Nevada’s SB182 aims to mandate nurse staffing ratios to improve patient care and working conditions. At a heated legislative hearing, lawmakers debated its impact, with hospitals warning of unintended consequences.

Nevada lawmakers reintroduced a bill to lower prescription drug costs on Wednesday afternoon in Carson City. The legislation would adopt the prices negotiated by Medicare federally for everyone in the state, regardless of insurance.

En este episodio de Al Aire con KUNR, la reportera Maria Palma informa acerca de una operación de ICE y múltiples agencias que terminó con 8 detenciones en South Lake Tahoe.

Wildland firefighters have been pushing for permanent pay raises for years. A stopgap funding measure approved by the U.S. House of Representatives and now heading to the Senate would do just that.

More than $1 million from Nevada's Lake Tahoe License Plate program will go toward protecting the lake's environment.

Every two years, lawmakers and lobbyists from Las Vegas pack up their lives and move more than 400 miles to Carson City for the Nevada Legislative Session – and it’s a mad dash to find a place to live.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will reinstate thousands of workers laid off in February starting this Wednesday. That includes many hundreds of Forest Service workers across the Mountain West.

El Tribunal de Apelaciones del Noveno Circuito ha dictaminado que el gobierno federal puede llevar a cabo deportaciones, incluso en casos donde los gobiernos locales intenten bloquear dichas operaciones.

En este episodio, informamos acerca de una ley que podría perjudicar a los inmigrantes indocumentados, el cierre temporal del Centro de Adultos Mayores del Condado, entre otros.

En 2024, KUNR colaboró con StoryCorps en el programa de conversación One Small Step. Aprenda más sobre los aspectos más destacados del programa y los eventos comunitarios.

Nevada’s public universities are now granting collective bargaining rights to graduate student workers and faculty, empowering them to negotiate wages and workplace protections. However, graduate workers have reported unsafe conditions, harassment, and low pay, asserting that current university policies fail to safeguard them.During a recent hearing, dozens of graduate workers stood in solidarity, sharing testimonies about mistreatment and job insecurity. Despite a supermajority signing authorization cards, the university has refused to recognize their union, instead directing them to Human Resources and Title IX.The graduate workers await the reviewing of the bill and plan to rally to demand recognition from the Board of Regents.

As the 2025 Nevada Legislative Session enters its second month, KUNR hosted a live, in-person event on March 4 featuring Republican Minority Leader Sen. Robin Titus and Democratic Assemblymember Erica Roth to discuss the important issues facing lawmakers. Watch a recording of the event.

A bill in the Nevada Legislature would limit the speed of watercraft on Lake Tahoe near the shoreline.

The City of South Lake Tahoe is considering what’s next for vacation home rentals in residential areas. That’s after a court struck down Measure T, which had banned them.

South Lake Tahoe is getting its first-ever Target store.

This Fourth of July, Tahoe City might bring back fireworks after three years of using drones for the show.