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 ...

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

While national debates rage over immigration policy, few Americans feel the impact as directly as Nevadans. In a state where tourism, hospitality, agriculture and construction are lifelines of the ...

Are schools getting tax money from Nevada’s cannabis industry? It’s a question that’s come up again and again since 2016 when Nevada voted to legalize recreational marijuana in the state — in part on ...

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

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