When I moved to Reno 13 years ago, I knew the region for its gambling, its proximity to Lake Tahoe and for the Nevada Museum of Art. What I didn’t expect was the rich, varied and accessible cultural activities throughout the city.

Fresh and familiar faces are in abundance these days along with stories about the concerted efforts being made to follow federal anti-money laundering regulations and the rules that apply in the state with the longest history of legal gambling.

Everyone — especially those facing years in prison — deserves due process. But so does McKew, the mother of 29-year-old murder victim Sierra Ceccarelli. 

So, while it might be tempting to chalk the insanity of current tariff policies up to Trump being Trump, the truth is a bit more terrifying.

What prevents a private investigator — or anyone else — from merely buying or otherwise accessing the location data collected by your car?

If we’re serious about “workforce development” in Nevada, then we must be serious about protecting the humanities.

You don’t need an economics degree to know that it’s a bad thing when actual economists are projecting flagging job growth, a noticeable dip in sales taxes, and a 7 percent decline in gaming tax revenues.

Significant time, resources, money, and effort have been used to promote the lieutenant governor’s task force for an issue that affects relatively few individuals.

So, what reason exists to deny nurses geographical flexibility as we struggle with massive shortages now? 

With so much chaos coming from Washington, the plight of the NEH might seem almost quaint and barely newsworthy. But it speaks volumes about where we’re at as a nation.

The Fiore pardon should not be glossed over because it is so redolent of how easy it is to become inured when we simply cannot be insensate.

The recent closure would seemingly indicate there might not be any real desire for the sort of Amsterdam experience the industry had hoped to cultivate in Las Vegas. At the very least, it’s pretty clear such a future won’t be as easy as “build it and they will come.”

Sustainable aviation fuel can reduce emissions from air transportation by as much as 80 percent. It is currently the only viable solution for decarbonizing the sector as it can be integrated into existing airline fleets without the need for costly infrastructure upgrades.

As the leader of Washoe County's Student Voice Council and the student representative on the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees, I've experienced the transformative power of integrating student perspectives into educational decision-making.

Our federalist system of government opens the opportunity for upwardly aspirational state and local politicians to add their own equally careless voices to the authoritarian chorus Trump is leading.

Those who knew her best praise her philanthropy, strength of character and class. She was a member of Vegas royalty, part of a historic and star-crossed casino partnership, but so much more than that.

Why do licensing boards need this oversight? Although licensing boards purportedly serve the public interest, they also have incentive to serve their own private interests as well.

SB78 would compromise these crucial protections by “reforming” the board structure and centralizing functions they deem uniform across all boards. However, you can’t treat the functions the same because boards are not the same.

It is not an overreaction to say that a ruling in John Doe’s favor very well could have opened a Pandora’s box that would have resulted in the most egregious erosion of the privacy rights of public workers in our nation’s history.

Perhaps his weakest moment came when Lombardo lamented having to work with a state Legislature controlled by the Democrats. After playing Veto Corleone in the 2023 session, he sounds like a whiner in 2025. And when you’re whining, you’re not leading.