Nevada's long-dormant law requiring minors to give parental notification before undergoing an abortion will go into effect at the end of the month, after a federal judge lifted a federal injunction th...

Nevada’s mental health nonprofits warn of ‘devastating’ potential federal funding cuts. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

Gun confiscation under Nevada’s ‘red flag’ law ticking up after slow start. Read more from The Nevada Independent today.

A state Department of Taxation webpage linked to years of the “Net Proceeds of Minerals Bulletin,” as the annual report is called, for public perusal. Not anymore.

Congress is barreling towards another government shutdown deadline — and with Democratic votes necessary to move any spending bill over the finish line, Nevada’s congressional delegation appears wary…

Alberta took the action in response to U.S. tariffs placed on goods from Canada. Nevada’s slot machine industry worries other provinces will follow.

The bill was designed to address the needs of White Pine School District, which has the two oldest public school buildings in Nevada, but it could eventually help additional schools in rural counties ...

In the late addition of Behind the Bar, more information on proposed Medicaid cuts, legislators want age verification for adult websites and a lawmaker withdraws a controversial school board bill. La...

As President Donald Trump begins to crack down on illegal immigration, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office has become the first jurisdiction in Nevada to sign a 287(g) agreement. Learn more today.

With the party locked out of power and having lost the popular vote for the first time in decades, Blanco (who has worked in Nevada since 2009) ran for DNC vice chair with a motto of “back to basics” ...

With a stroke of his pen, President Donald Trump pardoned, commuted the sentences or ordered the dismissal of the cases of more than 1,500 people charged with crimes related to their conduct on the at...

The Nevada Independent is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news and opinion website founded in 2017 by veteran political journalist and commentator Jon Ralston. The site and its supporting channels are focuse...

An environmental group is appealing the recent approval of a data center by the Reno Planning Commission, arguing the city established zoning guidelines for data centers without giving the public the ...

A new task force announced Monday by Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony (R) will support a bill barring transgender athletes from women’s sports and block them from competing against cisgender female athletes.

In the four years since Amazon became the leading employer of Nevada Medicaid recipients, the retail giant has surged from having 7,892 employees and dependents on Medicaid to 18,093. That’s a 143% in...

Today, I am thrilled to report that thanks to the generosity of donors, large and small, and the relentless efforts of a team led by Chief Revenue Officer Brett Burke, we are not just back on our feet...

After state energy regulators voted down a costly NV Energy proposal, lawmakers approved it two months later. Now NV Energy's Greenlink project is nearing construction. What happened?

Nevada has nowhere to go but up on youth mental health services. A lack of sustainable funding has prevented a more unified network of care.

North Las Vegas paid former City Manager Ryann Juden, who voluntarily resigned, nearly $1 million this year.

The projection by the state’s Economic Forum — a group of five private-sector economists — marks a more than 7 percent increase compared with the last two-year budget period, which ends in June.

The projection by the state’s Economic Forum — a group of five private-sector economists — marks a more than 7 percent increase compared with the last two-year budget period, which ends in June.

Since 2010, young people aged 15-24 have the highest rate of suicide attempts of any other age group in the Silver State.

Nevada’s high school graduation rate continues to inch closer to its pre-pandemic level as schools are working to help their students recover from disruptions that included a move to virtual learning.

A conservative group challenged more than 30,000 voters’ eligibility, but state law requires familiarity with individual cases to try to nullify a registration.