Every page on this site is built from these public records.
Pay for Play Nevada is downstream of about a dozen primary public-record sources, plus the integrated nv_civic_platform data warehouse that joins them. This page is the master list. If a page on this site makes a quantitative claim, it traces here.
Nevada state sources
- NV Secretary of State — Aurora portal · nvsos.gov/sos/elections/campaign-finance · candidate filings, contributions, expenditures, committee filings (2006–present).
- NV Secretary of State — business entity registry · nvsos.gov/sos/businesses/search · NV corporations, LLCs, registered agents, officers/directors.
- NV Legislature — NELIS · leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS · bills, sponsors, committee assignments, roll-call votes, bill text, exhibits.
- NV Legislature — Lobbyist Directory · leg.state.nv.us/Lobbyist/ · NRS 218H Form 1 (lobbyist) and Form 2 (employer) disclosures.
- NV Ethics Commission · ethics.nv.gov · NRS 281A conflict disclosures, abstention filings, opinions.
- NV Public Utilities Commission · puc.nv.gov · rate-case dockets, commissioner biographies.
- NV Gaming Control Board + Gaming Commission · gaming.nv.gov · gaming-license actions, member biographies.
- NV Governor's Office of Economic Development · goed.nv.gov · tax abatement awards.
- NV State Controller — Open Government / Checkbook · controller.nv.gov · NV state vendor payments.
- NV AG / DAG — Charitable solicitations + 501(c) NV registrations · ag.nv.gov.
- NV Higher Education Regents · nshe.nevada.edu.
County + city sources
- Clark County Comptroller · vendor payments.
- Clark County Recorder · property, deed, lien records.
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) data portal · arrest data, incident data.
- City of Las Vegas, City of Henderson, City of North Las Vegas, City of Reno, City of Sparks · municipal checkbooks, council meeting minutes, vendor lists.
- Washoe County Recorder + Comptroller · property + vendor records.
- Carson City Clerk / Recorder.
Federal sources
- Federal Election Commission · fec.gov/data · 310M+ rows in our warehouse — every federal-side individual contribution traceable to a NV donor or NV recipient.
- USASpending.gov · usaspending.gov · federal contracts + grants to NV-headquartered entities (1.74M records).
- IRS — Form 990 · via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer + IRS direct bulk download · 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 527 filings.
- CMS Open Payments · openpaymentsdata.cms.gov · pharmaceutical and device-manufacturer transfers to NV-licensed physicians (787K records).
- HHS-OIG LEIE · monthly federally-excluded providers download.
- SEC EDGAR · 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, DEF 14A filings for NV-relevant public companies.
- HUD, DOT, EPA, USDA, DOE · federal grants to NV recipients.
Court records
- NV district courts · all 17 county courts, accessed via each county's e-filing portal.
- NV Supreme Court + NV Court of Appeals.
- US District Court — District of Nevada · PACER.
- US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Bulk-data archives we use
- Archive.org Wayback Machine · for capturing source pages that have since changed or 404'd.
- Nevada Digital Newspaper Project.
- Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nevada Independent, Reno Gazette-Journal archives — cited and linked, not copied.
The integrated warehouse
All of the above sources are loaded into nv_civic_platform, a PostgreSQL data warehouse described in detail at NPE methodology. At present the warehouse holds approximately 340 million rows across 200+ tables — about half of which is the FEC's federal individual contributions back to 1980. Every claim on Pay for Play Nevada is backed by a row in that warehouse.