1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (371+ words) The Trump administration reversed decades of immigration policy last summer when it determined that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must lock up everyone facing deportation, even if they've lived in the country for decades and have no criminal record." The…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1188+ words) In a major coup for his campaign, Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) and Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) are endorsing former state Senate Minority Leader James Settelmeyer (R) in the crowded open race for the Northern Nevada district." The endorsements mark a boost for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (383+ words) By Malena Carollo / CalMatters A utility serving 49,000 Lake Tahoe customers has a little over a year to find a new source for 75 percent of its power. Liberty Utilities, one of California's three smaller investor-owned power companies, alerted regulators this month…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (181+ words) Although the Nevada DMV does intake steps in the voter registration process, a person is only officially registered once election officials confirm their eligibility. The DMV must initially confirm that a person going through the agency's processes meets Nevada residency…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1642+ words) Nevada nearly doubled the number of students enrolled in its state-funded, free pre-kindergarten program this school year, although the state remains far from some lawmakers" dream of a program open to all 4-year-olds, and there have been bumps on the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (723+ words) The Nevada DMV communicated with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the encrypted messaging app Signal for its work on a federal task force that it says does not relate to immigration enforcement, despite assurances made in court earlier this…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (974+ words) After federal immigration agents shot and killed nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV), who led House negotiations for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding, joined other Republicans in raising concerns about the administration's border security…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1695+ words) Despite raising five kids in the Clark County school system, Jenna Robertson said there's one topic she still hasn't figured out. "I still don't understand the attendance policies," she told The Nevada Independent. "Except that they're inconsistent from school to…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (540+ words) The Nevada Higher Education System's top official says tuition increases as high as 12 percent are still the best way to cover an estimated $46.5 million annual shortfall and support more than 300 positions across the state's public colleges and universities. A report…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (676+ words) The Democratic National Committee hopes to reverse recent trends by making a historic investment in registering new Democratic voters nationwide " and the party is kicking off the effort with a seven-figure investment in Nevada." The push comes a year after…...