More than 18,000 children younger than 5 will no longer receive a free book every month, after the state legislature failed to renew the program's funding.

Nevada education advocates are bracing for impact. Between staffing cuts, the Trump administration's efforts to cancel federally appropriated spending and congressional Republicans' budget blueprint — which calls for $330 billion in cuts to education and workforce spending over 10 years — federal education funding in the state could be in jeopardy.

Insurance companies, hospitals and doctors have proposed an amendment to Nevada's public option bill that would gut much of the existing legislation and replace it with a study, effectively delaying a formal decision on whether to move forward with the proposal for two years.

There is near-universal agreement that the state of health care in Nevada leaves something to be desired. Where there is less agreement, though, is what should be done about it.