Nevada has long had a reputation for its libertarian tilt. Nowadays, partisanship leads many political stories. In top state ...

From local government meetings to Washington, D.C., policies, the Las Vegas Review-Journal took a close look to how ...

Explore the key events in 2025 Southwest politics, from wildfires to immigration raids and congressional redistricting.

Nevada is one of 18 states being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit over access to voters' personal data ahead of ...

Following a regular legislative session in early 2025 and a special session in November to address outstanding issues — such ...

Note: As we do near the end of every year, each writer on the staff took a little time to highlight some of their work from ...

Congress can’t change a policy that will tax gamblers on money they didn’t win before it goes into effect, but lawmakers are ...

The question being asked by future-thinking Nevada policymakers is whether the possible economic benefits outweigh the ...

There were high-profile deaths this year in the Southwest. Among them was the Sept. 10 assassination of conservative leader ...

Western states that rely on the Colorado River have less than two months to agree on how to manage the troubled river – and ...

The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division adds Nevada to a growing list of 18 states facing litigation over sensitive state voter data. The suit comes after months of ...

The ruling by a Ninth Circuit panel hinged on the “local controversy exception," which the appeals panel decided didn't apply ...