Politics

Amodei’s public land sale amendment sparks backlash from Nevada Democrats and tribal advocates

Native Voters Alliance of Nevada Government Relations Director Mathilda Guerrero Miller said the amendment goes beyond just Nevada and Utah — insinuating that if the ...

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. This poses ...

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 ...

House Republicans push to sell thousands of acres of public lands in the West

The land sale provision put forward by Republican Reps. Mark Amodei of Nevada and Celeste Maloy of Utah would sell thousands of acres of public ...

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 ...

Education, economy take center stage early as Nevada’s gubernatorial race for 2026 unfolds

Nevada’s 2026 governor’s race is already heating up, with candidates from both parties staking early claims on economic recovery and education reform.

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 ...

Hundreds turn out against Trump's policies during May Day rally on Las Vegas Strip

A crimson tide swept across the Las Vegas Strip Thursday evening as demonstrators in red shirts hoisted signs and filled the air with the distinctive ...

Birth of the income tax: Economic inequality then and now

With April 15’s tax day still fresh in mind, this Behind the News explores the origin of the federal income tax and finds surprising comparisons ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Student loan borrowers in default could face severe penalties as US resumes collections

The U.S. Department of Education will restart collections on federal student loans in default beginning May 5, ending a pause that began in March 2020 ...

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 ...

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’s Aguilar takes helm of Democratic group of secretaries of state

The 2022 midterms were unlike any other election cycle in which the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State had participated …

Rep. Titus warns Nevada Legislature of 'tsunami' of challenges from Trump policies

She echoed warnings from her Democratic colleagues about the disruption the Trump administration is creating.

Nevada attorney general suing Trump over tariffs

Ford: "When the president oversteps his authority, I will meet him in court. His actions here are a monumental overstep, and we’re suing to address ...

Deportations stir echoes of Japanese American incarceration in WWII

At 80, Judy Ishibashi still spends her Saturdays wielding protest signs, her resolute spirit undimmed by age.