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Here's what happened in Northern Nevada's local government primaries
Who voted in Nevada's 2026 primary? Turnout up slightly, still about 20%
As of Thursday afternoon, about 40,000 more Nevadans voted in this year's primary versus 2024. The overall turnout rate was only about 20 percent, slightly above last cycle. It's the first primary since 2020 in which turnout increased.
Here's where Cortez Masto and Amodei agree on CD-2
Anatomy of an upset: How a perennial candidate upset Lombardo's pick for secretary of state
Because Jim Marchant has already run for office many times — appearing on a ballot in every election cycle for the past decade — he didn't need yard signs or TV ads to get his name out there.
Lombardo-backed ballot question to limit trans participation in school sports fails
The proposal would have limited transgender athletes to sports based on their assigned sex at birth and required entities overseeing school sports to categorize them as male, female or coeducational.
Fracasa iniciativa que respaldó Gobernador Lombardo para limitar participación transgénero en deportes escolares
La propuesta habrÃa limitado a atletas transgénero a deportes según el sexo asignado al nacer y requerido que las organizaciones que supervisan los deportes escolares clasificaran las competencias como masculinas, femeninas o mixtas.
Nevada officials praise federal judge's blocking of Trump elections executive order
A federal judge permanently barred the Trump administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections, part of which sought to require people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote.
Sparks voters want to elect their attorney. Why is the city trying to change that?
More than 80 percent of voters supported the 2018 ballot question to keep the city attorney an elected position. But this week, the city manager's office sought to recommend that the Legislature make the position appointed rather than elected.
Judge halts Trump's order to create federal voter list; Nevada officials commend ruling
The judge ruled the parts of Trump's order seeking to create a federal list of eligible voters and using the Postal Service to determine who receives a mail ballot are "legally void" because they "violate the separation of powers."
Jueza frena orden de Trump de crear lista federal de votantes; funcionarios de Nevada elogian la decisión
La Casa Blanca indicó que el gobierno apelarÃa el fallo, el cual, por ahora, aplica a las elecciones de medio término 2026.
Nevada will still accept mail ballots post-Election Day after US Supreme Court ruling
In a 5-4 decision, the nation's highest court disagreed with Republicans who argued Mississippi's acceptance of mail ballots after Election Day ran afoul of federal laws that set election dates.
Nevada seguirá aceptando votos por correo después del DÃa de la Elección tras fallo de Corte Suprema
En una decisión de 5 votos a favor y 4 en contra, el máximo tribunal rechazó el argumento Republicano de que aceptar boletas por correo en Mississippi después del DÃa de la Elección violaba las leyes federales sobre fechas electorales.
Nevada police claim millions in seized property every year. A lawsuit wants big changes.
The case comes after the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department seized $57,000 in cryptocurrency that a Florida man received for selling his car because the car was allegedly connected to a crime.
How has your city or county regulated data centers? Here's the latest in Nevada.
The Nevada Independent will be tracking what data center-related actions local governments across the state are taking. This page will be updated as officials take more actions.