After failing to act in 2019, lawmakers begin revisiting bail reform
During its first legislative interim committee to study bail and the use of pre-trial detention, lawmakers lacked local jail data, analysis on how the...
City’s rush job on ordinance surprises councilman, homeless advocates
Las Vegas City Council's vote on an ordinance criticized for criminalizing homelessness happened in less than 90 seconds -- so quickly that one council...
Ford, Democratic AGs launch broadside against GOP anti-ERA suit
in 2017, Nevada became the 36th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the first state to ratify it since North Dakota in 1975....
ICE facility captain’s neo-Nazi links reflect systemic racism, immigration lawyers say
Vice News reported this week that a local captain at a U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement facility in Pahrump wrote numerous posts on a...
‘Real rush’ of Trump rules expected ahead of 2020 election
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to finalize a host of high-profile rules in 2020, including policies that will impact everything from auto...
2019 selections & reflections from the Nevada Current’s staff
Note: 2019 was the Current’s first full year of publication. To look back on the year, each member of the Nevada Current staff picked...
Trump has appointed judges at a breakneck speed. More are coming.
WASHINGTON — The GOP-controlled U.S. Senate heads into 2020 with few major legislative victories but a significant one on the judicial front: a dramatic...
Lee not rattled by political risk of impeachment vote
WASHINGTON — Nevada Rep. Susie Lee cast perhaps the riskiest vote yet of her budding political career Wednesday when she backed an effort to...
Panel seeks to suspend judges for cussing, clothing and coveting clerks
A two-day hearing to determine whether the actions of Las Vegas Justices of the Peace Amy Chelini and Melanie Tobiasson warrant suspension without pay...
PLAN reflects on 25 years of taking point on progressive causes
Ahead of the 2019 legislative session, the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada wrote a bill it says would have kept the mining industry accountable...