Utah Sen. Mike Lee says selling off public lands will solve the West’s housing crisis. Past sales show otherwise. Read more ...

Why planting more trees may not be the ‘silver bullet’ to combat extreme heat in Las Vegas. Read more from The Nevada ...

Truckers fear job loss over new English rules; Nevada groups’ language classes could help. Read more from The Nevada ...

Trump admin freezes after-school, English learner grants; $56M for Nevada on hold. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear. Read more from The ...

Senate Republicans rejected an attempt by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) to reverse a provision from their new tax law that changes the taxation of gambling winnings.

Today marks the Nevada Legislature’s first committee house passage deadline, which typically marks the largest round of bill deaths in the 120-day legislative session. By the time lawmakers wrap up ...

Mark Amodei on tariffs, federal workforce cuts and why he's not holding town halls. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

Unlike the 2023 budget that significantly increased K-12 spending and implemented state worker raises, the proposals largely keep funding flat. With less funding available because of a projected ...

From the Capital Bureau Chief: With less than a week until the start of the 83rd legislative session, the legislative news cycle has centered on the $335 million deficit in Gov. Joe Lombardo’s ...

It’s no wonder people in Southern Nevada keep looking for some way to diversify their economy. They know what their economy looks like without gaming and hospitality — it looks like a 34 percent ...

Because the Vegas Loop is privately operated and receives no federal funding, it is exempt from the kinds of exhaustive governmental vetting and environmental analyses demanded by the other cities ...