Government

Nevada truckers who backed Trump now grapple with trade war fallout

The dramatic escalation of Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports — with rates soaring to 145% on select goods — creates significant hardship for Nevada’s trucking ...

Bill inspired by Oct. 1 Las Vegas shooting aims to ease chaos for victims’ families

A proposal advancing through the Nevada Legislature is designed to expedite victim identification, family reunification and delivery of long-term support services by requiring counties to ...

Hospitals push back on Nevada price transparency proposal

Some of their concerns center on Assembly Bill 343’s enforcement mechanism: Hospitals would be prohibited from collecting medical debt until they achieve compliance.

Immigrant Lobby Day canceled at Nevada Legislature amid ICE activity in region

The Nevada Immigrant Coalition is canceling the Immigrant Lobby Day it hosts at the Nevada Legislature due to immigration enforcement activity in Northern Nevada, officials ...

Sandoval confronts Federalist, calls online magazine’s narrative on diversity at UNR false

UNR President Brian Sandoval is taking a conservative publication to task for accusing the school of defying President Donald Trump’s executive order to end diversity ...

Nevada AG Aaron Ford joins opposition to Trump's tighter voting restrictions

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford — amid over a dozen ongoing legal challenges against President Donald Trump’s administration — is looking to block his “election ...

Nevada Assembly to feds: ICE raids don’t belong in schools, churches

Nevada lawmakers are weighing a resolution that urges Congress to prohibit federal agents from entering schools and places of worship with the intent to enforce ...

Las autoridades educativas de Nevada esbozan su visión sobre el uso ético de la AI en las escuelas

El Departamento de Educación de Nevada ha publicado una guía de 52 páginas sobre el uso de la inteligencia artificial(AI) en las escuelas.

Los defensores del derecho al voto afirman que la Ley SAVE privará del derecho al voto a millones de personas

El Congreso está tramitando una ley que establecería requisitos estrictos para todos los votantes en las elecciones federales, pero los críticos alertan de que podría ...

Trump hits Nevadans hard in first 100 days

President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office have followed a continual pattern: a flood of executive orders, denouncement from a subdued Democratic Party, multistate ...

El banco de alimentos se enfrenta a una creciente necesidad ante la reducción del apoyo federal

El banco de alimentos Three Square ya está sintiendo los efectos de los recortes del presidente Donald Trump a los programas federales, ya que este ...

Proyecto de ley busca protección fiscal para testigos que son trabajadoras sexuales

Los defensores de la industria están aclamando una propuesta pionera en la Legislatura de Nevada que protegería a las trabajadores sexuales de ser procesadas por ...

Nevada bill seeks prosecutorial protections for sex worker witnesses

Industry advocates are hailing a pioneering proposal in the Nevada Legislature that would shield sex workers from prosecution for some prostitution, controlled substance or ...nt.

Please Donald, STOP!

I told myself that I wasn’t going to write about President Donald Trump’s daily outrages. People are used to them, they have come to expect ...

Michele Fiore unfit for return to judicial post in Nye County

We cannot undo a presidential pardon, but the integrity of Nevada’s judiciary and the public’s faith in that system depend on how we respond to ...

Southern Nevada food bank faces rising need amid shrinking federal support

Three Square food bank is already feeling the effects of President Donald Trump’s cuts to federal programs, having received 1.5 million fewer pounds of food ...

The first 100 days: Presidential benchmark began with FDR

As President Donald Trump approaches his 100th day in office Tuesday, he’s again breaking precedents for a U.S. leader, making for a polarizing second term ...

Trump pardons former Las Vegas councilwoman Michele Fiore

President Donald Trump pardoned former Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore, a fellow Republican, before she was to be sentenced on a ...

Nevada secretary of state’s listening tour aims to widen tribal election engagement

The listening tour began Tuesday at the historic Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum near Carson City, marking the first step in Aguilar’s effort ...

Nevada Assembly bill to fund high-need teacher positions moves forward

The educators must teach English language arts, math, science or special education, and their jobs must be part of a “critical labor shortage.” In the ...