Though a bevy of proposals — expanding TPS to more nations and issuing executive orders to give more categories of undocumented immigrants work eligibility — have been floated by immigration advocates, any new executive actions beyond TPS are likely to be challenged in court. Even so, business leaders, immigrants and politicians are urging the administration to do more.

With the clock ticking on the president’s supplemental funding request, Senate negotiators are trying to make a deal to restrict asylum access in exchange for Ukraine aid — and no Latinos are at the negotiating table.

In January, the Clark County School Board will ring in the new year with four nonvoting members who were appointed over the past two months.

In a major legal test of a landmark 2019 law that allowed state workers to unionize, a Carson City judge ruled against Nevada’s largest state worker union Thursday, preserving a veto from Gov. Joe Lombardo that scuttled a $25 million appropriation funding a now-2-year-old state worker arbitration agreement.

Under Nevada law, charges for filing false documents must come within three years of the offense — meaning charges would likely need to be filed by Dec. 14.

Opponents argue that a state-managed health insurance option could exacerbate Nevada’s shortage of doctors, nurses and other medical professionals.

Summers-Armstrong is the sixth state lawmaker to announce a bid for a different public office and the 15th who will not return to the Legislature in 2025.

Teen’s pragmatic approach involves warning people who use drugs about contaminated supplies in the community to keep them safer.

The Not Invisible Act Commission, which included former Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe leader Janet Davis, began holding hearings in February and, on Nov. 1, released a 212-page report with urgent recommendations for Congress and the executive branch to address the violence, abuse and neglect that commissioners said Indian Country has suffered.

The former Clark County sheriff’s victory — bolstered by $8.1 million in big-money contributions ($200 or more) — made him the only Republican to unseat a Democratic governor last year, even though he was outraised by a 3-2 margin through Election Day by his opponent, incumbent Gov. Steve Sisolak.

At the two-year anniversary of the infrastructure law, Nevada has received billions of federal dollars — and Democrats plan to campaign on it. And reader, rejoice — the government will not shut down! (At least until the next deadline in January.)

Supporters say independent redistricting commissions help suppress partisan gerrymandering and make elections fairer and more competitive.

The investigation marks the first Nevada-based probe into the actions of the unauthorized slate of electors who pledged votes to Trump despite his loss.

Fifty years after moving to Las Vegas, the Goodmans are wrapping up a quarter of a century during which one or the other has been the city’s mayor.

As the government shutdown deadline (again) approaches, Congress is exploring ways to kick the can down the road. Plus, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) wants Puerto Rican self-determination.

The PACT Act extends health care coverage to veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange, burn pits and other forms of toxic exposures during their military service and makes over 20 conditions associated with toxic exposure “presumptive,” meaning veterans don’t have to spend time proving their disability is a result of their service when applying for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits or health care. 

Carson City judge has rejected the language of a proposed ballot referendum petition that would have repealed public funding for a new Major League Baseball (MLB) stadium in Las Vegas.

The 56-year-old represented Senate District 18 in Las Vegas for a decade before resigning Oct. 26 and accepting the governor’s appointment to lead the Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation (GOWINN) effective last Wednesday. Hammond’s tenure in the Senate was set to end in 2024, and was prohibited from running again due to term limits.

Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) Israel funding proposal was met with dismay from Nevada’s congressional Democrats, who said the newly elected speaker was politicizing national security objectives.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 4041 alleged in a Friday statement that the plan from Gov. Joe Lombardo’s administration would “unlawfully” exclude thousands of state workers from longevity pay, an incentive program designed to boost salaries for some of the state’s longest tenured employees.