A 2025 report by the Guinn Center for Policy Priorities found that since 2018, Nevada’s two marijuana taxes have raised ...

Nevada stations brace for impact as Senate advances bill clawing back public media funding. Read more from The Nevada ...

The largest share, at more than 27% of the state’s population, or nearly 870,000 people, were born in Nevada. California-born ...

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

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

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

The State of Nevada will pay $939,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by an incarcerated man who sued prison officials after he did not receive adequate care for back pain for years despite “waiting, ...

As Nevada prepares to launch a state-managed public health insurance option next year, Senate Minority Leader Robin Titus (R-Wellington) has brought back a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ...

'Are we subsidizing ICE?:’ Nye County, ICE part ways over negative audit, sparse funding. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

Amid immigration crackdown, a Latino cultural hub in North Las Vegas is collateral damage. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

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 ...

You’d think a person who takes such pride in not paying taxes wouldn’t have blown this one, and yet here we are. On the way to fudging the math necessary to defend the border against marauding produce ...