Why planting more trees may not be the ‘silver bullet’ to combat extreme heat in Las Vegas. 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 ...

Trump admin freezes after-school, English learner grants; $56M for Nevada on hold. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

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

Nevada, other states sue Trump admin over frozen after-school and summer program funding. Read more from The Nevada ...

Looking around at our current political landscape, one can be forgiven for feeling particularly uninspired by the state of the American experiment. The fact that our commander in chief is busy hocking ...

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

The Nevada Independent is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news and opinion website founded in 2017 by veteran political journalist and commentator Jon Ralston. The site and its supporting channels are ...

Amid mounting concerns of increased immigration enforcement in Nevada, a cohort of Latino lawmakers visited the state’s largest immigration detention center, describing conditions as sanitary and well ...