A new poll of likely Nevada voters commissioned by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) finds former President Donald Trump with a 3-percentage-point lead over President Joe Biden.

In an executive order unveiled Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced that undocumented spouses of American citizens who meet certain legal criteria will be shielded from deportation as they seek legal residency.

As of Friday morning, about 380,000 Nevadans voted in the primary, a decrease of roughly 20 percent from the past two cycles. But a higher share of Democrats and Republicans voted by mail.

Bump stocks — firearm modification devices that allow semiautomatic rifles to fire faster and were used to devastating effect in the 1 October shooting in Las Vegas — are now legal again after a Friday ruling by the Supreme Court.

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

Veteran Sam Brown cruised to victory in the race to challenge Sen. Jacky Rosen. A former North Las Vegas mayor endorsed by Trump also prevailed, while a wealth video game composer came in fourth.

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

The Nevada Independent explains the trends and races that we’re watching in the primary and what the results could portend for the general election.

Trump had previously endorsed in every other competitive U.S. Senate race but had kept relatively mum on Nevada, where the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) had endorsed Brown. 

At a hot rally that prompted six hospitalizations, Trump declined to endorse a Senate (but later endorsed veteran Sam Brown), and expressed support for stopping taxing tips as income.

The longer term solution, meanwhile, is to rip our primary elections out of the hands of those with far too much time on their hands so politicians don’t have to openly pander to the deranged few.

Nevada Independent CEO and Editor Jon Ralston shared his thoughts on low early voting turnout, high mail volume and his explanation of how The Indy will be calling races next week.

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.

A new analysis shows that many candidates running in Nevada’s federal races received more than $10.1 million in federal government loans from 2007 to 2021.

Here’s a selection of reactions to the verdict from Nevada political leaders.

In an audio recording obtained by The Nevada Independent of a speech to supporters at a Las Vegas early vote rally that same day, Brown reiterated his opposition to the repository and explained his reasoning for changing stances between his 2022 run for Senate and now.

Of the states that will decide the 2024 election, Nevada has the highest percentage of its population who are veterans — a civically minded voting bloc of an estimated 200,000 with the power to swing a swing state. 

With three weeks to go until the June primary election, Nevada Senate candidate Sam Brown is supported by more than half of Republican primary voters and has a 38 percentage point lead over his next closest opponent, according to a new internal poll commissioned by the Brown campaign and shared with The Nevada Independent.

How does Brown win over Jewish voters — already a difficult task given their status as one of the most consistently liberal identity groups in the U.S. — when their current senator shares their faith?

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.