The bills going into effect Tuesday are almost 37 percent of the more than 500 bills the governor signed into law this legislative session.

Nevada and the Great Basin lost Simeon Herskovits, one of its most passionate and dedicated public interest water attorneys, last week.

It might sound technical and boring, but this decision could have major ramifications for how water is managed in the Great Basin in the 21st century.

Dina Titus and Susie Lee said they plan to reengage their colleagues on existing gun violence prevention bills when they return to the Capitol — but given Republican control of the House, they say the best chance for action on gun control will come at the 2024 ballot box.

Supporters of the project argue that pumped storage is the cheapest and most reliable way to provide the electricity storage needed for the clean energy transition and will help stimulate a rural community’s economy. 

Implementation of a new state late has led to confusion over which agency is standing up a septic conversion program in Southern Nevada and how much of the work residents will have to pay.

Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) Israel funding proposal was met with dismay from Nevada’s congressional Democrats, who said the newly elected speaker was politicizing national security objectives.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced legislation Wednesday that would expand military use and conservation protections at the Desert National Wildlife Refuge (DNWR), offering up a compromise that could balance both Air Force and environmentalist priorities in one of the few bills expected to pass in a dysfunctional Congress this year.

Nevada’s local governments reported spending nearly $4.7 million to lobby legislators during this year’s session, breaking the record for annual lobbying spending by more than $700,000

According to a United States Bureau of Reclamation report released Tuesday, Nevada will see only a 7 percent reduction in its water allocation in 2024 — compared to the 8 percent, about 25,000 acre-feet, it saw this year — due to ongoing drought conditions.

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.

Congress is back in session and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) convened her subcommittee to hear testimony on pending lands legislation, including three of her bills for Nevada. 

Even if the Southwest escaped the dramatic meteorological jolts that recently hit the country's midsection and east, there's no part of the nation immune to recurrent — possibly frequent — manifestations of global warming.

The Biden administration’s nomination for Labor Secretary remains held up, much to the chagrin of Nevada’s senators and organized labor presence, while Nevada’s House Democrats are trying to force a vote on gun control measures.

With the Legislature’s biennial 120-day session over, this edition of the Indy Environment newsletter looks at what measures made it to the governor’s desk and what legislation did not.

No one wants another dust bowl, yet increased water demand, drier conditions and warmer temperatures are causing considerable uncertainty for the struggling river.

This week’s Indy Environment looks at regulatory efforts to address “forever chemicals” in Nevada, as a measure banning the sale of products with PFAS moves through the Legislature.

Colorado River states agree to the framework of a deal to conserve water and avoid a short-term crisis. Now, negotiators turn to a 2026 deadline to create a playbook for a drier future.

This week’s Indy Environment looks at one of the most consequential water measures moving in the Legislature: the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s omnibus conservation bill.