The wide-ranging conversation touched on the bureaucracy of the health care system, the causes of high health care costs, the state’s provider shortage and possible Medicaid cuts at the federal level.

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.

The Nevada Independent spoke with Renown’s CEO, Brian Erling, one year after he stepped into the role in December, along with a bevy of other health experts about the region’s most extensive hospital system.

Vassiliadis described Aguero’s work with state government as similar to a “monopoly” — but “not because someone else can't do it, because someone else hasn’t.”

Gov. Steve Sisolak’s office on Wednesday criticized the actions of a politically connected COVID testing contractor that expanded in Nevada without proper licensing and yielded widely inaccurate test results.

The Nevada Independent sat down with White last week before her departure over Zoom to talk about the last three years, including her highs and her lows, and what is next for her after leaving the governor’s office.

Willden’s career has ranged from time as a landscaper at a juvenile correctional center to a welfare caseworker in Southern Nevada to head of the Department of Health and Human Services and the top staff role for Sandoval. He played a major role in welfare reform implementation during past administrations and, more recently, in Nevada’s Medicaid expansion.

His career spans time as a 17-year-old self-described “lawnmower boy” at a girls’ correctional facility to stints as a welfare caseworker in some of Las Vegas’ most distressed neighborhoods to head of the state’s Health and Human Services department under three different governors. He’s seen the state through seismic changes in welfare policy and a vast expansion of Medicaid.