After more than two months into the Trump administration, we’re starting to see the impacts of the funding cuts, ...

Chattah, the Republican National Committeewoman for Nevada, has long been an ally of President Donald Trump. She has filed ...

Poll: Nevada voters oppose Medicaid cuts, Department of Education elimination. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

Southern Nevada teachers spend part of spring break learning about mining, earth science. Read more from The Nevada ...

The industry donated more than $2 million to state lawmakers during the 2024 election cycle, the most since The Indy began tracking donations in the 2016 cycle. The gaming industry reclaimed its place ...

The state receives nearly $1 billion annually from the federal government — mostly in student loans, Pell Grants and Title I funding. The official elimination of the department requires an act of ...

I remember the first time I saw Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV). She was speaking at an event for Awaken, a Reno-based nonprofit that helps victims of sex trafficking. She was inspiring, and I ...

Congress is in recess, and Nevada Democrats are back in the state and facing some of their harshest critics — their own voters. For many, this week was supposed to be about calling attention to ...

Prior to starting chemotherapy, I was asked whether I wanted to be a mother one day. Having just received a life-altering diagnosis of cancer a week earlier, my potential for motherhood had not been ...

The fight over whether to ax the federal education department trickles down to Nevada, and a set of suggested immigration policies for Nevada organizations touches off debate among 2026 candidates for ...

A bill that would extend a family leave mandate to private employers is headed for fierce business opposition, and what’s next after a group studied the possibility of legalizing magic mushrooms.