new state human resources system has been pushed back from June 30 to Oct. 1, according to a memo sent last week to state employees obtained by The Indy.

The Indy’s Nevada Policy Tracker is a guide to the storylines expected to make the biggest splash in the coming months.

In this edition of Behind the Bar, we explore the lack of funding for universal pre-K and raises for state union workers.

More than a dozen bills introduced during this year’s legislative session have sought to regulate or expand the use of AI, including to prevent its use in certain mental health settings and use it to give SNAP recipients discounted food.

Tuesday’s deadline is expected to result in the death of only a handful of measures, as more than 200 bills have been exempted.

Steinbeck worked for the Clark County Fire Department for more than 30 years, including five as fire chief. His work took him everywhere from the aftermath of 9/11 to the response to the 1 October shooting.

The Nevada Division of Forestry is looking to join two interstate wildfire compacts — agreements that let states more easily transfer resources across state lines during emergencies.

We break down who will be running in the November general election.

Culinary loses a gutsy gamble to oust a well-liked incumbent who failed to back daily hotel room cleaning mandates in state law.

Republicans got the candidate they wanted to take on Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV).

Almost all the GOP candidates running for the Legislature or Congress in Nevada are not running on election integrity. In 2022, the GOP nominees for key statewide races echoed election conspiracies.

The establishment-backed candidate in all but one of the important primaries identified by The Nevada Independent had a fundraising lead in the first quarter.

For years, Nevada Democrats have dominated in fundraising and state legislative races. But the first-term Republican governor is looking to turn the tide.

One of the biggest fundraising hauls came from Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom, a PAC seeking to enshrine abortion access in the Nevada Constitution via ballot initiative. The group recorded raising $1.8 million, driven primarily by $1 million from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Think Big America.