It’s one thing for enforceable laws to stay on the books for generations. It’s something else entirely for an unconstitutional law to remain on the books for decades as a ticking time bomb, ready to bite the unwary should courts change their opinions.

Not a nickel of the sales proceeds is earmarked to remain in Nevada. The expected multibillion-dollar windfall from the sales will flow straight into the U.S. Treasury to help float the Trump administration’s budget, which includes a multitrillion-dollar tax cut.

In this edition of Behind the Bar, public financing for Grand Sierra Resort project raises questions, and frustrations over copyright continue.

In this edition of Behind the Bar, we also examine a legislative tool that allows lawmakers to advance a bill without a majority “yes” vote.

Project 2025 calls for the promotion of nuclear power sources and notes, “Providing a plan for the proper disposal of civilian nuclear waste” is an “essential” part of the process. Although its rhetoric leaves some political wiggle room, the bottom line isn’t hard to find.

"I recognized that having grandchildren would give me a last opportunity to experience some of the joys that I had missed with my own children."

"Legislators claim to be blasé about getting a personal invitation to the mansion. I also knew the next day they would be quick to tell their colleagues."

Fortunately for us, some very good writers continue to tell the Las Vegas story as they perceive it. But please don’t take my word for it. Check out some of the books I’ve been reading, and see for yourself.

More than a decade after losing a race for the U.S. Senate, former Nevada Congresswoman Shelley Berkley is running for mayor of Las Vegas as a way of continuing her love of public service.

Republican former President Donald Trump led President Joe Biden, a Democrat, by 12 points in a head-to-head matchup. Yet the poll also showed Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) maintained a 2 percentage point lead on her likely Republican challenger Sam Brown.

Members of the commission — which advises the governor and Legislature on radioactive waste issues — said they and Nevada’s congressional delegation were taken aback by the harsh tenor and lack of knowledge that subcommittee members displayed during the April 10 hearing.

Preserve Nevada, the first statewide advocacy organization geared toward protecting Nevada’s cultural, historical and archaeological heritage, releases its list of the top 11 most endangered places in Nevada every other year. Here are the sites the organization is most concerned about.

Many parents, several of whom are young enough to remember firsthand how meaningless those age verification systems truly are, would like the internet to do better, especially now that it’s in their children’s hip pockets.

Last week, Gov. Joe Lombardo departed Nevada for a trip to Texas and a trade mission in Canada. Soon after, on Monday, Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony left the Silver State for a trip promoting Nevada tourism in Mexico. 

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. 

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.

Former Republican Gov. Bob List, who served from 1979-1983, described the speech in an interview as “an opportunity to lay your groundwork with the Legislature,” adding, though, that “it's bigger than that.”

Assemblyman Reuben D’Silva said all five of the bills he’s proposing are based on strengthening education in Nevada. He said his No. 1 priority is incrementally increasing the yearly education budget by at least $2 billion within the next 10 years, to match the national average per pupil dollars. 

The Nevada Independent explains how a shift in federal abortion protections could affect the Silver State.

In 1988, he was elected to the Nevada Supreme Court, where he served from 1989 until 2007 after winning re-election twice. During his tenure, he helped oversee the court’s expansion from five to seven members.