Politics

Proposed legislation to limit book bans in Nevada libraries advances in state Assembly

A bill that would make book bans harder to achieve in Nevada’s school and public libraries passed its first hurdle toward becoming law. Assembly Bill ...

At Bundy’s Nevada ranch, a reunion of faith, guns and shared purpose

Nearly 11 years later, on April 5, roughly three dozen Bundy supporters gathered at his 160-acre ranch for a reunion set in a grassy clearing ...

Lawmakers from Nevada reintroduce legislation banning bump stocks

U.S Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., has reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would ban bump stocks, the devices used during the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting ...

Nevada's Cortez Masto sends letter to Trump officials on tourism concerns

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., sent a letter to the Trump administration’s commerce, transportation, treasury and homeland security secretaries Tuesday demanding clarity on how ...

UNLV professor faces loss of grant money for LGBTQ+ caregiving work over Trump crackdown

In February, UNLV assistant professor Jason Flatt received notice that the U.S. Department of Defense would no longer fund his $1.4 million study on veterans ...

US risks missing the train to a shared global future

High tech, which was our strong suit, now goes both ways. We may no longer be the leader. And today, we need to grow labor ...

Elected Republicans must pay the price for Trump’s economic vandalism

President Donald Trump promised to make America great again. But his sweeping and reckless imposition of tariffs is already dragging the country toward disaster.

Sigal Chattah named interim US attorney for Nevada

Nevada’s Republican National Committeewoman Sigal Chattah will be the interim United States attorney for the District of Nevada ...

Nevada lawmakers look to safeguard special education after Trump order

The Nevada Legislature is considering a proposal that would codify federal special education requirements into state law in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive ...

Nevada nonprofits urge faster state payments amid federal funding uncertainty

Nonprofit organizations in Nevada often go through a payment process in the opposite order of how the rest of the state does. They apply for ...

President Trump's push for election overhaul faces Nevada backlash

President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order on elections that calls for states to be penalized for noncompliance has raised concerns with Nevada’s top elections official. ...

Nevada proposal seeks to strike balance for food vendors, public health

Nevada legislators are pushing forward with an initiative to refine the regulatory landscape for the state’s food vendors, aiming to strike a balance between public ...

Nevada lawmakers take another shot at helping voters overcome language barrier

Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar established language accessibility as a priority early in his tenure. His office provided dial-direct interpreter services for ...

Youth legislators make case for student-written law addressing drug addiction

When Kathleen McCarthy considers who would benefit from the bill she wrote, she specifically remembers her childhood friend Daniella and her middle-school classmate Lauren. McCarthy, ...

Lawmakers note value in recognizing contributions of state’s Asian community

If you don’t know the story of Larry Itliong — a Filipino immigrant who came to the United States in 1929 to study law who ...

Nevada Democrats vow to fight move to dissolve Education Department

Nevada’s congressional Democrats are vowing to stand in the way of the legislative approvals needed to formally abolish the U.S. Department of Education. President Donald ...

Nevada Senate bill addresses AI-generated child pornography

Nevada legislators are racing to close legal loopholes that have emerged with the rise of artificial intelligence technology being used to create and distribute child ...

Assemblywoman pushes measure to help extend foreign teachers’ stay in Nevada

Foreign educators who have built lives in Nevada are finding limited options when their teaching visas expire, prompting Nevada lawmakers to consider financial assistance for ...

Nevada AG blasts governor over support for dismantling Education Department

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat running for governor in 2026, isn’t holding back when ...

Nevada lawmakers advocating for children of parents facing deportation

The Nevada Legislature is examining a system that would give undocumented parents more control over who cares for their children if they are deported during ...